Archive for February, 2010
Cool Pictures: Math and Nature
Via Wired I just came across the beautiful pictures by Nikki Graziano. Enjoy!
'ff3' by Nikki Graziano
Google Earth
Here I am in 2010 writing a blog post on Google Earth. You know, the thing has been around for a while, and most relevant people to this blog are aware of it. However, I just came across to posts on the Google Earth Blog, that demonstrate what a how this thing gets continuously updated and improved:
- There are updated historical images, and quite a few in Germany have been updated. The resolution is not the greatest, but it is still interesting! Instructions: Activate “Historical Views” by selecting “View” from the menu bar and then check “Historical Imagery”. Then a little slider appears in the top left corner of the map screen in GoogleEarth, which you can slide in order to “travel through time”.
City of Nuernberg in December of 1943, courtesy of Google Earth
- The Google Earth Blog blogged about a kml file from the National Snow and Ice Data Center. The great thing about this kml file is that it is animated: A voice tells a story, the globe spins to places the voice talks about, and related images pop up. Cool!
Identi.ca Weekly Updates for 2010-02-03
- RT @carlzimmer: Steven strogatz start serien on mathematics with adding http://twiturl.de/sdeias #
Abstracts due for Water 2010
| February 10, 2010 |
Deadline for abstracts for the conference “water 2010” in Quebec City, July 5-7, 2010
The Changing Dynamics of Scientific Collaborations
| February 7, 2010 |
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