Googe Earth Pro: free for one year

I just learned that free 1 year license for Google Earth Pro is available for qualified academic users. Send email to den@google.com requesting for a one page authorization document to use the software. Then, you can download the Googe images and work them with GIS software.

Cool Tool: Location based Internet Search and Navigation

"A Boston company is giving away software that can turn nearly any laptop computer into a global positioning system, enabling users to find the nearest restaurant, hospital, or gas station at the touch of a button." (via Boston Globe, 3/23/06)
You can download this software directly from LOKI

Welcome to Google Mars

Following Google Earth and Google Moon , now Google Mars.
"Google Mars doesn't provide driving directions, but users can see the planet in three different formats: The Martian elevation map is color-coded by altitude; the visible-imagery map shows the surface in black-and-white pictures; the infrared map indicates temperature, with cooler areas dark and warmer areas bright."(Souce: Google's New Frontier: Online Maps of Mars. /San Francisco Chronicle/, Mar. 14, p. D1. 2006).