-------- Original Message -------- Subject: RE: Californoia fire map related web sites Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2007 11:23:20 -0400 From: Grabach, Kenneth A. Mr. <[log in to unmask]> To: Maps, Air Photo & Geospatial Systems Forum <[log in to unmask]> Additional information, including a link to a Google Earth kmz application is available at the National Interagency Fire Center. http://activefiremaps.fs.fed.us/ Other maps are available here. http://www.nifc.gov/fire_info/maps.htm Ken Grabach <[log in to unmask]> Maps Librarian Phone: 513-529-1726 Miami University Libraries Oxford, Ohio 45056 USA -----Original Message----- From: Maps, Air Photo & Geospatial Systems Forum [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Maps-L Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2007 10:03 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Californoia fire map related web sites -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Californoia fire map related web sites Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2007 09:12:47 -0400 From: Edward James Redmond <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> From a colleague: The California emergency response is linking to (as an authoritative source) and using Google maps to coordinate evacuations, response and planning. The Google maps were created without either the state or Google knowing by a television and radio station - both can easily be viewed from modern cell phones (click on icons in the map for additional information): http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msa=0&msid=117631292961056724014.00043d0e9ca465cefeeed http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?hl=en&ie=UTF8&msa=0&msid=114250687465160386813.00043d08ac31fe3357571&ll=32.990236,-116.930237&spn=0.946815,1.842957&z=9&om=1 Wikipedia has by far the most comprehensive and timely coverage of the fires: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_wildfires_of_October_2007