Trailmix.Net Yosemite National Park Scavenger Hunt

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Scouting a Trail using Google Earth.

With a simple configuration setting in Google Earth, you can tap into the Trimbleoutdoors trail database for pictures and trail descriptions.    

 

Trimble Outdoor Layer for Google Earth

 

How To Activate (Source:  Trimbleoutdoors)

 

-Start Google Earth
-Go to "Layers" in the Sidebar on the left
-Expand the "Featured Content" folder under "Primary Database"
-Click the "Trimble Outdoors Trips" checkbox
-In the main window, pan and zoom into the area of interest to you until you see red lines and dots indicating Trimble Outdoors trips
-Continue to zoom in until you see little "Green Hikers":

 

Little Green Hikers

 


 

 

 


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The Trailmix.Net Blog said:

We are working hard to launch our first product ( The Yosemite National Park Scavenger Hunt ) but it

February 5, 2008 10:33 AM
 

The Trailmix.Net Blog said:

Much has been written about hiking with kids, particularly on the subjects of equipment and technique

February 20, 2008 10:24 AM

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