<div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Mar 31, 2011 at 1:45 PM, Richard Weait <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:richard@weait.com">richard@weait.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">

<div class="im">On Thu, Mar 31, 2011 at 7:40 AM, Dave F. <<a href="mailto:davefox@madasafish.com">davefox@madasafish.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> As someone from across the pond, excuse my ignorance, but what are these<br>
> for:<br>
><br>
> <a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=43.1789745390415+-78.7073448300362&aq=&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=38.008397,61.787109&ie=UTF8&t=h&ll=43.179667,-78.706842&spn=0.001414,0.002041&z=19&layer=c&cbll=43.179667,-78.706842&panoid=GeKNxrK4FFlR_78zK9XJFQ&cbp=12,163.01,,0,22.12" target="_blank">http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=43.1789745390415+-78.7073448300362&aq=&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=38.008397,61.787109&ie=UTF8&t=h&ll=43.179667,-78.706842&spn=0.001414,0.002041&z=19&layer=c&cbll=43.179667,-78.706842&panoid=GeKNxrK4FFlR_78zK9XJFQ&cbp=12,163.01,,0,22.12</a><br>


<br>
</div>Looks like horseshoes.  <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horseshoes" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horseshoes</a><br>
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> And these:<br>
><br>
> <a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=43.1789745390415+-78.7073448300362&aq=&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=38.008397,61.787109&ie=UTF8&t=h&layer=c&cbll=43.179676,-78.708394&panoid=GG5wE7P_TeUPTdHc3fPZ9Q&cbp=12,187.02,,0,25.55&ll=43.179674,-78.70827&spn=0.001414,0.002041&z=19" target="_blank">http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=43.1789745390415+-78.7073448300362&aq=&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=38.008397,61.787109&ie=UTF8&t=h&layer=c&cbll=43.179676,-78.708394&panoid=GG5wE7P_TeUPTdHc3fPZ9Q&cbp=12,187.02,,0,25.55&ll=43.179674,-78.70827&spn=0.001414,0.002041&z=19</a><br>


<br>
</div>Looks like Bocce. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bocce" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bocce</a><br>
<div><div></div><div class="h5"><br></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Out of curiosity: is it considered acceptable to use Google StreetView to assist in armchair mapping? I personally would not use it, as it seems to be a violation of their ToU: <a href="http://www.google.com/intl/en_ALL/help/terms_local.html">http://www.google.com/intl/en_ALL/help/terms_local.html</a> which state (among many other things) that it is not allowed to use the photographic imagery in Google Maps to create derivative works.</div>

</div><br>-- <br>Martijn van Exel<br><a href="http://about.me/mvexel" target="_blank">http://about.me/mvexel</a><br>