Photos Sestriere [IT] = on-line

Cher(e)s ami(e)s,

Ca va les gars ?
J'ai mis nos photos sur internet ...

http://picasaweb.google.be/CM.Sestriere

Les copain/copines de Sestrière:

• jessie.vandendriessche@telenet.be


• sanchezroland@wanadoo.fr


• annick.vanni@orange.fr


• martine.audinet@caramail.com


• ...

A la prochaine,

Mario.

Ski Fever by M_VdM

Dear Readers,

During the summer of 2005, I started toying around with Google Earth 3.0.
As an IT-professional, I had come across it's predecessor 'Keyhole 2 NV' a few years back, and was deeply impressed by it's visualization capabilities, ease of use, speed and stability ...

So I started a little pet-project that would combine my profession (IT) and my passion (skiing).

However, this project ("Ski Fever by M_VdM"), has gotten quite a bit out of hand. What started out as a modest proof-of-concept, has resulted in a professional (IMHO) quality collection of over 400 placemarks of ski areas around the globe. It has already cost me 300+ hours of my spare time ... and counting.

To date, this whole project hasn't been "published" on the Internet, yet. I didn't want to just "put it on the Internet" (e.g. http://bbs.keyhole.com/) and let it water down !?!

To give you an idea of my "project":

• I 've prepared a small sample of the data-set (as a GE NetworkLink) on my personal website (see above).
• Of course, a lot of Placemarks have been omitted in this DEMO ...
• By contrast: The French "paradiski" area is left unaltered.
• See the following screenshots: POV over France vs. POV over the Alps

Project: "Ski Fever by M_VdM" -- Features and Highlights:

• A collection of 400+ GE-Placemarks of ski resorts, ski areas, ski stations, ski domains, ski regions all over the World !
• Completed countries: FR (200+, using color-codes by www.skifrance.fr), IT, AD, NZ
• Copyright (c) 2005-2007 Vandermeersch Mario.
• The data is rigorously divided into folders and sub-folders !
• e.g.: EUROPE / Ski @ France [FR] / {Savoie / Haute-Savoie} / * Paradiski * / + Les Arcs + / Arc 2000.
• Legend: (extract)
• Folder: Ski @ Country [EU] / { (Geographical/Administrative) Region } / * Linked Ski Area * / + Mountain Village +
• Placemark: Place / Ski Area (Best Know/Commercial Name)
• Each Folder & Placemark comes with the appropriate URL(s)("www.Offical-Tourism-Office.com") and provides an accurate 3D point-of-view, similar to the one used on the appropriate ski map (where applicable).
• Where sufficient data and detail were available, the placemarks point to the most important lift installation in the valley / village.
• Custom Icons and Overlays.
• Remark: Google Earth 4.0 is still beta software. Some features may/may not work as intended/documented.

That being said, I welcome you to my personal website, here at ski-fever.blogspot.com
Below, you can click my first DEMO-file.
Enjoy ... and let me know what you think of it, please.


Download Google Earth 4.0 (free)

Ski Fever by M_VdM (NetworkLink-DEMO).kmz


Yours Sincerely,

Vandermeersch Mario.