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 #mapsapps13

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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

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