List of Virtual
Globe programsFurther Reading
Virtual Globes
List of Virtual
Globe programs
Examples of Scientific KML
Atmosphere: National
Severe Storms Laboratory / University of Oklahoma weather analysis and
forecasting
(http://wdssii.nssl.noaa.gov/geotiff/)
Biosphere:
James Reserve sensor web
(http://www.jamesreserve.edu/)
Cryosphere: National
Snow and Ice Data Center sea ice coverage
(http://nsidc.org/data/virtual_globes/)
Geology: Global
paleogeographic time animation by Valery Hronusov
(http://gisplanet.blogspot.com/)
Hydrology:
Water Resources Observation Network stream flow
(http://bbs.keyhole.com/ubb/showflat.php/Cat/0/Number/735347/Main/492864)
Oceanography:
Coral Reef Watch satellite monitoring
(http://coralreefwatch.noaa.gov/satellite/ge/index.html)
Planetary: Global
Mars overlay
(http://bbs.keyhole.com/ubb/showflat.php/Cat/0/Number/73974)
Seismology: US
Geological Survey real-time earthquakes
(http://earthquake.usgs.gov/research/data/google_earth.php)
Volcanology: Smithsonian
Global Volcanism Program volcano layer
(http://www.volcano.si.edu/world/globallists.cfm?listpage=googleearth)
Virtual Globes in Science Articles
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Lubick, N. (2005). Spinning around the globe online, Geotimes, December 2005 (www) |
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Dicum, G. (2006). Green eyes in the sky, SFGate.com, 11 January 2006 (www) |
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Butler, D., (2006a). Mashups mix data into global service, Nature 439, doi:10.1038/439006a Butler, D. (2006b). The web-wide world, Nature 439, pp.776-778 Nourakhsh, I., Sargent, R., Wright A., Cramer K., McClendon, B., Jones M. (2006) Mapping disaster zones, Nature 439, pp.787-788, doi:10.1038/439787a (pdf) |
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Dworschak, M. (2006). How Google Earth is changing science, Spiegel Online, 1 August 2006 (www) |
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Gramling, C. (2007). Google Planet: With virtual globes, earth scientists see a new world, Geotimes, February 2007, pp. 38-39 (www) |
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Simonite, T. (2007) Virtual Earths let researchers "mash up" data, New Scientist, 5 May 2007 (www) |