Otto H. Muller Geology Department, Alfred University Alan I. Benimoff Executive Secretary, New York State Geological Association William Kelly State Geologist, New York State Geological Survey Bringing NYSGA Field Trips to Google Earth
54 years of evolving thoughts...about the same rocks
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The 1990 Geological Highway Map had a map showing the trips from 94 guidebooks produced by a number of different entities.
Only % of a Guidebook is in the form of road logs, which this project transforms into kmz files. The remainder puts the field observations into context, helping the reader to understand why the leaders interpret the rocks the way they do.
2006 Trip B6: Dick Young & Jason Briner
Placemarks are inside Field Trip folders which are inside Guidebook folders
Placemarks can be edited by the user.
Although numbered stops are sometimes the highlights of the field trip, there is often a great deal of additional information between the stops. New field trips can be constructed by moving stops from other trips into a new folder. GE permits searches on the “name” field.
“Modern Route 17 is an expressway along roughly the same alignment as the old route. The old Route 17 is now known by various designations (ignoring minor realignments): NY 394 (Westfield-Mayville) NY 430 (Mayville-Jamestown) NY 394 (Jamestown-Steamburg) NY 951T (Steamburg-Salamanca) NY 417 (Salamanca-Erwin) Addison-South Hamilton Road/US 15 (Erwin-Painted Post) NY 415/Bridge Street (Painted Post-Corning) NY 352 (Corning-Big Flats) Chemung County Road 64 (Big Flats-Horseheads) NY 14/NY 352 (Horseheads-Elmira) NY 17 (Elmira-Lowman) Chemung/Tioga County Road 60 (Lowman-Waverly) NY 17C (Waverly-Owego) NY 434/Broome County Road 44 (Owego-Binghamton) US 11 (Binghamton-Kirkwood Center) NY 17/Broome County Road 28 (Kirkwood Center-Deposit) NY 17 (Deposit-Hancock) "Old Route 17" (Delaware CR 17/Sullivan CR 179A to 174) (Deposit-Monticello) Sullivan CR 173 to 171 (Monticello-Bloomingburg) Orange County Road 76/NY 17M (Bloomingburg-Harriman) NY 17 (Harriman-New Jersey line).” Wikipedia helps sort out the highway confusion.
Changes noted are in blue.
Corrections to errors are noted in blue.
Warnings and admonitions are in red.
Some have stratigraphic sections.
Initial views are from directly above, with North at the top
The user can modify the view: here v.e. = 2x, view is oblique
Links go to the DEC site built by Wendy Franklin
NYSDEC:Critical Environmental Areas / Unique Geological Features
User input requested: 1. Errors 2. Missing or modified outcrops 3. Better outcrops in the vicinity 4. Photos a. Historic: Taken before the field trip b. Taken by the field trip author c. Taken by others during the field trip d. Taken since the field trip 5. Links, other field trip guides, documents, etc.
Relevant URLs: Guidebooks (including free pdf’s): DEC site for Unique Geological Features: This talk, kmz files, additional information: