Antonio,

I tried to follow your instructions but when I got to the second set,
#1 did not work: there was no "Copy Link To Clipboard" option under
the Share menu. This was after signing in (required) and saving a
pushpin/collection.

Marc Hoffman
Kirkland, WA
tweeters at dartfrogmedia dot com

At 01:01 AM 12/10/2006, Antonio VZ wrote:
>I just spent about 10 minutes trying to parse out the exact location
>of the king eider reported near Blaine and didnt have much sucess,
>While doing so it occurred to me that there is a MUCH better method
>of conveying location information.
>
>Check out http://maps.live.com It's Microsoft's online "Virtual Earth".
>To show how it can be used for sharing locations of sightings here
>is an example I put together for the Emperor Goose near Snohomish:
>
>http://maps.live.com/default.aspx?v=2&cp=47.894089~-122.105237&style=h&lvl=17&tilt=-90&dir=0&alt=-1000&scene=2774471&sp=Point.rzfrkf4tqq01_Emperor%20Goose_Location%20of%20Emperor%20Goose%20on%202006-12-09%2009%3a29%3a42.%20%20Note%20that%20the%20attached%20photo%20is%20not%20of%20the%20actual%20goose.__http%3a%2f%2fupload.wikimedia.org%2fwikipedia%2fen%2fthumb%2f1%2f15%2fEmperor.goose.arp.750pix.jpg%2f497px-Emperor.goose.arp.750pix.jpg~Point.rzfqqj4tqs7y_Parking___
>
>Instructions on how to do this:
>
>1. Open http://maps.live.com/ in your browser
>2. Navigate to the location of the sighting
>3. Click the right mouse button on the precise spot - a menu will
>appear, click the Add Pushpin link in this menu
>4. You should now have a form that allows you to add a title,
>description, image, etc for the pushpin. Enter the information and
>click the Save button.
>
>Your pushpin is now complete but there is one more step you need to
>complete to be able to share it. As you do your work the URL doesnt
>change on this website like it does on most others (for very good
>technical reasons).
>Therefore the URL in your browser doesnt contain all the necessary
>information to recreate what you are seeing. To create a link that
>you can send out to Tweeters (or anywhere else for that matter) you
>need to do the following:
>
>1. Go to the Share Menu at the top of the map and click the Copy
>Link To Clipboard link.
>2. Go to your email editor of choice and hit paste (CTRL+V) the
>link into your text.
>
>This only takes about 5 minutes, and is so much explicit and helpful
>to others than a written description. People can even right click
>on the Pin and click the get driving directions link. To change
>your view just click on the map and drag your mouse. To zoom in or
>out spin your mouse wheel or use the + and - keys on your keyboard.
>
>There are many more useful and cool features to this program. For
>instance you can also look at the maps in 3D. I only recommend this
>if you have broadband and be aware that it requires you to download
>an ActiveX control from Microsoft, but trust me it's worth it :
>
>http://maps.live.com/default.aspx?v=2&cp=47.892682~-122.107183&style=h&lvl=18&tilt=-24.1187132344895&dir=352.267363093598&alt=264.760748773813&scene=2774471&sp=Point.rzfrkf4tqq01_Emperor%20Goose_Location%20of%20Emperor%20Goose%20on%202006-12-09%2009%3a29%3a42.%20%20Note%20that%20the%20attached%20photo%20is%20not%20of%20the%20actual%20goose.__http%3a%2f%2fupload.wikimedia.org%2fwikipedia%2fen%2fthumb%2f1%2f15%2fEmperor.goose.arp.750pix.jpg%2f497px-Emperor.goose.arp.750pix.jpg~Point.rzfqqj4tqs7y_Parking___
>
>If you have any questions about this please feel free to send an
>email directly and Ill be more than happy to help you out. I think
>it's worth the effort.
>
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