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Google Earth layer: Contaminated sites

Posted in environment, technology, tagged , , , , , , on 30 June, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Another useful Google Earth feature today: the Contaminated Sites layer from Terradex. This company compiled, and makes available free online, a list of USEPA Superfund and RCRA Cleanup sites, and state sites including California, Oregon, Washington and New Jersey. The layer requires the use of Google Earth 4 or later. When you click on individual [...]

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Google Earth for northern California

Posted in local, technology, tagged , , , , , , on 19 May, 2009 | 1 Comment »

I’ve mentioned several times things I love about Google Earth. I use it a lot for my work, but I also find it to be a lot of fun. Today, I’d like to share some interesting resources and tips on more geographic information about local features that can be explored in Google Earth. Google Earth [...]

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JibberJobber: a story and a resource

Posted in employment, technology, work, tagged , , , , on 13 May, 2009 | 1 Comment »

Back in January 2006, Jason Alba, a young IT professional and up-and-coming business manager was laid off from the software company he had helped develop. He says that although he was was sure he would find another job in a matter of weeks, he found himself months into his job search with no success. But [...]

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Animal or vegetable

Posted in environment, nature, science, tagged , , , , , , , , , on 20 April, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Here are a few sites I want to gush about, as educational resources, as entertainment, and as serious technical and scientific resources. Not only can they be used in the classroom, or browsed for the sheer enchantment of discovery, but they are pure gold for for professionals in the environmental fields as well. NatureServe Explorer [...]

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Google Earth: Wilkins ice shelf collapse

Posted in current events, science, technology, tagged , , , , , , , , on 17 April, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

The various stages of collapse of the Wilkins Ice Shelf in the Antarctica has been in the news over the past couple of weeks.  Now you can watch an animation of the process in Google Earth, as assembled by the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC). After downloading the file and opening it with [...]

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Finding map coordinates

Posted in environment, science, technology, tagged , , , , on 7 April, 2009 | 1 Comment »

On Monday I talked about the North Coast Geotourism project and how the public can submit sites. There is only one potentially slightly tricky question in the form for submitting sites: you need to provide the latitude and longitude of the site you’re submitting. Gulp! The what? How do I do that? Well, as a [...]

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Geotourism map: California North Coast

Posted in current events, local, society, technology, tagged , , , , , , , , , , on 6 April, 2009 | 2 Comments »

A couple of weeks ago, the Crescent City Daily Triplicate introduced us to an exciting mapping project: the North Coast California Geotourism project, covering the Del Norte to Marin areas, including Lake County. Working with the National Geographic Center for Sustainable Destinations, the North Coast Tourism Council and the U.S. Bureau of Land Management are [...]

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Earthquake tools rock!

Posted in nature, science, technology, tagged , , , , , , on 4 March, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) is one of my favourite agencies and sources of information. They take their science seriously, publish excellent quality material, and put great effort into make the information as available, comprehensible, and interesting to the general public as possible. Some of the tools they have added to their Earthquake Hazards Program [...]

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LinkedIn, but with light little links

Posted in technology, work, tagged , , , , , on 25 February, 2009 | 2 Comments »

LinkedIn just borrowed yet one more feature from Facebook — and that’s a good thing. As of this week, you can see two little links that say “Reply privately” and “Add comment” after the status line updates of each your contact. So if one contact says he or she is preparing a white paper on [...]

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Keeping informed with Google Reader

Posted in employment, job search, work, tagged , , , on 19 February, 2009 | 2 Comments »

Here is tip for my friends who are in-between jobs or looking out for new opportunities.  (This is also useful for just about anyone on the Web.) Google Reader has a very easy and friendly interface that lets you collect and organize many sources of of information, as long as they have a feed.  That [...]

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