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Turning a paper map into a 3D image overlay

by Mickey Mellen on Jun.12, 2013, under 3D Models, Argentina, Australia, Brazil, California, Denmark, England, Germany, Google Earth News, Google Earth Tips, Google Sky, Google maps, Hawaii, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Kenya, Mexico, Natural Landmarks, Netherlands, Sightseeing, Street Views, USA

As we mentioned recently with the historic maps from North Carolina, the “image overlay” feature in Google Earth is quite powerful. If you’ve never created one before, Kerry Leith from Stress-driven has written a simple step-by-step walkthrough to help get you started.

It’s really as simple as this:

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Kerry goes into a bit more detail in his blog entry, where he walks through the process of taking a useful map from G.J. Hearn and overlays it onto Google Earth.

Good work, Kerry!

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