THREAD: I have been trying to track down EVERY #Mississippipi public #StormShelter using publicly available info. Using @googlemaps I have completed about 2/3 so far. I checked out every shelter, confirmed by crosschecking satellite w/ Streetview data...google.com/maps/d/edit?mi…
...I then screen grabbed the exact position from the road and produced a @googledocs document which contains corrected or updated locations. I sometimes had to use @googlemaps Street view) to hunt down the ACTUAL locations of #stormshelters for #tornado: drive.google.com/file/d/1lnRN9J…
Then I used Streetview to Green grab the locations and add to my map that I am making available publicly. I hope this helps folks learn and know where there are or there are not shelters nearby. If there are not, what options are available to you. Certainly a convo worth having..
I have run in to a problem however. Only ten layers are allowed (I used the layers to colour code for each county to make it visually clearer). Do @googlemaps have a solution for me. I am thinking of adding a new map, calling it part two. Suggestions?
Finally, a challenge to @Google and @googlemaps: Can you help track down all of these across the USA where they exist? Some of the Streetview imagery is woefully outdated and maybe you're not napping everywhere, but public #StormShelters would make a great start!
@threadreaderapp unroll please!
Not sure if the link was correct (apologies): google.com/maps/d/viewer?…
Turns out that @googlemaps won't allow me to share publicly unless I have a @GoogleWorkspace account. I don't, I just wanted to carry out a bit of public service so undertook this project in my downtime. I think knowing where public storm shelters is important to know...Help!
I managed to solve this by dragging layers into one large layer and renaming the Storm shelters to include which county they are in and color code the tornado🌪 icons. I’m up to 115 completed shelters now…around 40+ to go
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