Once I decided to make a complete set of photographs of the historic covered bridges in the State’s book, New Hampshire’s Covered Bridges, I became a bit obsessed with making a proper list and map of the bridges I’d be photographing.
I used the State’s book to make a list and then a map in Google’s My Map (an option in your Google Drive). It lets viewers zoom in and check out the map. It also lets me place markers on the map and color code the markers to indicate various things. In this case:
- Black Marker – That is home base, the town where I live.
- Yellow Markers – Bridges that I photographed before I actually began the project.
- Red Markers – Bridges that I have photographed since starting the project.
- Blue Markers – Those are the bridges that I need to photograph.
This helps me to plan trips and avoid missing a bridge. Or at least I hope so. My concern is that I not leave out a bridge while I’m in a specific part of the state and then have to make a special trip to photograph that bridge. So here is the map. I will update it as I go and we can check on the progress.
Milford Street 
Bravo! This is a fabulous idea and the map works as you described.
Thank you so much
Your organizational skills are impressive! Such a great idea to track your progress.
I’m known for my organizational skills.
I can see that! I look forward to the next bridge.
me, too! Drives some people nuts, though….
Sorry, didn’t finish and hit “send”. They come in handy on projects like this one. Thank you, Lois.
🙂 Yes, they do!
Your executive functioning skills are enviable! I am certain your goal will be realized given your focus and attention to detail! This project is a joy to follow. Thanks for bringing us along on your journey Chris!
Thank you. Your the first person to put it quite that way but I like it. I’m glad you’re enjoying the project. I hope to get two more bridges early tomorrow morning.
Meant it as a compliment. I enjoy being organized too. Take good care!
Oh, I never doubted it. I loved how you phrased it and may use it. We’re trying a new recipe tonight for barbecue ribs. I have to get cooking!
Soooooooooooooo…can I get you to do a map for my bridges here so I can just go hit the road? hehehehe
Ha ha ha. I had a bit of trouble with the sharing permissions but otherwise, it wasn’t hard. All the bridges were easily searchable.
lol. you with an obsession… gosh… who would have guessed… waves hello from across the miles.
Ha ha ha. So far the comments on this post are awesome. Yours included. Have a great evening. Stay cool.
This is really impressive! What a great idea to create a map. It adds so much to the story to visually see where they all are. It is like going on a virtual trip. Love it!
Thank you. I needed a visual to plan this all out and liked that I could also share it. I’m glad you enjoyed it.
Happy Sunday 🙂 🙂 🙂
You also. 😊😊😊
I can’t see the map for some reason 😦 can you check and fix the link? 🙂
sounds like a brilliant idea 🙂
Odd, I can see it when I go in not through my account but like a viewer would. Google ahs some great tools.
it says “accounts.google.com refused to connect.” and only displays a grey square… 😦
Odd. It’s been up since Saturday and nobody else has said anything. I’ll email you a link. We can see if that works.
I figured it out, I had to sign up with my google account to see it… I rarely use my google/gmail account… hence the problem 🙂 thank you for the link on e-mail, it helped figure out the mystery… it looks amazing, Chris 🙂 some blue marks yet to cover, how exciting is that 🙂
Excellent. I’m glad you were able to view it. I need to do a bridge count soon. I’m not at the halfway mark, yet. And the furthest bridges are still to come.
That’s a clever way to tackle this wonderful project, Chris!!
Thank you