The web offers many free tools for basic GIS analysis and visualization. Steve Schild, GIS Manager at the Rutland Regional Planning Commission, highlights the best in this slideshow.
15. Google Sky, Moon and Mars Google Sky features constellations, stars, galaxies, Hubble Telescope images and animations depicting the planets in their orbits. Google Earth 5 includes a separate globe of the planet Mars , it also includes 3D renderings of the Martian terrain. There are also some extremely high resolution images from the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter and panoramic images from various Mars landers. Google Moon allows users to view satellite images of the Moon .
27. “ There seem at present to be two distinct groups of humanitarian practitioners: those who are already, albeit tentatively, exploiting Google Earth and related geospatial methods in their work, and those who will be, as soon as they see their first demonstration of its potential.” (MapAction, 2008:9) Steve Schild Rutland Regional Planning Commission [email_address] 775-0871, ext. 206 www.rutlandrpc.org THANK YOU!