Wednesday, April 20, 2011

Garden Planning for Geeks Using Google Maps

For those who don't know me I can be a little bit of a geek.  I like some of the interesting uses of technology that other people may not think of.  So for this post I will show you how I channeled my geekness (or dorkness) to create a template that I can use draw out my garden plans using Google Maps.

Since I have a very strange shaped yard I was struggling to find a way to have a scale version of my garden plot...that is until I saw my property on Google Maps satellite view!  All I had to do was do a screen shot of my property, print, put it on a light box to trace the property lines, and then do a few measurements to create the scale key for the whole thing.  Once I had that I can enlarge to certain slices of our property or print 50 copies to be an OCD lawn and garden planner.  Take a look at what I did.

Google Map Satellite View

See the printed map below? Now added measurements.

Final copy ready for printing or enlarging.

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