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Flying Far From Land: Thousands of Miles Without a Stop

Ornithologists use remote sensing technology in the form of miniature geolocators and light sensors to track birds migrating across the open oceans have discovered that some species fly great distances, sometimes nonstop, in surprising feats of navigation and endurance. [Read full article on the New York Times]

Using Google Earth Offline

One of Google Earth’s speed features also has the benefit of enabling the application’s use when Internet is not available. The key is the Google Earth cache file which stores imagery and other data locally on your hard drive. This speeds up your experience even [...]

The Illustrated Guide to Nonprofit GIS and Online Mapping

MapTogether is pleased to announce the release of the first public version of Illustrated Guide to Nonprofit GIS and Online Mapping.  The Guide includes:

a brief introduction to mapping and GIS (geographic [...]