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I Spent 4 Days Putting Icons On The Outdated Illinois Map
Posted: Mon Jul 02, 2018 4:43 pm
by chrome4fan
https://imgur.com/a/uH3pqUs
NO YOU CANNOT OWN THIS
I decided to use 4j25's Icon Layout and use it to label each and every siren in Illinois, yes I know the map is outdated. I had to change probably around 50-100 siren locations and update them so that they matched todays standards. The reason nobnody can own this map is that the images save as their own separate file that Google Earth refreshes. Not only that, your file path would need to be literally the same as mine if you do plan to every save this.
Regardless, I feel malnourished, tired, but proud of doing this.
Re: I Spent 4 Days Putting Icons On The Outdated Illinois Map
Posted: Mon Jul 02, 2018 5:26 pm
by uncommonsense
chrome4fan wrote: ↑Mon Jul 02, 2018 4:43 pm
Regardless, I feel malnourished, tired, but proud of doing this.
This is not okay. There's no project worth being malnourished. Stop, slow down. Sirens aren't that important.
Re: I Spent 4 Days Putting Icons On The Outdated Illinois Map
Posted: Mon Jul 02, 2018 5:41 pm
by chrome4fan
uncommonsense wrote: ↑Mon Jul 02, 2018 5:26 pm
chrome4fan wrote: ↑Mon Jul 02, 2018 4:43 pm
Regardless, I feel malnourished, tired, but proud of doing this.
This is not okay. There's no project worth being malnourished. Stop, slow down. Sirens aren't that important.
Yo, I'm joking. Although I spent a total of around 16 hours doing this, I'm fine.
Re: I Spent 4 Days Putting Icons On The Outdated Illinois Map
Posted: Mon Jul 02, 2018 6:04 pm
by Tyler
This is just me personally, but I don't really like using custom icons like that for the maps I do. It's waaay easier to use the default Google Earth color bubbles and develop a color scheme for particular things. The other day I was wanting to look at the Ohio map and it was made with custom icons. The file size was 250 MB. That's insane for a siren map.
Re: I Spent 4 Days Putting Icons On The Outdated Illinois Map
Posted: Mon Jul 02, 2018 6:29 pm
by fire_freak_57
Tyler wrote: ↑Mon Jul 02, 2018 6:04 pm
This is just me personally, but I don't really like using custom icons like that for the maps I do. It's waaay easier to use the default Google Earth color bubbles and develop a color scheme for particular things. The other day I was wanting to look at the Ohio map and it was made with custom icons. The file size was 250 MB. That's insane for a siren map.
I use my maps to map stuff.
I’m not a huge fan of the custom icons either.
Re: I Spent 4 Days Putting Icons On The Outdated Illinois Map
Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2018 9:58 pm
by freebrickproductions
fire_freak_57 wrote: ↑Mon Jul 02, 2018 6:29 pm
Tyler wrote: ↑Mon Jul 02, 2018 6:04 pm
This is just me personally, but I don't really like using custom icons like that for the maps I do. It's waaay easier to use the default Google Earth color bubbles and develop a color scheme for particular things. The other day I was wanting to look at the Ohio map and it was made with custom icons. The file size was 250 MB. That's insane for a siren map.
I use my maps to map stuff.
I’m not a huge fan of the custom icons either.
I prefer Google's default pins as well. I personally preferred the older pins, but Google replaced the pins in the map maker with the current ones, so I'll just have to use those if I ever make another siren map. But that preference is why I haven't bothered updating any of the maps I have to the newer style of pin if I can help it.
Re: I Spent 4 Days Putting Icons On The Outdated Illinois Map
Posted: Wed Jul 18, 2018 12:29 am
by Purring Cat
I don't like Googles default pins. They are annoying to use. If I close Google Earth and relaunch it with 4Js custom pins on there, they will be all cleared and revert back to the yellow pushpin as the default icon when I drop a placemark.