maps and apps - google earth
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On 9/12/13 we held our Fall Gathering entitled Maps & Apps, Tools & Tips. Learn more about the event here: http://openspacecouncil.org/blog/mapsappssept2013/ and #mapsapps13TRANSCRIPT
Google Maps & Earth Putting the world in your handsPeter BirchProduct Manager, Google Maps & Earth
Organize the world’s informationand make it universally accessible and useful
Organize the world’s informationGeographically
and make it universally accessible and useful
20 Petabytes of Imagery
• 40% of the world’s landmass
• 80% of the world’s population
In high resolution imagery
Street View 3,000+ cities, 40 countries
Earth is also a platform
