[CAnet - news] Citizen Science with Google Earth, mashups and web service for environmental applications

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[Here is an excellent example of the power of mashups, web services using
tools like Google Earth for environmental applications. Thanks to Richard
Ackerman's blog--BSA]

Richard Ackermans Blog
http://scilib.typepad.com/science_library_pad/2007/05/google_earth_an.html

Worskhop
http://www.niees.ac.uk/events/GoogleEarth/


The recent emergence of new "geobrowsing" technologies such as Google Earth,
Google Maps and NASA WorldWind presents exciting possibilities for
environmental science. These tools allow the visualization of geospatial
data in a dynamic, interactive environment on the user's desktop or on the
Web. They are low-cost, easy-to-use alternatives to the more traditional
heavyweight Geographical Information Systems (GIS) software applications.
Critically, it is very easy for non-specialists to incorporate their own
data into these visualization engines, allowing for the very easy exchange
of geographic information. This exchange is facilitated by the adoption of
common data formats and services: this workshop will introduce these
standards, focussing particularly on the Open Geospatial Consortium's Web
Map Service and the KML data format used in Google Earth and other systems.
A key capability of these systems is their ability to visualize
simultaneously diverse data sources from different data providers, revealing
new information and knowledge that would otherwise have been hidden. Such
"mashups" have been the focus of much recent attention in many fields that
relate to geospatial data: this workshop will aim to establish the true
usefulness of these technologies in environmental science.


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