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	<title>Free Geography Tools &#187; Google Earth</title>
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		<title>Draw Freely On Google Maps, Export In Multiple Formats</title>
		<link>http://freegeographytools.com/2009/draw-freely-on-google-maps-export-in-multiple-formats</link>
		<comments>http://freegeographytools.com/2009/draw-freely-on-google-maps-export-in-multiple-formats#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 12:21:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leszek Pawlowicz</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[GPX]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Google Earth]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[ScribbleMaps is one of the slickest Google Maps apps I’ve ever seen. Draw and/or place any of the following on a Google Map view:

Freehand lines
Straight lines
Circles
Rectangles
Arbitrary shapes
Text
Images (needs a web link to the image)
Standard Google Map/Earth placemark icons (select from multiple sets):


You also have control of the color, opacity and line thickness from the toolbar, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Create Garmin-Compatible Raster KMZ Files From Georeferenced Imagery With G-Raster</title>
		<link>http://freegeographytools.com/2009/create-garmin-compatible-raster-kmz-files-from-georeferenced-imagery-with-g-raster</link>
		<comments>http://freegeographytools.com/2009/create-garmin-compatible-raster-kmz-files-from-georeferenced-imagery-with-g-raster#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 11:25:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leszek Pawlowicz</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[GPS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Garmin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Google Earth]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Garmin recently announced support for raster imagery like aerial photos and topo maps for some of their handheld GPS units, specifically their newer product lines: the  Colorado,  Oregon,  and Dakota series. See recent posts at GPS Tracklog and GPS Fix for more information on this new feature. It requires download and installation [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>Convert From AutoCad Format To KML And Vice Versa With KML Tools Pro</title>
		<link>http://freegeographytools.com/2009/convert-from-autocad-format-to-kml-and-vice-versa-with-kml-tools-pro</link>
		<comments>http://freegeographytools.com/2009/convert-from-autocad-format-to-kml-and-vice-versa-with-kml-tools-pro#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 11:55:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leszek Pawlowicz</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[DXF]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Google Earth]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I don’t have AutoCad, so I can’t try this out, but KML Tools Pro has AutoCad DVB macros that let you select features in AutoCad and convert them to Google Earth’s KML format; similarly, another macro will let you import a KML file into AutoCAD. From the website:
From AutoCad to Google Earth:

select objects and create [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Disaster Response Map Symbols</title>
		<link>http://freegeographytools.com/2009/disaster-response-map-symbols</link>
		<comments>http://freegeographytools.com/2009/disaster-response-map-symbols#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 11:25:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leszek Pawlowicz</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[GIS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Google Earth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[KML]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MicroDEM]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Portuguese chapter of the Association Of Volunteer Emergency Response Teams, in collaboration with Peter Guth and Donald Springer, is working to create a general-purpose set of symbols useful in mapping the position and condition of infrastructure, resources and incidents during emergency situations. You can download these Disaster Response Map Symbols as a True Type [...]]]></description>
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		<title>LandSerf &#8211; Google Earth And GPS Functions</title>
		<link>http://freegeographytools.com/2009/landserf-google-earth-and-gps-functions</link>
		<comments>http://freegeographytools.com/2009/landserf-google-earth-and-gps-functions#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2009 11:42:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leszek Pawlowicz</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[GPS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[GPX]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Google Earth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[KML]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In previous posts, I reviewed LandSerf’s raster terrain analysis functions and vector functions. Today I’ll wrap up with a short review of LandSerf’s Google Earth and GPS functions.
Google Earth: The most notable Google Earth functionality is the ability to export vector data, either imported or generated by the program, into KML vector files. So I [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Online Google Earth Path Length Measurement</title>
		<link>http://freegeographytools.com/2009/online-google-earth-path-length-measurement</link>
		<comments>http://freegeographytools.com/2009/online-google-earth-path-length-measurement#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2009 11:31:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leszek Pawlowicz</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Google Earth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[KML]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[One oddity of Google Earth is that while you can measure distances, and also draw paths, there’s no direct way to determine the length of a path you’ve drawn. I’ve previously covered several applications that will take a KML path file and determine its total length; all of the require that the path file be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Google Earth Colorization = Bad Idea</title>
		<link>http://freegeographytools.com/2009/google-earth-colorization-bad-idea</link>
		<comments>http://freegeographytools.com/2009/google-earth-colorization-bad-idea#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2009 16:29:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leszek Pawlowicz</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Google Earth]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Frank Taylor at the Google Earth Blog has a good post up on changes in Google Earth imagery. Google has colorized imagery to remove differences in contrast, brightness, source etc., apparently in an effort to get rid of the &#8220;patchwork quilt&#8221; look. In the process, they&#8217;ve added horrible color artifacts to some areas &#8211; see [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Convert TIGER Census Shapefiles (And General Shapefiles As Well) Into Thematic Google Earth KML Files</title>
		<link>http://freegeographytools.com/2009/convert-tiger-census-shapefiles-and-general-shapefiles-as-well-into-thematic-google-earth-kml-files</link>
		<comments>http://freegeographytools.com/2009/convert-tiger-census-shapefiles-and-general-shapefiles-as-well-into-thematic-google-earth-kml-files#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2009 11:59:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leszek Pawlowicz</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Google Earth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[KML]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[shapefile]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Bruce Ralston of the University of Tennessee has previously released several US Census TIGER data tools that I’ve posted about in the past. TGR2SHP converts TIGER files into shapefile format, while TGR2KML converts TIGER polygon files (like legislative districts and county subdivisions) into basic KML files for viewing in Google Earth. Both of these tools [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Simple Google Earth Image Enhancement With SpaceEye</title>
		<link>http://freegeographytools.com/2009/simple-google-earth-image-enhancement-with-spaceeye</link>
		<comments>http://freegeographytools.com/2009/simple-google-earth-image-enhancement-with-spaceeye#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2009 12:07:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leszek Pawlowicz</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Google Earth]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[SpaceEye (direct download link)  runs simultaneously with Google Earth, and lets you perform simple image processing functions on the imagery visible in the Google Earth window. After installing and running the program, it first starts up Google Earth in a partial screen window, then starts itself up either side by side with Google Earth, or [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Thematic Mapping Engine API For Displaying Your Own Data In Google Earth</title>
		<link>http://freegeographytools.com/2009/thematic-mapping-engine-api-for-displaying-your-own-data-in-google-earth</link>
		<comments>http://freegeographytools.com/2009/thematic-mapping-engine-api-for-displaying-your-own-data-in-google-earth#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2009 18:50:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leszek Pawlowicz</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Google Earth]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Almost a year ago, I posted on Bjorn Sandvik&#8217;s Thematic Mapping Engine, which can plot data thematically in Google Earth as:

Choropleth
Prism
Proportional symbol
Pie chart

At the time, you could only use a limited number of pre-packaged datasets. Bjorn has just announced the Thematic Mapping Engine API, a Javascript library that lets you do thematic mapping in the [...]]]></description>
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