Transcript 2010 NEGSA ppt

Bringing NYSGA Field Trips to Google Earth
Otto H. Muller
Geology Department, Alfred University
[email protected]
Alan I. Benimoff
Executive Secretary, New York State Geological Association
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William Kelly
State Geologist, New York State Geological Survey
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54 years of evolving thoughts
...about the same rocks
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To order guidebooks, visit:
http://www.nysga.net/Guidebooks.html
The 1990 Geological Highway Map
had a map showing the trips from 94
guidebooks produced by a number of
different entities.
Only 10 - 15 % of a
Guidebook is in the
form of road logs,
which this project
transforms into kmz
files.
The remainder puts
the field
observations into
context, helping the
reader to understand
why the leaders
interpret the rocks
the way they do.
1957
1963
2006 Trip B6: Dick Young & Jason Briner
1965
Placemarks are inside Field Trip folders
which are inside Guidebook folders
Placemarks can be edited by the user.
Although numbered
stops are sometimes the
highlights of the field
trip, there is often a
great deal of additional
information between the
stops.
New field trips can be
constructed by moving
stops from other trips
into a new folder.
GE permits searches on
the “name” field.
“Modern Route 17 is an expressway along roughly the same alignment as the old route.
The old Route 17 is now known by various designations (ignoring minor realignments):
NY 394 (Westfield-Mayville)
NY 430 (Mayville-Jamestown)
NY 394 (Jamestown-Steamburg)
NY 951T (Steamburg-Salamanca)
NY 417 (Salamanca-Erwin)
Addison-South Hamilton Road/US 15 (Erwin-Painted Post)
NY 415/Bridge Street (Painted Post-Corning)
NY 352 (Corning-Big Flats)
Chemung County Road 64 (Big Flats-Horseheads)
NY 14/NY 352 (Horseheads-Elmira)
NY 17 (Elmira-Lowman)
Chemung/Tioga County Road 60 (Lowman-Waverly)
NY 17C (Waverly-Owego)
NY 434/Broome County Road 44 (Owego-Binghamton)
US 11 (Binghamton-Kirkwood Center)
NY 17/Broome County Road 28 (Kirkwood Center-Deposit)
NY 17 (Deposit-Hancock)
"Old Route 17" (Delaware CR 17/Sullivan CR 179A to 174) (Deposit-Monticello)
Sullivan CR 173 to 171 (Monticello-Bloomingburg)
Orange County Road 76/NY 17M (Bloomingburg-Harriman)
NY 17 (Harriman-New Jersey line).”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_State_Route_17
Wikipedia helps sort out the
highway confusion.
Changes noted are in blue.
Corrections to errors are noted in blue.
Warnings and admonitions are in red.
Some have stratigraphic sections.
Initial views are from directly above,
with North at the top
The user can modify the view:
here v.e. = 2x, view is oblique
Links go to the DEC site
built by Wendy Franklin
NYSDEC:Critical Environmental Areas /
Unique Geological Features
User input requested:
1. Errors
2. Missing or modified outcrops
3. Better outcrops in the vicinity
4. Photos
a. Historic: Taken before the field trip
b. Taken by the field trip author
c. Taken by others during the field trip
d. Taken since the field trip
5. Links, other field trip guides, documents, etc.
email: [email protected]
Relevant URLs:
Guidebooks (including free pdf’s):
http://www.nysga.net/Guidebooks.html
DEC site for Unique Geological Features:
http://www.dec.ny.gov/permits/53826.html
This talk, kmz files, additional information:
http://ottohmuller.com/nysga2ge/Files.html