Abandoned Airports Map
A working map of Abandoned Airports, Landing Strips and Aircraft Boneyards
© Forgotten Railways, Roads & Places, 2021
Our New Abandoned & Out-of-Service Railroad Lines Map, and Other Exciting Projects Coming Soon!
By now, hopefully you have heard that we are not using Google My Maps to host our Abandoned & Out-of-Service Railroad Lines Map anymore, but rather hosting it on our own website. The old Google Map has been inaccessible for several weeks now, but I've been so busy working on the migration that I haven't really had a chance to blog or discuss the new map in as much detail as I've liked. I still have a bit much to do on making sure the descriptive data matches what was on the Google Map, including contributor information, so if you submitted a line to us, rest assured, your credit will be added to the new map soon enough! The new map also allows users to change the basemap, the default basemap is now OpenStreetMap, but that can be changed by clicking the box in the lower left hand corner of the map. Now you can select multiple views for the data, including satellite and topo views! My personal favorite is the USA Topo Maps! Why the change? Well, given the incredible am
Great maps. How do you create a map with Google maps. I have not yet discovered how to draw on google maps, add a comment to the drawing (generally an abandoned rail segment, an unpublished spur, or an unpublished siding), add text to the statement, and then publish it so all can see.
ReplyDeleteYou apparently have solved that problem. Can you give me some insight as to how to do that?
Ed Bradford
Pflugerville,TX
egbegb2@gmail.com
Ed, thanks for the question, and perhaps I’ll add a FAQ area to this site at some point.
DeleteTo create a google map, you need to use Google My Maps https://www.google.com/maps/d/. From there you’ll be able to create different maps using different base maps as backdrops. I prefer the satellite backdrop since it allows me to seamlessly look for abandoned rail lines.
You can also change the privacy settings of the map to allow it to be viewed by the public, which allows them to be embedded as well. I maybdo a more robust tutorial at some point, but Google My Maps is user friendly enough that many of its features can be learned simply by playing around with it.
If you have any other questions please let me know!
Andrew