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2 k7tp Send Email Dec 19, 2010
3:55 pm
I'm only doing this so I can be first to post a message. Greetings to all, Grover upvalley.dyndns.org:4806 Sacramento Valley, CA...
3 wa3atv Send Email Dec 19, 2010
3:57 pm
Welcome aboard Grover! Thanks for all your west coast info! Let some of the other guys out there know about the group so we can keep things current. Dan...
4 wa3atv Send Email Dec 19, 2010
4:49 pm
To the Group: I've posted a URL for "GPS Babel" in the "Links" area. This is a freeware program that will convert from Google Earth .kml format to a variety of...
5 wa3atv Send Email Dec 19, 2010
7:52 pm
To all: The December 19, 2010 build of the Railfan's Guide has just been posted. It includes interlockings on CP's Shuswap and Mountain Subs along with a few...
6 RailfansGuide-owner@y... Send Email Dec 21, 2010
1:55 am
To all: Railfan's Guide - Build of 12/20 is now available in the "Files" Section. The update includes a number of interlockings culled from a HUGE list of...
7 thomas
thomaswalshsd80 Send Email
Dec 21, 2010
4:09 pm
Dan,can't find the links section.Did i miss it, Thanks Tom...
8 wa3atv Send Email Dec 21, 2010
4:12 pm
Take a look in the info box on the left side of the web page. There are selections for "Home - Messages - Files - Links - Members." "Files" contains the...
9 John
jaaiii46 Send Email
Dec 21, 2010
6:17 pm
Dan: When I bring my group page up, in the left shaded section I see Home, Messages, Post, and Files. Then there is a line then Groups Labs, (Beta),...
10 wa3atv Send Email Dec 21, 2010
6:21 pm
I may have had a group setting wrong. Give it another try and let me know if you see the "Links" selection now. Dan...
11 BillyJoBob
billlyjobob Send Email
Dec 21, 2010
6:29 pm
*Yes, Links now appears. This group is a great idea, thanks BJB* ... -- *"What drove you from Hollywood?" "I think it was a Buick" *...
12 John Acton
jaaiii46 Send Email
Dec 21, 2010
7:20 pm
Dan: Thank you very much, Links now appears here. Again Happy Holidays to you and your family John Acton ________________________________ From: wa3atv...
13 Brad
bradjeremywi... Send Email
Dec 21, 2010
10:50 pm
How come we can not upload our own files to the file section? Brad...
14 wa3atv Send Email Dec 21, 2010
10:58 pm
Hi Brad and Welcome Aboard! This was done in the interest of standardization. Every Google Earth user has their own preferences as to name formats, symbols,...
15 Kevin Pratt
chesterrailfan Send Email
Dec 22, 2010
12:06 am
I need to do a little more playing around with it, but this website will convert Google Earth .kml files to .gpx that can then be imported into Street Atlas...
16 wa3atv Send Email Dec 22, 2010
12:08 am
Great Kevin! Let everyone know how it works. Dan...
17 rdxgte Send Email Dec 22, 2010
3:37 pm
Merry Christmas to ALL from a new member located in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Dick...
18 rdxgte Send Email Dec 22, 2010
3:55 pm
I can't open the zip files in file section. What zip program are you using? Dick...
19 RailfansGuide-owner@y... Send Email Dec 22, 2010
4:16 pm
Hello Dick, None of the files are zipped. The data file is a Google Earth .kmz file. To open it, download the file and run Google Earth. Then go to: Files ->...
20 Ian H
pittsburghra... Send Email
Dec 22, 2010
4:26 pm
Merry Christmas t you as well Dick and everyone else. Season's greetings from Glassport, Pennsylvania. - Ian Hapsias ... Date: Wednesday, December 22, 2010...
21 lesgoss72 Send Email Dec 22, 2010
10:52 pm
The image date is 09/05/10 can you change it to real time? LMG...
22 wa3atv Send Email Dec 22, 2010
11:07 pm
Google Earth is a compilation of aerial photographs and satellite imagery from a great variety of sources. As a result, image dates vary depending on where on...
23 Jim
gysafety Send Email
Dec 23, 2010
3:00 pm
I must be missing something here. When I check the files listing I get three new files which are the three pdf files. No other files show up so I have not...
24 wa3atv Send Email Dec 23, 2010
3:10 pm
Goog morning Jim! There are indeed three files in the files section at the moment, but only the first two are pdfs/ The third file "Railfan&#39;s Guide for Google...
25 Dogh
canyondogh... Send Email
Dec 23, 2010
4:44 pm
I just downloaded the latest version of Google Earth 3D . . and I must tell you, I am not just disappointed, I am p'oed. I'm biting my tongue as I type this,...
26 Kevin Pratt
chesterrailfan Send Email
Dec 23, 2010
4:53 pm
Give this link a try. I didn't go through the whole install process, but it sounds like it gives you an option to install a specific version somewhere during...
27 Brian R. Swan
bswannie Send Email
Dec 23, 2010
5:20 pm
I'm a little surprised by this, actually. The way I understand GoogleEarth works is that it downloads all the images from the internet, so if they changed the...
28 Jim Fickel
fickel_2000 Send Email
Dec 23, 2010
5:21 pm
Would doing a restore point to earlier date on the PC work??  Jim Fickel PITL MP 119 DUNCANNON, PA HAPPY HOLIDAYS TO ALL !!! "The light at the end of the...
29 ZASiPhone
ultimatevolu... Send Email
Dec 23, 2010
11:34 pm
The iPhone app update is worthless. It won't even load. Sent from my iPhone 3GS...
30 Dave Marshall
n8oay Send Email
Dec 24, 2010
2:14 am
The download install version of Google Earth has nothing to do with the images that you see. All of the images are on Google's servers. I am running version...
31 gdunn2 Send Email Dec 25, 2010
12:27 am
Hello, I am having trouble with the guide loading into GE. If I open it from the file panel or double click on the file and GE launches, GE will immediately...
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