New: Export to Google Earth, Terrain Map
May 19, 2008 – 6:42 amA few new features went live this weekend:
1. Export to Google Earth. In the search results there is a new kml link on the upper left. If you have a virtual globe browser like Google Earth or MS Virtual Earth, you can now use this link to import your search results into it. Click on this link:
And if you have installed Google Earth or similar, it will load the search results right into Google Earth like this:
2. New Terrain Map Type. Concharto now has a new map type called Terrain. To see it, click on the “Ter” button on the upper left of the screen.
This map style is great for historic events because it minimizes modern geographic features such as roads and metropolitan areas and stresses terrain features such as elevation and climate.
3. New Icons Concharto finally has its own map icons 
. An icon has been added to the info window to help you to associate lines and shapes (which don’t have labels) to the left hand time-line pane.
2 Responses to “New: Export to Google Earth, Terrain Map”
I was wondering if there is a way of exporting a terrain map of a certain area from Concharto into a normal displacement map, for personal use making a layout in Trainz (a train simulator) to get the right terrain.
By Fela on Sep 9, 2008
On concharto, the terrain data is supplied by google maps. Unfortunately, I don’t know of an way to get this data out of google maps. I believe some of the terrain data is freely available from public sources, but it would probably be a complex task for you to find it and convert it into usable form.
By frank on Sep 9, 2008