Location, location, location...Earth

You've heard the saying in Real Estate; "Location...location..location". Well, since I posted about the GeoGed.com site, I'm bursting at the seems with alternatives. First, there is PhpGedView, which is an Open Source application. I found out about PhpGedView via my site statistics, which showed I had a visitor that originated from a SourceForge.net forum. Oddly, someone posted the TrackBack link for my GeoGed.com posting. It was odd in that its just a link, no comment or anything. This is what exposed me to PhpGedView. Basically, PhpGedView is or can be a collaborative, fully Internet/Web based Genealogy program that can be edited anywhere there is a Internet connection. There is supposed to be a way to display your ancestors in Google Maps with this; subject for a future post.

Anyway, while looking around in SourceForge I found a link for MapYourAncestors.com. This is one step closer to my goals with Google Earth, but, if you can find your way through to register at the correct spot, its pretty cool, and it auto generates a Pedigree chart that is linked to Google Maps; more on this in another future post. I tried it out, briefly; you can see its full capabilities here.

Then, I was thinking I need a Google Maps to Google Earth converter. This led me to a post on Google Earth Blog called "BatchGeoCode - Convert Addresses into Placemarks for Google Earth". Now before I decide to make a post that compares all these together, I have to look into them much deeper. Please be patient, as I may just do a post on each one separately, and then do a comparison chart. Furthermore, I may show how you can use one to help with what's lacking in another to really produce a great Family History presentation in Google Earth. By the way, if you don't have the latest version of Google Earth, get it! :)