Comments on: Google Maps Layers – My Maps for Buildings and Temples? http://mormontechie.com/2008/01/16/google-maps-layers-my-maps-for-buildings-and-temples/ Musings, Technology and The Gospel Thu, 09 Sep 2010 03:52:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Jeff http://mormontechie.com/2008/01/16/google-maps-layers-my-maps-for-buildings-and-temples/comment-page-1/#comment-55 Jeff Fri, 18 Jan 2008 15:43:37 +0000 http://mormontechie.com/2008/01/google-maps-layers-my-maps-for-buildings-and-temples/#comment-55 Thanks for the links Darrell and Virgil. Two great resources! Thanks for the links Darrell and Virgil. Two great resources!

]]> By: Virgil Zetterlind http://mormontechie.com/2008/01/16/google-maps-layers-my-maps-for-buildings-and-temples/comment-page-1/#comment-53 Virgil Zetterlind Fri, 18 Jan 2008 03:40:05 +0000 http://mormontechie.com/2008/01/google-maps-layers-my-maps-for-buildings-and-temples/#comment-53 There is a thread at the Google Earth Community with links to Google Earth KML files for most of the temples: http://bbs.keyhole.com/ubb/showflat.php?Number=50410 I agree that I would tend to prefer searching a map vs the current text-based meetinghouse locater. I also built a batch geocoder for mapping my ward's membership to KML while in the EQ presidency to help bring some order to managing home teaching routes. I set some simple rules so that the location icons indicated the head-of-household priesthood level. It was very interesting to see the spatial distribution of members across the ward and that just about all the active families had a less-active member 'neighbor' or more within a block or 2. Living in NW Florida, mapping member households is pretty important for hurricane contingency planning. During the Katrina cleanups, traditional direction services (such as mapquest) were mostly used to create printouts for the work parties. I'm hoping next time, we'll be more prepared with things like Google Earth / Google Maps as the satellite perspective really helps when the street signs are gone. There is a thread at the Google Earth Community with links to Google Earth KML files for most of the temples:
http://bbs.keyhole.com/ubb/showflat.php?Number=50410
I agree that I would tend to prefer searching a map vs the current text-based meetinghouse locater.

I also built a batch geocoder for mapping my ward’s membership to KML while in the EQ presidency to help bring some order to managing home teaching routes. I set some simple rules so that the location icons indicated the head-of-household priesthood level. It was very interesting to see the spatial distribution of members across the ward and that just about all the active families had a less-active member ‘neighbor’ or more within a block or 2.

Living in NW Florida, mapping member households is pretty important for hurricane contingency planning. During the Katrina cleanups, traditional direction services (such as mapquest) were mostly used to create printouts for the work parties. I’m hoping next time, we’ll be more prepared with things like Google Earth / Google Maps as the satellite perspective really helps when the street signs are gone.

]]> By: Darrell http://mormontechie.com/2008/01/16/google-maps-layers-my-maps-for-buildings-and-temples/comment-page-1/#comment-50 Darrell Thu, 17 Jan 2008 12:28:14 +0000 http://mormontechie.com/2008/01/google-maps-layers-my-maps-for-buildings-and-temples/#comment-50 When I moved to the DC area, I used this website to choose a place to live based on where the meetinghouses were: http://www.cumorah.com/ Specifically, I used their atlas: http://www.cumorah.com/atlas/north_america/united_states.html They have international maps, too. I don't know how updated these maps are, though. The www.cumorah.com website doesn't get as much traffic as I would think it would/should. Maybe it is due to the late 90's web design... When I moved to the DC area, I used this website to choose a place to live based on where the meetinghouses were:

http://www.cumorah.com/

Specifically, I used their atlas:

http://www.cumorah.com/atlas/north_america/united_states.html

They have international maps, too. I don’t know how updated these maps are, though.

The http://www.cumorah.com website doesn’t get as much traffic as I would think it would/should. Maybe it is due to the late 90′s web design…

]]> By: Bryan Hinton http://mormontechie.com/2008/01/16/google-maps-layers-my-maps-for-buildings-and-temples/comment-page-1/#comment-49 Bryan Hinton Thu, 17 Jan 2008 08:11:37 +0000 http://mormontechie.com/2008/01/google-maps-layers-my-maps-for-buildings-and-temples/#comment-49 Jeff - this would probably be a good post to put on tech.lds.org to get people's input there. As for the location data outside of the meetinghouse locator I don't think the data is readily accessible. Jeff – this would probably be a good post to put on tech.lds.org to get people’s input there.

As for the location data outside of the meetinghouse locator I don’t think the data is readily accessible.

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