Yes.
I use just regular google maps and right click on the tower base, choose
measure distance and then click on the north pole for instance and then
zoom in on my qth using satellite view and see what local landmarks the
line goes over. I've done it also to determine line of sight for
directional wifi antennas over long backhauls. Google maps automatically
choose the shortest path, so if you draw a line to europe, you'll see the
path go NE.
The cool thing about google earth is that if you create a path and save the
path so that it appears in the pane on the left, you can then right click
on that and "get elevation profile" or something along those lines, and it
will show you the elevation profile between any two points (maybe more, but
I never tried).
On Mon, Jan 23, 2017 at 5:47 PM, Steve Maki <lists@oakcom.org> wrote:
> On 1/23/2017 17:03 PM, Guy Olinger wrote:
>
> The best way, if you have visible items in satellite maps on Google
>> Earth, is to use the built-in distance and bearing facility.
>>
>> Tools>Ruler>Line
>>
>> map length to "feet"
>>
>> click the cross-hair over spot 1, then click cross-hair over spot 2.
>> Distance and bearing from spot 1 to spot 2.
>>
>> At one place I know of, the original estimate of direction was later
>> proven to be off by 13-14 degrees when finally done in Google Earth
>>
>
> That works great. Obviously the accuracy improves if you pick a more
> distant landmark.
>
> -Steve K8LX
>
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