<div dir="ltr"><br><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Nov 24, 2014 at 7:05 AM, Stephen Titchenal <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:stephen@titchenal.com" target="_blank">stephen@titchenal.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">I uploaded my latest DRAFT of the Pittsburgh Railway Co. lines exported to<br>
Google Maps...<br>
<a href="https://www.google.com/maps/d/edit?mid=zZ9oYgcbWAWU.kT0OXx8f49fc" target="_blank">https://www.google.com/maps/d/edit?mid=zZ9oYgcbWAWU.kT0OXx8f49fc</a><br>
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This is the rest of the electric lines in southwestern PA including the West<br>
Penn. There are missing sections where I have not had the time to research<br>
the exact route (in the case of lines going connecting with Ohio and WV some<br>
were not uploaded because of folder limitations in Google Maps).<br>
<a href="https://www.google.com/maps/d/edit?mid=zZ9oYgcbWAWU.k0plqw2-B7t8" target="_blank">https://www.google.com/maps/d/edit?mid=zZ9oYgcbWAWU.k0plqw2-B7t8</a><br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>FWIW you have Irwin-Herminie lumped in with West Penn, and ISTR Irwin-Herminie Traction was always independent. <br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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I have not worked on these maps in quite a while. It started out as an<br>
attempt simply to trace the lines from old maps. It was one of my early<br>
projects as I experimented with how to manage digital mapping. As I did more<br>
research, I added documentation and began to separate out the lines from<br>
different time periods and routes. Google Maps has many limitations, so it<br>
is not possible to create a single map that shows a large area over time<br>
easily. If you scroll through the layer list you will find some time or<br>
route based folders. Google Maps limits the number of folders and<br>
paths/points per map so not all of my research was imported.<br>
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Blaine tells me that part 2 of the CERA Pittsburgh Railways book has been<br>
delayed. It would be nice to have an updated map for that book. If anyone<br>
would like to help update the map, we can think through the best way to<br>
manage and document multiple people making changes. My long term goal is to<br>
get the entries into a true geographic database that can be easily tied to<br>
the documented research and displayed online. Since I am doing this for<br>
steam railroads as well as electric lines for all of Ohio and Pennsylvania<br>
(and to a lesser extent surrounding states) it is life time project.<br>
Fortunately digital mapping technology is improving all the time. I have<br>
been so busy scanning and organizing maps and other documentation, I haven't<br>
had time to work that into the digital route tracings and imports to Google<br>
Maps recently. Maybe this winter ;-)<br>
<div><div class="h5"><br></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>I am interested, but overcommitted, and life is very complicated at the moment, but keep me posted and <br></div><div>if I have time, I am in.<br></div></div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr">Daria</div></div>
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