You're not 'missing' anything as such, but they do allow you to follow the route more closely, view it from different angles, get more of a feel for the terrain etc. I use them on my blog and for Outreach work, obviously, but I think they're a fantastic resource for anyone following the mission. And if a UMSFer produces something so useful, in their own time, it's only fair that we support their efforts.

Is this based on the newer CRISM data? The illustrations are quite small, but it does look different to me. The red area forms a complete ring around the bigger subdued crater a few tens of metres SW of us.
http://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct=j...qZlGzT75XBAiBLg

No, it says the measurements are from Wray etal, that's the older 2009 results.

I was without Google Earth for awhile during computer transition. Got my new hot rod with Google Earth - yay!

MOD NOTE: Guys, let's minimize the chit-chat here. This is a dedicated thread to track Oppy's progress. Thanks!

A map update for sol 3121.
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Sol 3124.
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Sol 3128, although this is just "preliminary" data. Will have to adjust it later on, once thisol images are downlinked.
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Sol 3132.
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Here's a map update for sol 3135. Google Earth only. The other map will take a little bit more time because I have to remove some "clutter".
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Done.
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Here's the zoom portion of the route map updated as of sol 3155.
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There was no change on Opportunity's position since some time ago but I just saw my last update here is still from when she was parked near the previous target (Copper Cliff). This one is good 'til sol 3187.
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Here's a map update, good up to sol 3205.
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Sol 3206.
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A quick update before heading to work. Sol 3212.
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Another map update. Corrected sol 3212 position and added a few more.
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Here's a quick update of Opportunity's approximate position as of sol 3230.
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Thank you again for your great work on keeping track. And Opportunity have indeed been backtracking now for a while.
But that's good I guess it means that they got something interesting to investigate in the area.

Thanks more than 3000 times, Tesh!

Thanks everyone!

Nothing really new here, just a slight adjustment of the current position on the map. We're parked almost at the same spot as on sol 3101.
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I added a few feature names to the map. The main ones referred on the status reports. @Phil, I think I got them correctly; what do you think?
And it is updated with the data from yesterday's drive.
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Looks good to me.

Phil

Here's a map update for sol 3246. Same site as on sol 3063.
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Thanks as always, Tesheiner. Is there a chance there's a marker missing for sol 3216 on your map crop?

When the map starts getting this crowded, you know it's time to drive!

The map is so cluttered and that position was so close to 3219 that I intentionally deleted it.
And, yes, it's time to move on.

Starting to look like the end of a Benny Hill episode

That made me smile....

Benny Hill? Reminds me of this post in this very thread many years ago...

Or this one for Spirit...

I support the idea to rename Matijevic hill as Benny Hill!

Here's another map update, probably the last one at "Benny Hill".
The current position (sol 3257) is virtually the same as during sols 3233-3240.
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Going back and forth with Opportunity : I think they are on the verge of making/announcing big discoveries that will compete with those made with Curiosity

I had no time to do a proper update of the route map so here's just a snapshot from the KML version on Google Earth/Mars.
Seems that she will be leaving Cape York quite soon.
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A quick update after sol 3310.
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Yet another update, now after sol 3312.
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Updated after sol 3314, including a pin at the 36km mark.
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Here's another update, now up to sol 3316 and revising / adjusting some of the previous positions.
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Nice work, as always.

This is minor, but there was a jog to the W-NW from the sol 3312 position to image tiny "Duyfken Crater" before continuing south. The metadata was updated some time after the drive, and we still don't have the images, so it's a little obscure.

Thanks Mike. I will take that into account on the next map update.
I was a little bit puzzled by that imaging sequence ("Duyfken Crater") because it was too wide (3x1) and pointing nowhere (basically N). I thought it was taken before starting moving on that sol 3314 but now I realize it was a mid-drive imaging. All's clear.

There was another drive today; four days in a row! Here's the updated map.
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We can see on the map that since arrival at Spirit point on sol 2681, the increased net distance from landing has been a mere +150m South in nearly a martian year! (636 sols instead of 686). We're about to improve this a lot in those 50 sols difference

I am so happy for this achievement, after months of (apparently) unuseful loops!
Go Oppy!

And yet another update to the route map, adjusting several past positions (starting on sol 3315) and adding the missing ones up to thisol 3324.
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I was in a business travel the whole week and couldn't update the route map in the meantime. But now, here's a fresh one and updated up to sol 3330.
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I took some time to extend the map up to our expected destination Solander Point. Here is it, updated with the data from the latest drive on sol 3333 and correcting a few of the previous plots. From now I will usually post just a crop of it, including the whole picture just from time to time.
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Today's drive was something like 35m SW. Here's a map update.
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A quick one for sol 3339.
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Two additional sites, sol 3342 and 3344.
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... and on the final leg to Solander Point. Sol 3346.
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Yet another update, and yet another km mark on the rear window.
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