RE: [DDN] Google Earth for Nonprofit Organizations: Let's All Try It, and See What Happens

2005-07-13 Thread Joseph Beckmann
: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rich Vazquez Sent: Tuesday, July 12, 2005 10:21 AM To: The Digital Divide Network discussion group Subject: Re: [DDN] Google Earth for Nonprofit Organizations: Let's All Try It,and See What Happens There are two products that can be discussed

RE: [DDN] Google Earth for Nonprofit Organizations: Let's All Try It, and See What Happens

2005-07-12 Thread Marnie Webb
Burt Lum wrote: I second Dave's sentiment. What about all of us Mac OSX users? I'd be cranking away at it if it was available. Shucks. Good point. Their download page[1] further extends the divide: quote Something you should know about Google Earth (beta)... Google Earth is a broadband,

Re: [DDN] Google Earth for Nonprofit Organizations: Let's All Try It, and See What Happens

2005-07-12 Thread Jon maddog Hall
[EMAIL PROTECTED] said: I second Dave's sentiment. What about all of us Mac OSX users? I'd be cranking away at it if it was available. Shucks. Or the 60,000,000 Linux and *BSD users? md -- Jon maddog Hall Executive Director Linux International(R) email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [DDN] Google Earth for Nonprofit Organizations: Let's All Try It, and See What Happens

2005-07-12 Thread Rich Vazquez
There are two products that can be discussed in this way. Both with similar capabilities. Google Satellite Maps http://maps.google.com/maps?spn=58.614258,92.346680t=khl=en Worldwide mapping with satellite images. This has an open api people can access and should be platform independant. Here is

Re: [DDN] Google Earth for Nonprofit Organizations: Let's All Try It, and See What Happens

2005-07-12 Thread Taran Rampersad
Marnie Webb wrote: quote Something you should know about Google Earth (beta)... Google Earth is a broadband, 3D application that not all computers can run. * Apple Macintosh computers are not supported at this time (but we are working on it). * Windows-based desktop PCs older than 4

[DDN] Google Earth for Nonprofit Organizations: Let's All Try It, and See What Happens

2005-07-11 Thread Deborah Elizabeth Finn
(A version of this item with live links is available at http://blog.deborah.elizabeth.finn.com/blog/_archives/2005/7/11/1015777.html.) Dear Colleagues, I'm usually pretty staunch in my belief that nonprofit and philanthropic organizations should not be carried away by cool tools, but should

RE: [DDN] Google Earth for Nonprofit Organizations: Let's All Try It, and See What Happens

2005-07-11 Thread Sandbox Education
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RE: [DDN] Google Earth for Nonprofit Organizations: Let's All Try It, and See What Happens

2005-07-11 Thread Marnie Webb
But now Google Earth has come along, and I think that we should all download it, fiddle around with it, and see if we can make creative use of it in our sector. An example of use that I've found interesting is: http://www.casualty-maps.com/ Some other thoughts on this are available at:

RE: [DDN] Google Earth for Nonprofit Organizations: Let's All Try It, and See What Happens

2005-07-11 Thread Joseph Beckmann
Beckmann -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Deborah Elizabeth Finn Sent: Monday, July 11, 2005 2:52 PM To: The Digital Divide Network discussion group Subject: [DDN] Google Earth for Nonprofit Organizations: Let's All Try It,and See What Happens

Re: [DDN] Google Earth for Nonprofit Organizations: Let's All Try It, and See What Happens

2005-07-11 Thread Burt Lum
I second Dave's sentiment. What about all of us Mac OSX users? I'd be cranking away at it if it was available. Shucks. Aloha, Burt -- Burt Lum Honolulu, HI www.mindwind.com Join the Bytemarks community at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Bytemarks/ Read Bytemarks: