Google Earth is a virtual globe browser, arguably the most popular of those available for free on the Internet (NASA's World Wind and ESRI's upcoming ArcGIS Explorer
are competitors). Virtual globes allow users to interactively display
and investigate geographic data (primarily satellite and aerial images
and terrain models, but also 2- and 3-D vector data such as earthquake
locations, water bodies, and buildings). One of the most useful aspects
of Google Earth from a geoscience education point of view is the
availability of a variety of geoscience-related datasets for free on the
web.
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Tuesday, July 17, 2012
Download Google Earth
Google Earth is a virtual globe browser, arguably the most popular of those available for free on the Internet (NASA's World Wind and ESRI's upcoming ArcGIS Explorer
are competitors). Virtual globes allow users to interactively display
and investigate geographic data (primarily satellite and aerial images
and terrain models, but also 2- and 3-D vector data such as earthquake
locations, water bodies, and buildings). One of the most useful aspects
of Google Earth from a geoscience education point of view is the
availability of a variety of geoscience-related datasets for free on the
web.
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