Comments on: SoCal Fires Burning Up Google Maps http://la.metblogs.com/2007/10/23/socal-fires-burning-up-google-maps/ Tue, 24 Nov 2009 23:09:29 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: LA MapNerd http://la.metblogs.com/2007/10/23/socal-fires-burning-up-google-maps/#comment-37899 LA MapNerd Tue, 23 Oct 2007 18:32:13 +0000 http://la.metblogs.com/2007/10/23/socal-fires-burning-up-google-maps/#comment-37899 Here's another very nice interactive Google Map from San Diego Public Radio station KPBS, showing San Diego area fires. It not only maps the fire areas, but also shows evacuation areas and advisories, road closures and other incidents, and evacuation centers for both humans and large animals. <a href="http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&time=&date=&ttype=&ie=UTF8&om=1&msa=0&msid=114250687465160386813.00043d08ac31fe3357571&ll=32.990236,-116.732483&spn=1.442114,1.697388&z=9" rel="nofollow">San Diego County Fires Map</a> Here’s another very nice interactive Google Map from San Diego Public Radio station KPBS, showing San Diego area fires. It not only maps the fire areas, but also shows evacuation areas and advisories, road closures and other incidents, and evacuation centers for both humans and large animals.

San Diego County Fires Map

]]> By: julia http://la.metblogs.com/2007/10/23/socal-fires-burning-up-google-maps/#comment-37898 julia Tue, 23 Oct 2007 18:26:49 +0000 http://la.metblogs.com/2007/10/23/socal-fires-burning-up-google-maps/#comment-37898 Great map, thank you Spencer. Great map, thank you Spencer.

]]> By: LA MapNerd http://la.metblogs.com/2007/10/23/socal-fires-burning-up-google-maps/#comment-37897 LA MapNerd Tue, 23 Oct 2007 18:15:12 +0000 http://la.metblogs.com/2007/10/23/socal-fires-burning-up-google-maps/#comment-37897 That fire map was created and is maintained by the LA Times, not Google. Google Maps provides the tools (which anyone can access - see the "My Maps" tab on Google Maps), but the information was collected and mapped by staff at the Times. That fire map was created and is maintained by the LA Times, not Google.

Google Maps provides the tools (which anyone can access – see the “My Maps” tab on Google Maps), but the information was collected and mapped by staff at the Times.

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