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...

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...

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