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DECEMBER, 2005 NEWSLETTER
| Peakfinder Updates
Thanks to Marta Wojnarowska, Peakfinder is being integrated with "Google Earth" and this provides an almost incredible way to look at the Canadian Rockies. We are just beginning with this but there is one temporary file available through Peakfinder. Note the "View Peaks with Google Earth" option on the left side of the main page. Clicking on this takes you to a page from which you can reach a site from which you may, at no cost, download the Google Earth program. Once the program is available on your computer, return to the main page of Peakfinder and click on "Peaks over 11,000 feet." This will open Google Earth and zoom you in to the Canadian Rockies where the peaks over 11,000 feet are identified. Double clicking on the identifier will open the corresponding information and photos from the Peakfinder website. Google Earth presents a view of satellite photos that are draped over topography for the entire world. The angle of view may be adjusted as can the point of view. The resolution of the photos varies -it's best over big cities - but take a look at the area in the vicinity of Mount Hector in the Rockies. To me it's almost unbelievable. Marta is the one who has set up the necessary files to integrate the Peakfinder files with Google Earth and we thank her for that. We hope that there will be other options available soon. Check out the monthly panorama on the site. Previously they were photos from "50 Roadside Panoramas in the Canadian Rockies. Now we're using new colour photos from different locations. As all the photos available on Peakfinder, sometimes errors are made in their captions. Several Peakfinder users have located errors and advised us so that they can be corrected. Please let us know if you find an error. If you have a favourite mountain photo or any information about the peaks of the Canadian Rockies that you would like included in Peakfinder please contact <dave@peakfinder.com>. Please note that all of the previous newsletters have been archived and are available on the site. If you're interested in esoteric lists, unusual mountain names, etcetera, browse through the earlier issues. |
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Enter "Mount Aeolus" to learn more about the mountain. |
| Look who's honoured in the Canadian Rockies SILAS ABRAHAM Mary Schaffer employed Silas Abraham as a guide in 1906 and 1907. He was very active in the Kootenay Plains area of the lower Saskatchewan Valley and helped to build the corrals and cabin at Tom Wilson's ranch. For information about Mount Abraham enter the mountain's name in the appropriate search box on the main page. |