View Google Map and TerraServer image for one location

Mar 08, '05 09:39:00AM

Contributed by: cabbagewater

I saw a recent hint relating to Google Maps, and thought I'd submit my GPL GeoScript AppleScript. If you give a set of GPS coordinates (in decimal format) to GeoScript, it will open Firefox with windows for a Google Map and a TerraServer image at that location. I was inspired by a hint at hackaday.com that described the URLs to use for both websites. You can get GeoScript at pairofsachs.net (macosxhints mirror [31KB]).

The script opens Firefox for me, and creates the URLs from the coordinates. If you prefer to enter latitude first instead of longitude, editing the script shouldn't be too difficult. And now that Google maps supports Safari, you could also modify the script to run in Safari.

[robg adds: This script worked as described...]

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