Data formats
Geohash
- Using https://www.movable-type.co.uk/scripts/geohash.html, find the geohash that encompasses all of Eau Claire.
- Using https://www.movable-type.co.uk/scripts/geohash.html, find the geohash that encompasses all of your home town.
QGIS
- Open a shapefile (or another vector spatial data format) in QGIS
- Export it as a KML
- Take a look at it in a text editor
- Open it in Google Earth