Monday, January 16, 2006
Wednesday, January 11, 2006
Declan Butler, reporter � Getting GIS data into Google Earth
good description of mashing data into KML files - however he points out the limitation of Google Earth with respect to analytical data and shape files which are ARC compatible (ESRI data sets) Manyone's Earth Portal is ESRI compatible. Meanwhile ESRI itself is scheduled to release in first quarter 2006 ArcGis Explorer, a free visualization tool, which is being billed by observers as a Google Earth killer, the screenshots, and comments from developers who have given it a tour, suggesting it does all that Google Earth does, but much, much, more — a Google Earth on steroids. Declan Butler, reporter � Getting GIS data into Google Earth
Sunday, January 08, 2006
Seva - Service as a Spiritual Practice
A quick time movie on the founding of Seva by Larry and Girija Brilliant provides the background on Larry's many years of Service as a spiritual practice. This background helps in understanding Larry's current "servant leadership" role in catalyzing Pandefense and in his new role as Executive Director of google.org.
Seva - Service as a Spiritual Practice
Thursday, January 05, 2006
Virtual Bank for World Issues/Disasters - Global Voices
Critt calls this a seeding network of available resources Virtual Bank for World Issues/Disasters - Global Voices
Wednesday, January 04, 2006
Tuesday, January 03, 2006
Global Health | PBS Miniseries 'Rx for Survival' Examines Global Health Successes, Challenges - Kaisernetwork.org
Press | Participate.net
Press | Participate.netShows what a few billion can do to push hollywood to collborate with activism - Great start for Jeff Skoll.
Report it Now | Participate.net
Report it Now | Participate.netExample of the back-end activist support process behind each of Jeff Skoll's new movies -each with an action message and all being produced with top quality actors, scripts and distribution partners. Jeff is for real in carrying out his theme - Changing the Word -one story at a time.