You now have two methods of viewing the map files that I generated. You can either view them using Google Earth (described below) or in your browser via Google Maps. To view the files listed below in your browser, click on the icon next to the file name. Note that the files do NOT display as well using the Google Maps browser interface.

Google Earth is a program that allows you to view satellite images of the earth and you can "fly" anywhere that you want with a flick of your mouse. You can zoom down to amazing levels of detail. In many places you can make out details of cars on a street. In some areas (such as Boston) 3D representations of buildings have been constructed such that you can fly *between* the buildings. It's absolutely amazing!

The Google Earth program and access to the satellite image database is free. However, it does require a relatively modern computer and a high speed Internet connection. To download a copy of the program, go to earth.google.com

One of the things that you can do with Google Earth is to create "placemarks" and "paths". A placemark marks a location that you want to reference and paths show a route. I've created placemarks and paths for virtually all of our cruising. This includes locations from Maine to Florida and virtually all of the Caribbean and the Bahamas.

If you click on a placemark you'll see snippets from my logs. If you click on the "Full Text" link, you'll see the whole trip report for the area. Similarly you can see photos of the area by clicking on the "Photos" link.

The logs from the eastern Caribbean are pretty sparse (1998-2002), but the photos are good. Everything gets much better starting in Venezuela (2003+) and west of that.

Anchorages utilize icons. Land based travel utilize either , , or icons .
Placemarks which include diving information use icons.

Once you have Google Earth up and running you can access the files containing my placemarks. I've broken them down into groups to make them more manageable. Simply click on any of the links to load them into your copy of Google Earth.

• BlueJacket.kmz is the master file containing everything from everywhere.

More file will be created as I have time, so check back!