Google Earth has a slider (clock) to change between different satellite images from different dates to find winter/fall images, also has useful tools for measuring distances (point to point, path, area, etc), 3d views of sat. image over terrain map...
When you exit your vehicle, you should be able to hit a button on the GPSr and "mark a waypoint", save it, and then use it as your "goto" in order to return to it.
Good tutorial video. You're a pretty good teacher. The supports for the hose or pipe couldn't be all that old. They're just basic pressure-treated timber and that stuff doesn't tend to last long once it's abandoned to the elements. Mother Nature has a way of covering human tracks in fairly quick order, especially if the man-made project was fleeting and tenuous, as this appears to have been.
Google Earth is an indispensable tool, in conjunction with Google Maps or simply as a stand alone. Higher resolution satellite imaging & wide range of exploration options. This is a great video, thanks.
Hi, I wonder if that enclosed area used to be an Iron age village ??? that would explain the stream being orange which comes from the iron in the rock. Maybe later in time it was used as a pond for water for the steam engines used in the coal mine. Great video for people who don't really know how GPS and Google maps work :). Thank you. x
If you ever are in the Johnstown area get a hold of me and I'd be happy to show you some cool local historic sites like browns farm- est. 1774 and some old native American sitess like trail trees and burial grounds
Thank you for the inspiration. I didn't know about the Terrain option. Is a stand-alone GPS best because hiking leads to places without cell phone reception making Google Maps on phone not so good?
Thank you SO much for posting this information again because I am a newbie and wondered how to do this. I have a question. Where do you get the physical map that you are using that shows the topography, trails, etc.?
I don't know there in Pennsylvania, but here in Nevada the USDA Forest Service has terrain/topographical maps. On Ebay some companies specialize in maps with clear plastic overlays of ghost towns for different states.
Well thanks for info tho went right over my head. Guess I will never wander off alone. I did enjoy video tho I find myself watching other videos and I’m always looking for Cliffs mushrooms. Thanks for taking me along
Man you are really special gifted and so smart. That is way you are a teacher, I am so happy for you keep up the good work you are valued. I am not technically smart, I am a artist and good at that but a cell phone oh, boy its hell. Be greatful for all that you have learned.
A guess at what the wooden supports are. a slus box for some kind of small scale heavy metal mining, anything from gold to uranium, would also explain the pond/ponds, copper and nickel both make blue when mixed with common mine drainage chemicals. would also explain the peat bog like pond (filled with 1/2 rotted leaves for decades) and the dead saplings, roots get deep enough to hit toxic chems, but the shallow roots are above the them. could also mean the wooden things are OLD (ie. treated)
I remember seeing a mine exploration video somebody did and they got to the one junction where the floor was all wood and in the middle was this deep blue water filled chamber with submerged ladders and stuff. I guess it was the way down to the next level at one point before it flooded. Very creepy. But very cool looking nonetheless.
You should go to the st Nicholas mine factory near Mahanoy if you can get in. I haven’t been out there for a while so I’m not sure if they tore it down or not but if you ever feel like going for a drive it’s a cool place lol
did you know if you bring up google maps on your phone while you are out it will or should show you where you are at. that's how I found the fossil hill in Centralia.
yes, me and a friend had to do that some years ago after we made some wrong 'decisions' and found ourselves somewhat lost. The only downside is that you have to be in an area that has cell service.
What is the Garmin model you are using in this video? You might want to investigate www.historicaerials.com (click on the "view imagery" box "viewer" - next window, put in bear valley, pa for location. Thanks for taking the time to do these videos.
Hey, I love your videos! Just a tip for the pictures you put in, if you're using windows, look for a program that might already be on your computer called "snipping tool." Just search for it in the start menu. You can use that to take partial screenshots and save them to put in instead of taking photos of your screen.
Google Earth has a slider (clock) to change between different satellite images from different dates to find winter/fall images, also has useful tools for measuring distances (point to point, path, area, etc), 3d views of sat. image over terrain map...
Thanks
very informative, appreciate that you take the extended time to teach and instruct in your videos. Have a great school year.
School started this week, still trying to shift into school mode
Love that you did this for us newbies. Thank you again!
When you exit your vehicle, you should be able to hit a button on the GPSr and "mark a waypoint", save it, and then use it as your "goto" in order to return to it.
Good tutorial video. You're a pretty good teacher.
The supports for the hose or pipe couldn't be all that old. They're just basic pressure-treated timber and that stuff doesn't tend to last long once it's abandoned to the elements. Mother Nature has a way of covering human tracks in fairly quick order, especially if the man-made project was fleeting and tenuous, as this appears to have been.
Thanks for the GPS Google Maps/Garmin coordinate lesson. I wondered how it was done.
