Monday, January 24, 2011

Flooding in Google Earth

Thanks to the Google Earth Blog for this article.

It describes some work by Richard Treves from Southampton University, who I met at the AGI event in Stratford upon Avon, and who is doing a workshop at the GA conference in April.

It's a technique for showing areas flooded to a particular depth in Google Earth. Nice when there are 3D buildings involved too, as the example shows...

Wednesday, January 12, 2011

Glacial resources

Via Twitter

@ProfessorRitter

A virtual textbook

and a nice activity which allows students to explore VISUALISING GLACIAL LANDFORMS using Google Earth.
Well worth seeking out...

Map edits...

Via Ordnance Survey blog...


A year of Open Street Map edits..

Nice video...

OSM 2008: A Year of Edits from ItoWorld on Vimeo.

Commercial break...

You deserve to get one of these for yourself, or your wife or husband or partner, or a friend, or as a prize....just buy one...

Now available from the GA's online merchandise store...

iPhone 3G / 3GS case, which has been given a GA makeover...
Show your support for Geography and the GA wherever you go, and protect your iPhone at the same time..

Can't wait for mine to arrive :)