Another handy tool when geolocating, is the historical imagery button. This is not
available everywhere. If it is available you will see a button at the bottom left of the
window with a year. In this case (see screenshots below) it says ‘2005’ indicating that the
oldest imagery available is from 2005. Click the button and a slide will appear in the top
left corner. Drag the pointer along the line to see different satellite images taken at
different times. Again, this helps show changes in the area which could show a new road,
new farm land, unused or no longer used farmland, new structures, environmental or
other destruction, and so on.
When gathering coordinates for geolocation, you can either record the coordinates at the
bottom of the screen, or drop a pin. The pin is the yellow pushpin at the top left of the
window. Click the pin, and a yellow pin and separate window will pop up. The pin will
drop randomly. To pinpoint your desired location, drag the pin over the point you need
the coordinates of; the coordinates will automatically update as you drag and drop the
pin. The window allows you to give the pin a name, see the coordinates of where the pin
was dropped, write any notes, and save it for later, if necessary. For gathering
coordinates, you need only copy the latitude and longitude coordinates given in the
window, and paste them into the decimal degrees converter website (see resource 5).
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