Places In The News: Darfur

I have been trying for months to formulate a post that might capture your imagination about the ongoing situation in Darfur. If a picture says a thousand words, then a video says…

China Launches Olympic Satellite

In Bejing earlier this week, China has launched a second satellite in recent months. These satellites are being launched to better forecast the weather for the Summer 2008 Bejing Olympics. Obviously weather will be a factor in the Summer with the heat and outdoor activities. I expect the United States to dominate […]

Satellite View of Cyclone Nargis Flooding

We are all heart struck by the tragedy in Burma, where thousands have perished in a natural disaster. Satellite images have captured the cyclone in action in a series of several images shot from above.

By rolling your mouse over the images from left to right and you can see the progression of flooding and […]

Google Earth Goes Golfing

Recently in my conquest for a respectable golf course at a low price, I found a very useful website. Using Google Earth, gogolfing.org is a real view directory of golf courses in the US.

In addition to the golf course contact information, you can see at a satellite map level by zoom in what the […]

Tragedy in Virginia

Places In The News: Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
by Christine Bush
For EarthSatelliteMaps.com
Why: 32 murdered, 1 suicide on Virginia Tech Campus 2007-07-16
Where: 37°13′36.93″N 80°25′21.14″W [KML]