Sharing the Fascinating Ice Age Floods Story Since 1995
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Sharing the Fascinating Ice Age Floods Story Since 1995
‘Historical Ice Age Floods Research on Google Earth’ is a Google Earth database depicting over 1,500 map locations that locate and reference entries from the field notebooks of J Harlen Bretz, the published works of both Richard Foster Flint and Joseph Thomas Pardee, and field records of more recent research. Each KMZ database file produces a map with links to individual field notes and the field locations those notes refer to. Thare are also KMZ files that produce published illustrations of the PacificNW Cordilleran continental ice sheet margin and a LIDAR depiction of the Rathdrum Prairie.
Glenn Cruickshank created these geospatial database files as an integral contribution to the late Ice Age Floods story in the Pacific Northwest. They allow users to find the individual field locations and associated field research notes, as a way to more intimately explore the observations and speculations of these adherents and detractors of the groundbreaking Ice Age Floods theories. Mr. Cruickshank has approved the hosting of his Google Earth KML files on the IAFI.org web site in writing and is a member of the IAFI “IAF historical locations on Google Earth” Working Group. The Google Earth data files and copies of Bretz’s field notes can also be freely downloaded free of charge and without restriction at NickZentner.com.
How to load the Bretz Google Earth Placename Files into Google Earth
First, download the KMZ files from Nick Zentner’s website into your local computer. These are the files named “GOOGLE EARTH Bretz Field Sites (yyyy)” and for each corresponding KMZ there will be one (or two) field notes files, named FIELD NOTES… or FIELD BOOK. Download the field notes as .PDF’s for easier reading.
Click Here to download a printable PDF of these instructions.
The most complete directions for downloading KML/KMZ files are on the Google Help website.
Older version of Google Earth on Android:
1. On your Android phone or tablet, open the Google Earth app
2. Tap Menu Projects
3. At the top, tap Open …
4. Tap the file you want to add.
5. To return to the map and open the file, tap Back
New version of Google Earth for Chrome:
On chrome go to https://www.google.com/earth/
1. Click Launch Earth in Chrome
2. Click the Menu button on the left side navigation bar
3. Click Settings. Scroll to the bottom of the settings and where it says Enable KML File Import turn it on then click save
4. Click New
Google Earth Pro on the desktop:
1. Launch the Google Earth Pro application
2. Select File Open
3. GE will place each file in the “Temporary Places” area on the left hand side of the frame. Make
sure to move them ABOVE the Temporary Folder into the My Places folder (click and drag) before you exit GE, or else you will have to reload them every time.
4. Repeat the process for each Bretz KML file you want to load.
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