Re: Google Earth Club

Hello Yong Peng,

Thanks for the pictures. Its nice to see those places
again as I was there (Lumbini, Kusinagara) last year
and will be again in Lumbini from this September to
April next year.

But this mail is about the fonts program file, if you
have a minute. I need pâli font for no other use than
looking up the PTS on line dictionary, as the number
of positive searches is much diminished when I use
plain roman characters.

Among the different font programs you list (Gentium,
Akkhada...) is there one you advise more for that
specific use (just typing in the PTS dictionary search
field) ? Do I absolutely have to download the keyboard
file as well ?

I would also rather like one that is compatible with
the Velthuis transliteration system.

With Metta

Jacques Huynen

--- Ong Yong Peng <pali.smith@...> wrote:

> 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>
>
>

> </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>
>
>

> </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>
>
>

> </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>
>
>

> </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.
>
>
>
>
>

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