Metal Band Promised Land
Heavy metal meets heavy doctrine, plus other miscellaneous observations and hobbies of a Mormon Gen X'er.

Finding Landmarks While Google Earthing

One of the harder parts of Google Earth is that it often does not reveal place names. There are many names of rivers, streams, ridges, hollows, peaks, mountains, roads, etc. on the USGS Topographic maps.

Here are some helpful resources I like to use while Google Earthing around. I can find the place names in the topo maps and know where I am.

http://gis.utah.gov/

http://www.topo.com/  you can browse the maps online for free if you register.

http://tinyurl.com/697lstu  I’ll try and find a better link than this, but this is a cool quad index service.

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