iHCPL #34-Geocoding and geocaching

The location I chose to find was 4102 Rustic Wood, my library, of course. The coordinates are:
30.054655,-95.185497
N30degrees3.27930 W095degrees11.12982.


http://www.geocaching.com/seek/nearest.aspx?lat=30.0633614&lng=-95.1692752&dist=100 is the GPS coordinate of the geocache I looked at.

I can not think of any thing I would be less likely to do than geocache.

iHCPL #33 Relocating with Online Maps

Using the HAR website, I searched for available houses in my own zipcode. I found which were empty, which would be quick move-in. All had pictures posted of the interior, and most of the back yards. If I were relocating to a new home in the same area I now live in, I would want to find a house that was not on a main road, not too near a school, and was relatively ready to move into (i.e.-landscaped, fenced, with drapes). By entering the address of the ones I found on HAR into the Google mapscape site, I was able to determine which of the selected ones best suited my criteria.

This website was by far the easiest to use of the three listed. However, when I was searching for a second home in the Hill Country of Texas, I used Realtor.com, and found that to be easier than HAR.

iHCPL #32 Current events

Did you know that there is a website for free public restrooms? True! The Houston Public Library is one of the ones listed on www.safe2pee.com. Finding where others might be is just one of the things you can find on Google Maps. At Globalincidentmap.com you can keep currently abreast with terrorist activity anywhere in the world. I'm thinking we don't need to tell Ann about this site. However, it seems a bridge in Vancouver, BC was an incident site(maybe today, I'm not sure if the iHCPL link is current or for the date it was put out for the staff).

iHCPL #31 - Maps

I have begun the module on mapping. My son is coming from Oregon this summer, and wants to do the tourist thing in the Houston area. I have mapped the route to the Houston Aquarium. If I can not lose it between now and this summer...yea!



The virtual tour option is neat. I can see what is around the exact map spot on ground level. Great idea.