Comments on: Kruger National Park Google Earth layer

By: ecoAfrica’s Blog » Rhino threat - again

ecoAfrica’s Blog » Rhino threat - again — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 19:50:20 +0000

[...] while the white rhino is classified as “Lower Risk – Conservation Dependent”. Our Kruger National Park Google Earth layer contains a wildlife census layer which shows some interesting distributions of [...]

By: ecoAfrica’s Blog » Kruger and climate change

ecoAfrica’s Blog » Kruger and climate change — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 11:21:24 +0000

[...] proclaimed. Modern-day Kruger is a north-south oriented, 300km-by-60 km sliver of land (see our Kruger Park layer in Google Earth for a spatial exploration) jammed between the escarpment and Mozambique. Although relatively large, [...]

By: Links: Wii Earth, Windows 7 multitouch Earth, Kruger Park KML - GIS User

Links: Wii Earth, Windows 7 multitouch Earth, Kruger Park KML - GIS User — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 03:44:07 +0000

[...] National Park KML: Kruger National Park gets its own KML layer, highlighting not just the touristy bit but some wonderful deep geospatial content as well, such as [...]

By: Art G

Art G — Tue, 27 May 2008 11:50:34 +0000

AJK,

Thanks for the info and, as the saying goes, “now you tell me”. Only kidding. I am downloading it right now. We have been researching sites for positions for almost a year. Having spent most of my adult life at sea I am a stickler (my wife say I am a body part) about accuracy. It is amazing to see how many sites there are with Lat/Long and the disparity between them.

This site is amazing. We spent a few hours going over it and will probably be changing some of our trips accordingly.

Again, thanks for the info.

Art

By: AJK

AJK — Tue, 27 May 2008 07:37:54 +0000

Art G, you might try GPSBabel (http://freegeographytools.com/2007/importing-gps-data-into-google-earth-ii-gpsbabel-and-gpsvisualizer) for converting a Google Earth KML file into GPX file which you can import into your Garmin 60Cx. I haven’t tried it myself, but they claim that it is possible.

By: Ralph Pina

Ralph Pina — Mon, 26 May 2008 20:15:23 +0000

Thanks Art. We’re glad that it is of value to you. Yes, it is a “work in progress”. We haven’t thought about how visitors could collaborate in making it better – yet, but we’re open to ideas!

We do want to add a layer of recommended routes and itineraries though.

By: Art G

Art G — Mon, 26 May 2008 14:35:38 +0000

This is WONDERFUL. Actually that doesn’t fully describe the amount of work and care that went into this.

We, 7 of us, are going to be there for almost three weeks this October. I have been carefully transferring Lat/Long from Google Earth to my trusty Garmin 60Cx so I know the time it takes. There is so much more here to add to my posits that I’ll need the next three months to do it.

Is this a “work in progress” and, if so, is there anything we can do while we are there to assist in this venture?

Art