Google Earth Library » National Geographic http://www.gelib.com Interesting Things to do With Google Earth Sun, 05 Sep 2010 19:57:04 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 USGS Topographic Map Overlay http://www.gelib.com/ng-topo.htm http://www.gelib.com/ng-topo.htm#comments Fri, 31 Jul 2009 17:45:43 +0000 topomatt http://www.gelib.com/?p=849 This overlay contains seamless topographic/land cover data for the entire Earth and a USGS Topographic Map overlay for the entire US, including Alaska and Hawaii.

The 1:250,000 scale USGS Topo Maps are from i-cubed eTOPO. The remaining USGS Topographic Maps for the US are  are from the National Geographic TOPO! program. The . . . → Read More: USGS Topographic Map Overlay]]> http://www.gelib.com/ng-topo.htm/feed 3 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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National Geographic Society

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