tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13177437.post116120943815764248..comments2024-03-23T01:31:13.502+01:00Comments on Jabal al-Lughat: Google Earth for linguists - and more Tunisian BerberLameen Souag الأمين سواقhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00773164776222840428noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13177437.post-11596891899723762432021-04-16T07:38:52.340+02:002021-04-16T07:38:52.340+02:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Humaun Kabirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07115372749293027201noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13177437.post-40684160630369600832007-10-13T20:29:00.000+02:002007-10-13T20:29:00.000+02:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13177437.post-1161300476745397082006-10-20T01:27:00.000+02:002006-10-20T01:27:00.000+02:00That seems to produce very nice results - thanks! ...That seems to produce very nice results - thanks! I had no idea you could do that.Lameen Souag الأمين سواقhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00773164776222840428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13177437.post-1161272430574241202006-10-19T17:40:00.000+02:002006-10-19T17:40:00.000+02:00Hi Lameen,This is an excellent use of Google Earth...Hi Lameen,<BR/>This is an excellent use of Google Earth. I'd like to offer a little enhancement, WRT drawing in borders.<BR/><BR/>Google Earth allows you to add Image Overlays, which can have any degree of transparency/opacity you desire. <BR/><BR/>In order to draw a border, do as you suggest in GIMP, but your final step is to delete the original layer and crop to the size of your region, leaving you with a plain, monochrome image in the shape of your region. To help you locate your region properly later on, you may wish to leave a few alignment marks (like a dot on a settlement or placemark)<BR/><BR/> I chose PNG for the image format, as it supports transparency, so you don't have to worry about the background colour peeking out from behind a non-rectangular shape.<BR/><BR/>Pop back to Google Earth and do Add | Image Overlay, and add your new region. Use the slider at the bottom of this dialog to choose an appropriate opacity (I thought that a little under 50% was aesthetically pleasing). <BR/><BR/>By doing this, you don't sacrifice the text in your other placemarks, zooming works, and the underlying topography is still visible.<BR/><BR/>I have quickly modified your .kmz to demonstrate this, <A HREF="http://paul.butcher.googlepages.com/shilha_tn_PRB_mod.kmz" REL="nofollow">here</A>. Let me know if you'd like me to remove it.<BR/><BR/>Just for speed, in order to demonstrate this technique, all I did was draw a circle around the Taoujjout, Tamezret and Zraoua area, but obviously, a much more complex map can be built up through this technique.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com