[Rockhounds] Man in China

[Axel Emmermann]

Lyle

 
> I hadn't looked at FlickR before you mentioned it. Google 
> Earth would be a little different in user interface and data 
> presentation.

Yes but it is compatible with it. What you place on FlickR 's Geomap WILL
appear on your Google Earth.
 
> I don't know if you've had a chance to look at the Google 
> Earth product or not. It is a very impressive little program 
> which is totally FREE...

I have it and use it extensively.

> 
> I was using it to get a look at how difficult it would be to 
> visit a particular mine and get a look at the surrounding 
> landscape. What I plan to do is when I visit a particular 
> mine, I would then take ground level pictures and upload 
> those along with pictures of the minerals extracted from 
> those mines onto the Panaramio picture database which is 
> accessible directly from Google Earth.

Good idea! Sometimes you can even find a mine or quarry in an isolated
landscape just by looking at it from above.

Axel