[mou] Posting Bird Sitings on a Google Map
Anthony Hertzel
axhertzel@sihope.com
Tue, 7 Mar 2006 17:57:58 -0600
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The MOU web site already has something similar available. It can
found on the home page under "Other Online Resources" or by simply
going to
http://moumn.org/maps/lat-lon.html
This is a page that lets you scroll around the state (or country) and
determine your longitude and latitude coordinates.
On Mar 7, 2006, at 1:51 P.M., Watson, Alexander Robert wrote:
> Google has recently announced the release of their mapping
> technology to the public. It would now be possible to post your
> sighting using a map interface, like Google Maps. Think something
> like this, only birds:
>
> http://www.mywikimap.com/?tag=regular&zip=56001&radius=10 <http://
> www.mywikimap.com/>
>
> Sightings could be submitted via a form on the page. Once entered,
> each sighting would be represented by a red marker, visible to
> anyone. Sightings could be filtered by species and/or genera, as
> well as zip code. This is a very powerful tool that could quickly
> allow anyone to find the exact location of a sighting anywhere in
> the state at a single glance. This would be free to put together
> and implement on the mou site. If anyone thinks this might be a
> useful tool, let us know.
>
>
> Alex Watson
> Tom Rogers
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