Dear friends,

in response to a request from a member. I have uploaded the .kmz
file for the satellite image. This file can be used if you have
Google Earth installed on your computer. What you need to do is to
download the file from the Files section, and double-click on it. It
will launch Google Earth (if the program is not yet running) and
load the satellite image!

The file is located in the "Google Earth Club" folder at
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Pali/files/

Alternatively, the tech-savvy guys may like to create their own .kml
files (which is the text format of .kmz files), as follows:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<kml xmlns="http://earth.google.com/kml/2.0">
<Folder>
<name>Buddha India</name>
<open>1</open>
<Placemark>
<name>Bodh Gaya, Bihar, India</name>
<LookAt>
<longitude>84.49196216966298</longitude>
<latitude>24.62901412210835</latitude>
<range>1262392.426395725</range>
<tilt>4.506184031027104e-011</tilt>
<heading>0.5925913096496467</heading>
</LookAt>
<styleUrl>root://styles#default</styleUrl>
<Point>

<coordinates>84.49196216966298,24.62901412210835,0</coordinates>
</Point>
</Placemark>
<Placemark>
<name>Butwal, Lumbini, Nepal</name>
<LookAt>
<longitude>83.45697784423831</longitude>
<latitude>27.70793724060059</latitude>
<range>1000.000000000137</range>
<tilt>0</tilt>
<heading>-1.223334089194648e-014</heading>
</LookAt>
<styleUrl>root://styles#default</styleUrl>
<Point>

<coordinates>83.45697784423831,27.70793724060059,0</coordinates>
</Point>
</Placemark>
<Placemark>
<name>Sarnath, Uttar Pradesh, India</name>
<LookAt>
<longitude>83.0674538099024</longitude>
<latitude>25.44467419158631</latitude>
<range>1407.68844125021</range>
<tilt>7.235761246436326e-012</tilt>
<heading>0.04104959860684287</heading>
</LookAt>
<styleUrl>root://styles#default</styleUrl>
<Point>

<coordinates>83.06745380990242,25.44467419158631,0</coordinates>
</Point>
</Placemark>
<Placemark>
<name>Kushinagar, Uttar Pradesh, India</name>
<LookAt>
<longitude>83.90878157651382</longitude>
<latitude>26.67107679425429</latitude>
<range>69433.93993343573</range>
<tilt>-9.433936771074585e-013</tilt>
<heading>-0.03165013898653172</heading>
</LookAt>
<styleUrl>root://styles#default</styleUrl>
<Point>

<coordinates>83.90878157651382,26.67107679425429,0</coordinates>
</Point>
</Placemark>
</Folder>
</kml>

Once again, I like to remind everyone that I have not been to these
places, and the coordinates that I use are the closest I get from
research on the Internet. I believe that the image pinpoint the
locations with a high level of accuracy, but I still stand to be
corrected.

Google Earth is available here: http://earth.google.com/

Members who are into Google Earth, and have other interesting and
related images, are welcome to share their files with us. Please
make good use of the "Google Earth Club" folder.


metta,
Yong Peng.

--- In Pali@yahoogroups.com, Ong Yong Peng wrote:

With a bit of research, I have produced a satellite image showing
the relative position of the four most significant locations related
to the Buddha's life: Lumbini, Bodh Gaya, Sarnath and Kushinagar.