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US Senators and more in Google Earth

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I just found something fun for US Government on Google Earth….
There is an overlay called US SENATORS and another called US CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS.

In Google Earth, look on the lower-left side of the screen for the LAYERS section… and you can check and uncheck what you want on the Earth.
I unchecked everything in Layers except BORDERS AND LABELS to get rid of clutter.

*Under MORE at the bottom I found US GOVERNMENT where you can check off SENATORS. Each state will display a STAR that you can click for their names and links to web news and images of that senator.
* You can also check off US CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS that shows borderlines when you zoom in closer. You’ll get stars again for the congressmen of each district.


See images below for a sample, and you can try it yourself. If you look closely you can see what I have checked off under Layers, bottom left.

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