Wednesday, October 24, 2007

Interactive Map Pinpoints Wildfires and Updates

by Tiffany Rider

ABC 7 News has been covering the wildfires raging across Southern California daily since last Sunday. The ABC 7 website now has an interactive map for those who want to get up to date information on where the old and new fires are, if they have been contained, where the evacuation areas are, and more. You can view the map in standard map form, get a satellite view of the area, or a hybrid of both. The hybrid view allows you to see where the fires are located. The map has fire icons that you can click to learn more about that particular fire. This morning there is a blue "parachute" shaped icon that pinpoints the fire that has begun at Camp Pendleton. By clicking these icons, options for submitting photos, viewing photos, reading articles, and viewing maps to and from the location.

Here is an image of the map from 10:53am today.




To view the current fire updates, click here.

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