posted on Feb, 16 2016 @ 10:07 PM
a reply to:
Byrd
Google Archaeology was taken down permanently by its creators. Apparently they ruffled too many large feathers. Archaeological.org remains active, and
I will have a much more in-depth look at it tomorrow. Ditto on the SATA foundation, and I thank you kindly for these resources.
I was also thinking of the proposed location feature as a more interactive way to educate people on current events and personal experiences being
shared on ATS. For example, if a veteran member wanted to write about their tour in Iraq, I think having a push pin to go with their post would make
them more interactive, relatable and personal to those (like myself) who haven't actually been there. It's shamefully easy for the blissfully ignorant
among us to mistake foreign-sounding names like Benghazi and Fallujah for features on Mars. (Not counting myself out here either, which is why I hope
the ATS staff will seriously consider implementing some version of this feature.)
Maybe ATS could compile and publish a new, updated KMZ file each week so people could browse for posts by location via Google Earth (like how the USGS
does for earthquakes.) This would allow people to discover posts outside of what they would normally browse for in the forums. For example, I've
become jaded to nearly all evidence of aliens/ufos I come across on the internet (despite being open-minded to said phenomena) so I rarely spend much
time in that forum. But if I were browsing GE with the "ATS" layer enabled and saw an "alien" icon near my hometown (indicating a UFO sighting or
historic abduction report) I would definitely have to see what it was about. Such a feature would depend on an author (or volunteer) tagging a
location for a given post, with the option remaining available even after the original editing deadline has expired (not unlike a social media post.)
Personally, I'd be happy to contribute a GE bender or two for this effort. In my humble opinion, this has the potential to be tremendously helpful to
the community, and far beyond the mere scope of my own pet projects.
edit on 16-2-2016 by johnsequitur1221 because: Butane & Butane
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