One of the was I see Nevada Mapping is in Google Earth. Many of the areas of the state still do not have High resolution images of cities and towns, so its hard to get a feel for the town from an aerial shot. One of the areas I keep complaining that should be higher resolution on Google maps is Virginia City sine it is a National Historic land mark. Bodie is in a high resolution picture and is also an Historic land mark. I just believe that some areas of Nevada need more pictures taken. I am just glad that Google finally got all of the roads right for Nevada and placed Virginia City in the right area instead of out near the Virginia City Highlands.
On a positive note about Google maps is the ability for people to post pictures and link area information into Wikipedia. This allows the people who have visited the area to post pictures of the area as they see it and some of the pictures are rather beautiful landscape shots of the area. Also allowing the information on the area to be linked to Wikipedia allows the person who is investigating a far off town to know a bit of information about the towns history. A really good source of information on towns would be great for High schoolers or grade schoolers to do a report. Especially since allot of the articles written on Wikipedia about cities is done by historians or long time locals.
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