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Flickr Photos

A couple of different methods of viewing nearby georeferenced Flickr photographs in Google Earth.

• The first one was created by Metal Toad Media and will show small red dots at each photo location. Click on the red dot to see the photograph.
• The second one was created by Frank and shows a small thumbnail of each photograph.

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Geoname.org Network Links

The GeoNames geographical database contains over eight million geographical names located throughout the world. The database includes the locations of such things as Populated Places, Parks, Churches, Shopping Center, Beaches, etc.

Special Instructions

This is a network link that updates when you stop moving the view around. It make take a few seconds to refresh the data when you stop.

Original Data and KML Content By:

EriKNson

http://www.geonames.org/

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Vietnam Bombing Data

Bomb data showing the locations and other specific information such as aircraft type and target type for 1,000s of bombs dropped by the US Air Force in Indochina during the Vietnam War 1965-1975.

Special Instructions

These are very large datasets so only load one at a time, and be patient while they load.

Original Data and KML Content By:

Landmine_Mapper

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UK Webcams

Webcams viewable in Google Earth from all over the United Kingdom. Just click on a location to see the current web cam image.

Original Data and KML Content By:

Weatherman22 (Stuart)

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Geograph Superlayer

The Geograph British Isles Project is a large collection of georeferenced photographs covering Great Britain and Ireland. The goal of the Project is to collect photographs from every square km. This file will overlay locational information about the photographs and provide links to the photographs.

Special Instructions

You must zoom in before the placemarks for the individual photographs appear.

Original Data and KML Content By:

Nearby.org.uk

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UK Datasets from nearby.org.uk

Large collection of a wide variety of datasets maintained by nearby.org.uk Looks like it is updated regularly and includes the following datasets:

• Triangulations Pillars
• Wall Flush Brackets
• Passive Stations
• Fundamental Bench Marks
• Hills
• Photos
• Milestones
• Ports
• Lighthouses
• Castles
• Motorway Junctions
• Follys
• Historics
• Megaliths
• Walks
• Fords
• Caves
• Mines
• Radio Transmitters
•  

Original Data and KML Content By:

nearby.org.uk

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US Amateur Radio Repeaters

Placemarks showing the location and frequency of amateur radio repeaters throughout the United States.

Original Data and KML Content By:

K5EHX Amateur Radio Repeater Mapping

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World Wide Panorama

Collection of several 1,000 placemarks to Quicktime VR panoramic photographs that are linked via placemarks in Google Earth.  The photographs are sorted into various categories such as Gardens, Transportation, Water, etc.  Each image must be opened in a browser window for viewing.

Original Data and KML Content By:

The World Wide Panorma

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Description:

Data from the 2007 CIA World Factbook indexed geographically using Google Earth. The CIA World Factbook contains information and statistics on Geography, Population, Economy, Military, Government, etc. for all of the countries in the world.

Original KML Content By:

BZoltan at GE Community

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Description:

Oregon statewide seismic needs assessment that includes seismic safety surveys of K-12 public school buildings and community college buildings that have a capacity of 250 or more persons, hospital buildings with acute inpatient care facilities, fire stations, police stations, sheriffs’ offices and other law enforcement agency buildings

Original Data and KML Content Created By:

Oregon Department of Geologty and Mineral Industries

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