USFS recreation map for Google Earth - add fire maps


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Posted by Jim Preston on June 24, 2008 at 15:27:44:

For those who don’t have the whole Ventana mapped in your heads this may be useful. I glued together the Forest Service recreation map for the Northern Los Padres NF and scaled it. It is about 1.2 MB so within reach of dial-up connections. Just enter the URL below into Google Earth – Add / Network Link and you should see the map. Right click and open Properties to adjust the transparency to your preference.

http://westtrails.net/Ventana/USFS_ventana_rec_map.kml

Now open this page and select the kmz download for the Continental US. It should be added to your Google Earth files.

http://activefiremaps.fs.fed.us/wms.php

You now have the details of where the fires are. Be sure to Save My Places or you’ll have to start all over when you restart Google Earth.

It looks like the Basin fires are merging around Sykes.

- jim



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