There seems to be a pretty large community around further
applications of this resource too. For example I noticed Cedric used
YourGmap to insert maps for further site description in his blog
http://www.k146.org/category/cartes-maps/ YourGMap is free.
http://www.yourgmap.com/ Of course, our appetites are being whetted
for greater resolution. Rob D.
At 3:01 PM +0000 6/26/06, Rich Peet wrote:
>FYI
>This is a fairly well known free program but I have not seen a post
>about it here yet. But then, I have been a bit out of touch with
>people and groups this year.
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>I have been using Google Earth this year for research prior to going
>to new areas. This gives you satellite photos of the entire world
>with resolution that varies with different locations. It appears to
>be best at about 1 meter resolution with the worst being about 15
>meter resolution. All areas appear to be under 3 year old photos.
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>This is an amazing piece of computer programming and although you need
>to be on line to use it you can cache areas for use in the field.
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>This software is a "must see" program for Nature Recordists.
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>You need a new operating system (XP, OSX) for it to work and a high
>speed internet connection makes it much more usable.
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>http://earth.google.com/
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>Rich Peet
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>"Microphones are not ears,
>Loudspeakers are not birds,
>A listening room is not nature."
>Klas Strandberg
>Yahoo! Groups Links
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Rob Danielson
Peck School of the Arts
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
http://www.uwm.edu/~type/audio-art-tech-gallery/
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