Google Earth is an indispensable tool, in conjunction with Google Maps or simply as a stand alone. Higher resolution satellite imaging & wide range of exploration options. This is a great video, thanks.
Very informative. Cool location too. Another fine episode.
Hi, I wonder if that enclosed area used to be an Iron age village ??? that would explain the stream being orange which comes from the iron in the rock. Maybe later in time it was used as a pond for water for the steam engines used in the coal mine. Great video for people who don't really know how GPS and Google maps work :). Thank you. x
The orange is from abandoned coal mines which also had iron content in them
Yup they certainly do ;). x
Sulfur will also cause the orange coloring of the rocks its very common here in central Pennsylvania
Thanks James.
As always, interesting and informative. Beautiful nature! -Pennsylvania is the coolest.
If you ever are in the Johnstown area get a hold of me and I'd be happy to show you some cool local historic sites like browns farm- est. 1774 and some old native American sitess like trail trees and burial grounds
that could of been a back woods alcohol still which needs lots of cold water for the distilling the alcohol.
Thank you for the inspiration. I didn't know about the Terrain option. Is a stand-alone GPS best because hiking leads to places without cell phone reception making Google Maps on phone not so good?
Thank you SO much for posting this information again because I am a newbie and wondered how to do this. I have a question. Where do you get the physical map that you are using that shows the topography, trails, etc.?
I don't know there in Pennsylvania, but here in Nevada the USDA Forest Service has terrain/topographical maps. On Ebay some companies specialize in maps with clear plastic overlays of ghost towns for different states.
What an adventure, loved it. Would love to know why and what it was for. Thank you
Well thanks for info tho went right over my head. Guess I will never wander off alone. I did enjoy video tho I find myself watching other videos and I’m always looking for Cliffs mushrooms. Thanks for taking me along
Man you are really special gifted and so smart. That is way you are a teacher, I am so happy for you keep up the good work you are valued. I am not technically smart, I am a artist and good at that but a cell phone oh, boy its hell. Be greatful for all that you have learned.
A guess at what the wooden supports are. a slus box for some kind of small scale heavy metal mining, anything from gold to uranium, would also explain the pond/ponds, copper and nickel both make blue when mixed with common mine drainage chemicals. would also explain the peat bog like pond (filled with 1/2 rotted leaves for decades) and the dead saplings, roots get deep enough to hit toxic chems, but the shallow roots are above the them. could also mean the wooden things are OLD (ie. treated)
That may explain the next place he said he's making a video for that he called Smurf pond.
Smurf pond turned out to be not to smurfy, so I won't be posting that video. But yes, those minerals can react with the water and create 'smurf' color
I remember seeing a mine exploration video somebody did and they got to the one junction where the floor was all wood and in the middle was this deep blue water filled chamber with submerged ladders and stuff. I guess it was the way down to the next level at one point before it flooded. Very creepy. But very cool looking nonetheless.
Nice find!
I upgraded to Google Earth pro some time back, and now I can't download from my Garmin. I heard others with the same issue. Anybody heard of a fix?
Good video as usual big guy.. go eagles 🦅🦅🦅🦅
It would be nice if you could include the GPS coordinates of the site in your description of the video.
thats tiring fam catcha breath for me along the way ok ma dude peace
You should check out holder forest in Berks county it's beautiful lots of great scenery
I'll look into it.
@@thewanderingwoodsman7227 nolde forest not holder...sorry
Hey you’re in my neck of the woods!
You should go to the st Nicholas mine factory near Mahanoy if you can get in. I haven’t been out there for a while so I’m not sure if they tore it down or not but if you ever feel like going for a drive it’s a cool place lol
I've thought about, but a lot of it has been torn down already
The Wandering Woodsman ah I see I didn’t know cause as I said I haven’t been by there for while
did you know if you bring up google maps on your phone while you are out it will or should show you where you are at. that's how I found the fossil hill in Centralia.
yes, me and a friend had to do that some years ago after we made some wrong 'decisions' and found ourselves somewhat lost. The only downside is that you have to be in an area that has cell service.
lol I try not to be in bfe because I usually have my kids with me.
What model gps are you using in this video?
Garmin etrex 35t
thank you for the reply!!!
Those 2 still pics didnt help
What is the Garmin model you are using in this video? You might want to investigate www.historicaerials.com (click on the "view imagery" box "viewer" - next window, put in bear valley, pa for location. Thanks for taking the time to do these videos.
Hey, I love your videos! Just a tip for the pictures you put in, if you're using windows, look for a program that might already be on your computer called "snipping tool." Just search for it in the start menu. You can use that to take partial screenshots and save them to put in instead of taking photos of your screen.
I'll try to remember that
Thank you!!
You should let us know if the mushrooms you find are edible or not.
And and but but is all I could stand
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