Sharing the Fascinating Ice Age Floods Story Since 1995
Ice Age Floods Institute is now a repository for interactive Google Maps that show the travels and field locations/notes of J Harlan Bretz and other field researchers that led to, and continue to refine, Bretz’s of theories of massive floods having created the unique Ice Age Floods landscapes of the Pacific NW.
These detailed Google MyMaps (geospatial database files), created by Glenn Cruickshank, are valuable contributions to the Ice Age Floods story in the PacNW. They enable users to locate individual field sites and associated field notes, and to intimately delve into the research, observations and speculations of adherents and detractors of the Ice Age Floods.
These interactive maps can be used to zoom in and explore hundreds of Bretz’s and others field locations and notes throughout the area. Links below to a number of other similar maps can help you open a dizzying realm of opportunities to more deeply explore the elements and thoughts behind the discoveries and historic research into the Ice Age Floods.
Use your scroll wheel to zoom the map, click a marker for detailed information about a field site.
These maps are part of a Google Earth project created by Glenn Cruickshank, supported by Nick Zentner and by the Ice Age Floods Institute through the efforts of webmasters Lloyd DeKay and Chris Sheeran.
Glenn Cruickshank has approved the hosting of his MyMaps and Google Earth KML/KMZ files on the IAFI.org website. Glenn is a member of the “IAF Historical Locations on Google Earth” Working Group. The Google Earth KML/KMZ data files and copies of Bretz’s field notes can also be downloaded free of charge and without restriction at NickZentner.com.
Glenn Cruickshank recently met with Dean Kiefer. who shared a copy of J Harlan Bretz’s 4-volume memoirs in scanned .pdf format. Glenn converted them to text that also made them searchable. They are a very interesting read, though a bit stream-of-Bretz-consciousness
J Harlan Bretz Memories – Part 1 – 1972
J Harlan Bretz Memories – Part 2
J Harlan Bretz Memories – Part 3
J Harlan Bretz Memories – Part 4 – 1975
How to load the Google Earth Geospatial Database Files into Google Earth
You can create your own personal Google Earth map to view and use to explore selected field sites from the KMZ files for various researchers. First, download the KMZ files (listed on the right) into your local computer. Or download files from Nick Zentner’s website where they are named “GOOGLE EARTH Bretz Field Sites (yyyy)”. There will be one (or two) field notes for each corresponding KMZ, named FIELD NOTES or FIELD BOOK. Glenn suggests also downloading the field notes as .PDF’s for easier reading.
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.
Click Here to download a printable PDF of these instructions
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