Tuesday, March 11, 2008

Israel Tourist Attractions

Israel Ministry of Tourism

http://www.goisrael.com/tourism_eng

Take a virtual tour across Israel.

This KML enables you to explore tourism sites associated with Israel. Each placemark provides textual and photographic information from beautiful coastline sites to the arid Negev desert.

http://earth.google.com/gallery/images/small/israel_tourist_attractions_sm.jpg

http://earth.google.com/gallery/images/large/israel_tourist_attractions_lg.jpg

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Panoramas of UNESCO Sites in Germany

OV-Medien GmbH

http://www.deutschland-panorama.de/

View this KML which shows panoramas of UNESCO sites in Germany.

In this KML, you can explore UNESCO sites in Germany and view panoramas of the sites. Each placemark description balloon contains a preview image with links to a full panorama. Perfect for all virtual tourists!

http://earth.google.com/gallery/images/small/deutschland_panorama_unesco_sm.jpg

http://earth.google.com/gallery/images/large/deutschland_panorama_unesco_lg.jpg

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Alan Lomax Global Language Audio Collection

The Rosetta Project / The Long Now Foundation

http://www.rosettaproject.org

View a fascinating KML which explores human languages.

This wonderfully presented KML documents a diverse collection of human languages within their geographic locale. Each placemark provides a description balloon with an embedded audio sample to hear, along with additional information and links. This KML is an excellent example of showing information not necessarily associated with a map in its geospatial context.

http://earth.google.com/gallery/images/small/alan_lomax_rosetta_sm.jpg

http://earth.google.com/gallery/images/large/alan_lomax_rosetta_lg.jpg

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Monday, March 10, 2008

Geologic Atlas of the United States

Texas A&M University Libraries

http://repository.tamu.edu/handle/1969.1/2490

View historial map overlays documenting U.S geology.

In this KML, you are able to view mapping overlays produced by the U.S. Geological Survey between 1894 and 1945. Each location provides overlays for several types of map ranging from topographical to economic. N.B. Some of the map overlays may take several minutes to load.

http://earth.google.com/gallery/images/small/geologic_atlas_us_sm.jpg

http://earth.google.com/gallery/images/large/geologic_atlas_us_lg.jpg

Open in Google Earth