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[http://www.scorecard.org/ Scorecard.org] allows you to see environmental hazards by maps or Zip code ****
 
[http://www.scorecard.org/ Scorecard.org] allows you to see environmental hazards by maps or Zip code ****
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[http://toxmap.nlm.nih.gov/toxmap/main/index.jsp ToxMap] shows toxic waste sites in US ***
  
 
[http://www.mapcruzin.com/download_mapcruz.htm Mapcruzin] by Slug Mike Meuser ***
 
[http://www.mapcruzin.com/download_mapcruz.htm Mapcruzin] by Slug Mike Meuser ***

Revision as of 18:21, 31 October 2008

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

ToxMap shows toxic waste sites in US ***

Mapcruzin by Slug Mike Meuser ***

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

UCSC Atlas of Global Inequality ****

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


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.

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