Google Earth Layers

[BuckRut]

What's everyone downloading for free Google Earth KML files to add? I've got eh NOAA data along with the USGS topo maps.

 

[rustednuts]

hunt units, historical fires, timber harvest, MVUM, goverment property ownernership, and earthpoint topo.

 

[BuckRut]

hunt units, historical fires, timber harvest, MVUM, goverment property ownernership, and earthpoint topo.

That's a good list. Where did you get the files for your layers?

 

[shines@times]

That's a good list. Where did you get the files for your layers?

I'd like to know the sources too. Why is this thread getting so little attention?

 

[BearFoot]

Eye from the sky is cool, but boots on the ground is a whole another thing. I stare at imagery & topo, a lot. Boots on the ground is, where it is real.

 

[shines@times]

Eye from the sky is cool, but boots on the ground is a whole another thing. I stare at imagery & topo, a lot. Boots on the ground is, where it is real.

Duh! Just wait until you've ticked-off 3/4 of century though. You might find armchair exploring and vicarious adventuring through reading other's hunt reports and watching wilderness videos much more appealing than they seem today.

I spent Monday night, 27 January, sleeping on the front seat of my pickup in 0-degrees F at the end of the snowbound right-of-way that leads in to an undeveloped property I have in western MT. Exiting sleeping bag and truck in the morning, I found that I was simply too cold and unstable on my feet in the crusted snow, which made a hernia ache at every-other step, to anticipate the 5.5 mile round-trip as anything other than torture. Four decades ago, that slog would have been a metaphorical walk in the park, and likely extended a couple more miles and 1000' of elevation to gain the high point of the property. Unfortunately, I didn't own the property four decades ago; and, I don't own the same body now.

However, I do still enjoy perusing maps and satellite imagery, together with other data, to strategize hunting adventures that I might never make. Moreover, in a meager effort at mentoring, I share some of the information with younger hunters who evidence similar enthusiasm for backcountry hunting.