Comments on: Google Earth Gets Darfur Crisis Info, But Ban Prevents Downloads In Sudan

By: gary price

gary price — Tue, 24 Apr 2007 00:31:34 +0000

In more digital globe news... During the past week four new "add-on layers" for NASA's Digital Globe (free), World Wind have become available. http://www.worldwindcentral.com The new layers are: 1)Embedded live webcams from Africa. http://www.worldwindcentral.com/wiki/Add-on:Africam "The Africam add-on shows the location of the Cameras from the Africam website, Africa’s leading on-line wildlife viewing site." 2) Endangered American Rivers add-on http://www.worldwindcentral.com/wiki/Add-on:Endangered_American_Rivers "This add-on for World Wind is from the AmericanRivers.org annual release of the Top 10 Most Endangered Rivers in the United States that are facing some type of major change in the coming year." 3) Mogadishu Refugee Migration Add-On http://www.worldwindcentral.com/wiki/Add-on:Mogadishu_Refugee_Migration_Add-On "This add-on is based on data gathered from the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) and shows the number and types of people that have migrated away from the conflicts in Mogadishu. The locations people have moved to are identified by the red circles, larger red circles indicate over 10,000 displaced people." 4) Somalia Add-on http://www.worldwindcentral.com/wiki/Add-on:Somalia-SWALIM "The Somalia add-on is a set of topographical maps covering Somalia in 100k and 200k resolution, vector data of Mogadishu streets and general data, and displays areas affected by flooding, in addition a few areas also have othophotos provided by DigitalGlobe." A full list of add-ons is available here: http://www.worldwindcentral.com/wiki/Add-ons#Full_list_of_Add-ons Btw, another digital globe, SkylineGlobe http://www.skylineglobe.com allows users to embed live traffic cameras on top of aerial imagery for several cities in the U.S., Canada, and UK.

By: gary price

gary price — Tue, 24 Apr 2007 00:30:47 +0000