links for 2007-07-24
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SketchUp Buildings
SketchUp Buildings - This weblog highlights the newest buildings that have been uploaded to the Google 3D warehouse.
LeaderTalk Post
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LeaderTalk: Looking at Data... With Google Earth: Latest post on Leadertalk.
links for 2007-07-22
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Terrascope is a Google Earth implementation of the LANDSAT MSS, TM and ETM+ ortho mosaics for the 1970s, circa 1990 and circa 2000. It is designed to allow rapid comparison of LANDSAT imagery between these periods for any view in Google Earth.
Geodata Portal at King's College London
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The Geodata portal at King's College in London is a fantastic collection of geospatial applications that can be visualized and downloaded through a Google Earth or Google Maps interface. Region-based network links are used which allow you to zoom into areas of interest to visualise the data. Links are also provided for downloading the raw data in simple formats for use in GIS or remote sensing systems. This is a fantastic resource for the classroom. I spent some time this morning taking a closer look at four of the data sets provided:
NASA Blue Marble, is a natural color mosaic. These data sets show land surface and snow dynamics on the basis of monthly composites of imagery for 2004.
Terrascope, a Google Earth implementation of the LANDSAT MSS, TM and ETM+ ortho mosaics for the 1970s, circa 1990 and circa 2000. It is designed to allow rapid comparison of LANDSAT imagery between these periods for any view in Google Earth. This data sets also includes "a geowiki so that users can move or add information and comments to existing features as well as add new points to the database or comments on visible imagery overlays. All entries are immediately added to the database and visible to all users. Increased functionality (history, edit, delete and classify will be added to the geowiki in due course)"
Amazon-eye, a collection of easily browsable data and imagery on recent environmental change in the Amazon basin as a freely available information source for scientific and conservation users.
Sea level rise scenarios, looks at possible changes to coastlines based on the following sea level changes: Choose the radio buttons to also show modelled new coastlines at the following sea levels:
• -120m - sea levels during the last glacial maximum (approx, 18,000 years ago). • +0m • +1m • +4m
Blue Marble Data in Google Earth
By way of the Ogle Earth
JotForm Form Builder
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JotForm JotForm is a web based WYSIWYG AJAXy form builder. Its drag and drop user interface makes form building easy. Using JotForm, you can create forms, integrate them to your site and collect submissions from your visitors. Examples include...
- Contact Form
- Blog Contact/Survey
- Event Calendar
- Document Uploader
- Satisfaction Survey
- Time Sheet
- Job Application Form
- RSVP for a Party or Wedding
- Bug Tracker
- Reservation Form
links for 2007-07-20
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Google has announced the winners of their contest... These are some amazing projects.
Readability Scores in Google Docs
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The word count feature in Google Docs displays not only word, character, paragraph, and sentence counts, but now also readability estimates.
links for 2007-07-19
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Google Apps to Offer Version of YouTube
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Business Week has an article about Google Apps and reports that Google is preparing a Google Apps version of YouTube to create videos for training and employee communications. I hope this comes to the Apps version for education. We could post our student video projects and such without fear of being blocked by the district filter. by way of Mashable...