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Individual Traffic
Jun 29, 2006
Environmental Defense a national nonprofit organization released a report with a focus on emmisions of CO2 caused by traffic in the U.S. In 2004 the amount from personal vehicles totaled 314 million metric tons. The transportation sector is responsible for abo ...>>
Human Population
Jun 21, 2006
A quite interesting masterpiece of interactive education presents the Bradshaw Foundation in collaboration with Professor Stephen Oppenheimer.
The 'Journey of Mankind' shows the migration of humans from Africa 160.000 years ago to the present. Now inhabit ...>>
Dodecahedron
Jun 16, 2006
Print, cut, fold and glue paper polyhedra to create your own pseudoglobe.
From Tetrahedron to Rhombicuboctahedron:
Carlos A. Furutihas has made map fold-outs in different resolutions and maps. All as PDF and ready for your color printer.
via Ehrensenf. ...>>
Volcanoe Merapi
Jun 16, 2006
Volcanoe Merapi, Java, is still active. Latest satellite picture taken by Daily Terra, 2006-06-15 2:50 UTC, is available in different resolution and channels from Terra/Modis Rapid Response System.
You may use the Mission Control Satellite Overpass Predic ...>>
Hurricane Scale
Jun 15, 2006
Associates Press launched a hurricane simulator and gives an impression of the power of these weather phenomenas.
Damage is shown on human buildings and trees. It even visualizes effects of storm surge and flooding.
The Saffir/Simpson Hurricane Scal ...>>
Google's Geocoder
Jun 14, 2006
As announced yesterday Google Maps now includes an API to provide geocoding.
When you want to see a place on the map, simply write the address in the box and hit enter. When Google finds something the explorer opens and gives you an overview of the sea ...>>
Storm Alberto
Jun 13, 2006
Tropical Storm Alberto opens season and may become a cat 1 hurricane. 20.000 people have ordered to evacuate along Florida's Gulf Coast.
Public Advisory , CBSNEWS. ...>>
Rising Sea Level
Jun 9, 2006
To measure the average sea level is a challenge for scientists. The surface changes every day and second due to waves, temperature, salinity, wind and gravity forced by the moon and the sun. Regional effects like melting glaciers make it even more complicat ...>>
RSS and Podcasts
Jun 8, 2006
More than 90% of all news of the world refer to a place on our Planet.
With the latest geoRSS feed reader you can read, listen and view latest news on the map and use links to mentioned places.
The geofeedExplorer displays colored icons for each news ent ...>>
