PE5 - Google Maps

Some changes to the map, but more to come.

I am amazed by the interest my kids have shown in building our map. You can probably tell from my posts that we do a lot of stuff together. But this is a project the kids keep asking for.

Google Earth is my kids favorite map view.

I hope we'll be able to use the movie-making feature in Google Earth. Of course that is outside the range of this RILS but it is one of the things I think will be added sooner rather than later.


The last few days we have played with adding video, images and written content to our markers. We've also played with the marker avatars. Currently it is mostly airplanes, ships and hiking tours. Once we arrive we'll add our own video, etc.

In the mean time, we have been playing with the wiki, traffic, pictures, videos and webcam features. I do not recommend having them all selected at the same time.

There are a lot of features available
in Google Maps.

One item I am having difficulty locating is the time stamp. This is a very important addition to the map because it will give a timeline of events. Ideally we will be able to create a video with an animated map that follow this trip.

Also we aren’t sure if we should just keep updating this map as we continue to travel or if we should just overlay the maps at the end of the year.

The map is open to the public for edits and I am hoping we’ll have some takers soon. I also have some people lined up for my RILS once we get on the ship.

Tomorrow is a travel day. Bon voyage!