Old Homes Google Maps
Jim Pearce, March, 2015

In 2014, Sally Dunbar, our newsletter Old Homes Editor, discovered that there is a little advertised feature of Google Maps that allows one to create your own map, complete with symbols, photos and narrative. For a number of months, Sally, Ashton and I added what we knew of the old homes to Sally's Google map, intending to use it as a reference for old homes articles. Now that we've been at it for awhile, we've found we weren't putting anything private on the maps, and we would have a much more full-featured resource available on our website for people interested in the old Fair Oaks homes.

There are a few non-intuitive elements to the maps:

• If you mouse click on any one of the homes on the map, you'll get a photo of the house and information on the address and when it was built. We'll also be adding other interesting information on the house as time permits.

• We can put more than one photo up for each home. If there is more, look for the "1 of 2" arrows at the bottom of the photo.

• If you don't see the information part, scroll down from the photo.

• If we've done an article on the home in the newsletter, there will be a link to the article at the bottom of the information section.

• The symbols on the map need explaining, so if you click on the little box at the top left of the screen, you'll find out what they mean.

• You can see an index of the names by clicking on the lined box at the upper left on the screen.

  If you click on one of the names, the screen will track to that home on the map and bring up the information section.

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You'll notice a number of "Unknown" homes on the map. If you have any information on any of these homes, please let us know.

If you have any additions, changes, modifications or suggestions; let me, Ashton, or Sally know; or send an email to Webhost@fairoakshistory.org.

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Link for Gmaps View

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