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Google Earth KMZ Placemark Files
this page updated 2/15/2025

2 extensive Google KMZ files that are helpful for visiting and or exploring local pilots.

by: Aaron LaPlanee (aka Cracka) / Downloaded from Eagle 2025/02:
[free_flying_santa_barbara_2025_02.kmz]
Aaron's file has an assortment of items like Thermals Sources, LZs, Roads, and SBA Airspace
Downloaded from Eagle at: https://www.paragliding.com > Cloudbase Tab > Resources > Cracka's S.B. KMZ

by: Tom Truax (aka SD / Sundowner) / updated 2025/02
[placemarks_sd_2025_02-05]
a collection placemarks / a work in progress
not intended to be "inclusive" but what I use for ongoing reference consistency
Mostly placemarks, but also showing Regional Airspace, Takeoffs, a few LZs, Gates, and and a smattering of access and exit info
Folders are "ticked off" by default to avoid clutter, so open the folders of interest...
You are welcome to copy and past any and all into your own documents. I frequently make minor updates to the file and note the current revision in the file name with the date code year_mo-dy
I rarely or never update the entire document, so the individual folders are also dated.

There is a substantial overlap between Tom (SDs) and Aaron (Cracka's) KMZ file.
Most of the nomenclature (names) are in agreement, but there are a few differences where the same place might have multiple names.
Aaron's file has more detail about Santa Barbara, The Rincon Coast, and Plowshare with a significant focus on thermal triggers.
Tom's file has less focus on SB and thermal triggers (because Aaron's file already has extensive SB coverage) but SD's file has perhaps better coverage for Ojai and Pine Mountain and other locations like Conejo and Marco Polo?