Google Maps Interface

The Google Maps interface is

becoming a standard.

www.google.com, clickmaps
The newest tool on Google Maps is the My Maps tab;
it allows you to creates geographic data and share it.
Enter http://cobweb.ecn.purdue.edu/~theller/abe325/
Click View larger map to see this.
Examine (zoom in to) the points and lines I placed on Google Maps.
The data is stored on a Google Server. After save I do not need to
worry about it again.
My Maps tools allow anyone with a
Google account, including gmail, to
use these tools.
Tools are rapidly evolving.
http://cobweb.ecn.purdue.edu/~what/WHAT_GOOGLE/in_sam.html
For many GIS sites,
the next step is to let
Google manage the
basic framework
layers - and let
specialist groups
manage value-
added layers.
This map, embedded on the web page, is
one example.
Select a crop
type,

Click Toggle Field
Boundary

Outline a field
(with hand tool)

Save
Shape is saved
on Purdue
server,
displayed over
Google images.
This is a Beta version site, various processing steps are seen.