Google Earth Library » Nature http://www.gelib.com Interesting Things to do With Google Earth Sun, 22 Jan 2012 03:13:05 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 MODIS Satellite Gallery http://www.gelib.com/modis-gallery.htm http://www.gelib.com/modis-gallery.htm#comments Mon, 16 Jan 2012 10:00:00 +0000 topomatt http://www.gelib.com/modis-rapid-response-system-gallery.htm UPDATE 1/16/2011 – Gallery updated to include almost all of the images posted by NASA through the end of 2011.

The MODIS Satellite Gallery collection from the MODIS Rapid Response Project at NASA/GSFC contains about 3,300 satellite images obtained from NASA’s Aqua and Terra satellites overlaid onto Google Earth. These satellites capture natural color . . . → Read More: MODIS Satellite Gallery]]> http://www.gelib.com/modis-gallery.htm/feed 2 United States National Atlas http://www.gelib.com/us-national-atlas.htm http://www.gelib.com/us-national-atlas.htm#comments Tue, 20 Dec 2011 06:07:24 +0000 topomatt http://www.gelib.com/?p=2200 The National Atlas of the United States displays several hundred layers of GIS data for the United States.  The data is organized into the following categories.

Agriculture (Information about Farms, Livestock, and Crops) Environment (Information about hazardous sites) People (Information about crime rates, economy, food stamps, jobs, mortality rates, population density, etc.) Biology . . . → Read More: United States National Atlas]]> http://www.gelib.com/us-national-atlas.htm/feed 0 Ivory Wars http://www.gelib.com/ivory-wars.htm http://www.gelib.com/ivory-wars.htm#comments Tue, 24 Mar 2009 16:00:37 +0000 topomatt http://www.gelib.com/?p=446 Excellent use of Google Earth to help tell the story of elephant poachers in the Zakouma National Park, in Africa. The KML file contains links to photographs, habitat boundaries, and other information pertinent to the story.

The full story is available online from National Geographic.

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National Geographic . . . → Read More: Ivory Wars]]> http://www.gelib.com/ivory-wars.htm/feed 0 National Geographic Grants http://www.gelib.com/natgeo-grants.htm http://www.gelib.com/natgeo-grants.htm#comments Mon, 23 Mar 2009 16:00:20 +0000 topomatt http://www.gelib.com/?p=410 Collection of placemarks showing the locations and summaries of 1,000′s of grants awarded over the years by the National Geographic Society. Some of these studies date back more than 50 years.

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