This video shows a very cool way of representing strike and dip measurements in Google Earth using a RockWorks tool.
Miscellaneous
Digital Mapping Duopoly
By way of Geology.com, the Wall Street Journal reports on some interesting news related to GPS and even our beloved Google Maps / Google Earth. Apparently there are only two games in town when it comes to data providers for online and digital mapping products that are used by the aformentioned software as well as your GPS navigation system: Netherlands-based Tele Atlas NV, and Chicago-based Navteq Corp. (Photo by Websteria)
In October, Nokia bought Navteq for …wait for it… $8.1 billion. They plan to use the technology as the basis for a business model involving selling advertising tied to your phone’s location. A month later TomTom, a maker of GPS products, beat out rival Garmin and bought Tele Atlas for $4.2 billion. Were either of these companies really worth that much money? It doesn’t appear like it. Thus concern has been raised that the new owners of the technology might be in a position to hurt competitors by raising prices. We will have to see how things pan out.
Available Resources
EPA releases KMZ with tons of info about the Deep Water Horizon oil spill
You can download the EPA’s KMZ file for use in Google Earth and view locations of water, air, sediment, and waste samples, view aerial imagery taken by the EPA and satellite imagery from NOAA, NASA […]
Geologic Hazards
VIDEO: Boaters film landslide furiously roaring down hill
Earlier this summer, there were several large landslides in B.C. Canada, including some with fatalities. Around that time, the landslide video below was captured by some boaters. [Source: WTVR.com]