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[http://www.mapcruzin.com/download_mapcruz.htm Mapcruzin] by Slug Mike Meuser ***
 
[http://www.mapcruzin.com/download_mapcruz.htm Mapcruzin] by Slug Mike Meuser ***
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[http://www.cec.org/naatlas/ North American Environmental Atlas ] '''NEW!'''
  
 
[http://www.kqed.org/quest/ Currently mostly San Franciso Bay Area content]
 
[http://www.kqed.org/quest/ Currently mostly San Franciso Bay Area content]
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[http://earth.google.com/ Google Earth] allows you to fly over a globe and look at information people have posted.  The software is free, but you need  reasonable graphics on your computer to run it.
 
[http://earth.google.com/ Google Earth] allows you to fly over a globe and look at information people have posted.  The software is free, but you need  reasonable graphics on your computer to run it.
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[http://www.cec.org/naatlas/ North American Environmental Atlas ] uses various tools, including Google Earth.
  
 
[http://earth.google.com/outreach/cs_adelia.html UCSC Ecology Dept] is using Google Earth to map research on Bristlecone Pine.
 
[http://earth.google.com/outreach/cs_adelia.html UCSC Ecology Dept] is using Google Earth to map research on Bristlecone Pine.

Revision as of 17:14, 12 January 2009

Scorecard.org allows you to see environmental hazards by maps or Zip code ****

ToxMap shows toxic waste sites in US ***

UCSC Atlas of Global Inequality ****

Mapcruzin by Slug Mike Meuser ***

North American Environmental Atlas NEW!

Currently mostly San Franciso Bay Area content

Environmental maps Lots of resources here

eNature allows you to identify, track and report wildlife in your area

Care2 gives various kinds of eco and demographic info based on geography

Wind Map tells where it's feasible to use it as a power source

Worldmapper ***

Greenhouse Gas maps

UN map of Africa showing effects of Global Warming. Atlas

Get topographical maps

US organic farms

Open Greenmap a collective effort to show eco-info.

Watch the spread of Wal-marts


Google Earth

Google Earth allows you to fly over a globe and look at information people have posted. The software is free, but you need reasonable graphics on your computer to run it.

North American Environmental Atlas uses various tools, including Google Earth.

UCSC Ecology Dept is using Google Earth to map research on Bristlecone Pine.

Google Earth map of endangered species

UN Google Earth maps of global climate change and its effects

Google Earth maps of Appalachian mountaintop removal in coal mining

Jane Goodall's work with chimpanzees

Sierra Club's maps of ANWR