Pitch - Google earth database

[Laurent Piron]

Hey guys,
I just had an idea, hope you gonna like it.
Google earth allowed us to create some placemark and share them.
Wouldn't it be a good idea to create a database with the famous pitch ? That way, as soon as we arrived in a new city, we would just have to go on google earth (computer, iphone, blackberry...) to find the places to go !
I've already add a few of them, but I havn't travelled a lot (yet) and my personnel database isn't really big !
But if we all add a few of them, it will easily getting bigger and bigger, and it will be a very usefull tool !
This is the file I've done myself with a few cities (Vancouver, London, Paris, Amsterdam, Brussels, Sydney)
Have a look, and tell me what you think !

https://www.laurentpiron.be/pitch.kmz

Laurent

[BRYANDANGEROUS]

I think that is a genius idea!!!! I'm in.

[Devinthejuggler]

now we talking!

fantastic.

[Daniel Mooncalf]

http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF&msa=0&msid=100096577853243148295.00044be7af6a6b1cdf57e

That should help you add to it...

What do I need to open a KMZ file?

[jeep caillouet]

What a great Idea, Daniel to post that map thanks.But there are a zillion places to work. It appears that anyone can just post a pitch where they've worked on that map. Is that correct?

[Laurent Piron]

For the KNZ file, you need google earth installed on you computer !
But actually, the google map link is even better ! Easier to share the file, and everybody can add their own pich !

[jeffbvox]

Added Rochester, NY Pitches

I've added some pitches in the Rochester, NY area. Great Idea!

[Irina]

It's a great idea - both street performers and grateful audience can do that. This will really promote of the idea of street performers being great for tourism, and may end up in better guidelines for street performers at the organised pitches, and popping up of the new pitches - thsi is really good. We will have to see how to promote this - so more prople look for street performing pitches on earth - instead of oil mines and places of latest war news....Thank you so much.

[Irina]

OK, here is my list
Harward Square,

[Irina]

sorry, pressed the wromg button
Harvard squareCambrige, MA
Fanuel Hall Boston MA
Boston commons, Boston MA
Church street, Burlington VT
Central Park, NYC
South Street Seaport. NYC
Battery Park, NYC
Times Square, NYC
Washington Mall, Washington DC, you can actually set up in front of White House too, they have tonns of protestester camping there, free speach zone..
Baltomore HarbourFront,MD
Virginia Beach VA (it's not really street performing - they hire all acts, no tips, but they give you free housing and pay like 400$ a week salary.
Atlanta Grant Park Zoo
Atlanta Woodroff Park
Atlanta Little 5 Points(Inman Park area)
Buckhead/Virginia Heights, Atlanta (nights only, good for street musicians)
St.Augustine FL
Ybor City, Tampa FL
Clearwater, Fl
Bayside Miami, FL
Lincoln Road, South Beach Miami, FL
Coconut Grove, Miami, FL
Mallory Square and Duval street, Key-West FL
Jackson Square and the rest of the French Quarter, New Orleans
Venice Beach, LA,CA
San Diego Balboa Park and Seaport
San Francisco :Fisherman's Wharf, North Beach, Union Square and anywhere else where tourists go.
Portland - WaterFront Park, Hawthorne Ave near Bagdad, Saturday Market
Eugene OR _- Saturday Market and near college
Seattle :Pike Market, Seattle Center, Westlake Center etc
Denver CD
Boulder CD
Chicago IL

These I have been to, if I do not specify pitch - I do not remember the names of the streets...Mark these places.