[at-l] Did I find the right spot on the map?

[Sloetoe]

Alright, just so everybody knows, Google Earth is
awesome, AND the Springer Shelter and campsites are
about 2200 feet due south of the crosshairs provided
by David A. You can even (scary, vewy scary) pick out
the outhouse. (And with dynamic movement and some
mouse skill, you can turn it sideways and take a
virtual throughhike in about 5 minutes. That oughta
give trail-running foes some cardiac pressure.)

FWIW, here at The Sloetoe Institute (Home of
SturdyBoy(c) Industries), you can see the ol' Volvo
parked out back, and the light blue kiddie pool
covering up roofing debris leaning against the house.
(Obviously, this picture is just SO out of date...
Hmmmm. Actually, that narrows it to be Spring 2004 or
'05, as the tornado hit July 4, 2003, and the Volvo
was towed by a parts scavenger [Woo-hoo! $50] in
either Summer '05 or *maybe* Summer '04.)
http://wikimapia.org/#y=39769253&x=-86079737&z=19&l=0&m=a&v=2
With this picture, though, you can't make out the
detail that you can with the greater zoom features in
Google Earth. 


--- Kent Gardam <kent_gardam at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Have you tried Google Earth?  It shows FS 42 as well
> as shelters too: Black Gap Shelter, Springer
> Mountain Shelter, Stover Creek Shelter, Hawk
> Mountain Shelter, Gooch Mountain Shelter, etc
> including their mileages.  If you click on the
> little "i" for each shelter, it gives you a photo of
> the shelter.  Pretty cool stuff.
>    
>   Kent Gardam
> 
> David Addleton <dfaddleton at gmail.com> wrote:
>  
>
http://wikimapia.org/#y=34637798&x=-84194498&z=14&l=0&m=a&v=2
> that link should put the wikimapia up on your screen
> and, if I've identified the spot correctly, the
parking lot on FS42 below Springer should be just to
> the left of the center cross on your screen.