If you don't have a 3Gs with a compass, you need to turn your iPhone  
around until the compass is pointing in the correct direction.

Gary

On Nov 10, 2009, at 12:30 PM, Beth Koebel <[email protected]> wrote:

> One thing I noticed is the compass wasn't pointing in the right  
> direction. At least not according to were the sun is rising.  It  
> still rises in the east right?
>
> Beth
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Nov 10, 2009, at 11:25, Beth Koebel <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Gary,
>>
>> This app really works. It is naming the hills around here. Now if  
>> the names are correct I haven't a clue.
>>
>> Beth
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>> On Nov 10, 2009, at 10:04, Gary A Beluzo <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> Here is a mindblowing FREE app for iPhone.  Check out PEAK.AR
>>>
>>> Awesome app.
>>>
>>> Gary
>>>
>>> On Nov 9, 2009, at 8:44 PM, [email protected] wrote:
>>>
>>>> ENTS,
>>>>
>>>>    Monica and I took advantage of the gorgeous weather this  
>>>> afternoon and took our birch bark canoe out on little Fitzgerald  
>>>> Lake.  The lake is about a third of a mile from our front door.  
>>>> It is part of a nearly 700-acre conservation area. I have sent  
>>>> quite a few images of it in the past. I'll not comment on the  
>>>> individual images. They pretty well speak for themselves.
>>>>
>>>>    I am involved with the Broad Brook Coalition, which helps the  
>>>> City of Northampton manage the Fitzgerald Lake Conservation Area.  
>>>> My role is to help with the interpretive services. We are going  
>>>> to identify the tree species visible from along the trail network  
>>>> and provide information on each species in a brochure. In  
>>>> addition to identification information, my idea is to provide 10  
>>>> interesting facts about each species. Any suggestions/ 
>>>> recommendations on what might be of greatest interest for any of  
>>>> the following species would be greatly appreciated.
>>>>
>>>>    N. red oak                      Black oak                       
>>>> Chestnut oak                    White oak               Scarlet oak
>>>>    
>>>>    Sugar maple                     Red maple                       Striped 
>>>> Maple
>>>>
>>>>    Yellow birch                    White birch             
>>>>    Black birch
>>>>
>>>>    Red elm                         A. basswood                     A. 
>>>> hornbeam                     Hop hornbeam
>>>>
>>>>    Eastern cottonwood      Bigtooth aspen          Quaking aspen
>>>>
>>>>    Black cherry                    Witch hazel                     
>>>> Flowering dogwood       
>>>>
>>>>    Black locust                    A. chestnut                     A. beech
>>>>
>>>>    White ash                       Green ash                       Catalpa 
>>>>                         Staghorn sumac
>>>>
>>>>    Pignut hickory          Shagbark hickory
>>>>
>>>>    White pine                      Eastern hemlock
>>>>
>>>>    There are a few other species in the area, but these are the  
>>>> ones I can think of off the top of my head. I haven't yet  
>>>> identified Pin oak, although I'm fairly certain it grows in the  
>>>> area. Neither have I identified tulip poplar, although it can be  
>>>> found farther up Broad Brook. I believe Swamp white oak grows  
>>>> somewhere in the conservation area.
>>>>
>>>>    Our assumption is that people will be more drawn to the trees if  
>>>> we give them really interesting tidbits about each species.
>>>>
>>>> Bob
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> <EntryIntoThePond.jpg>
>>>> <HiddenCorner.jpg>
>>>> <EveningReflctions1.jpg>
>>>> <EveningReflections2.jpg>
>>>> <EveningLight.jpg>
>>>
>>>
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