<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">
<div>I used Google Earth to visualize some GBIF data for our new portal rollout in July</div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>Sharks and Rays of South Africa links occurrence data to taxon-related icons so that you get some notion of what all these data actually refer</div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-u3VWd6hVo">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-u3VWd6hVo</a></div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>I also used it to visualize migration patterns of barn swallows and distribution of hummingbird data but this is a bit of a longer video with Google Earth only at the end.</div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gofvjCbSkaE">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gofvjCbSkaE</a></div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>David Remsen</div><div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite">Great to see map information with the species, and using Google Earth is exciting. <br><br>It would be nice if some representation or preview of the map appeared right on the page... worth taking a look at the Google Maps API. Helps you know if it's worth the extra click & switching to the other app. Also, did you know that KMLs will show up on <a href="http://maps.google.com">maps.google.com</a> too? It's called "kml on maps" - might help with what you're looking for. <br><br>Best, <br><br>-Rebecca Shapley<br><br><br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote"> On 8/10/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Timothy M. Jones</b> <<a href="mailto:tpolonski@adelphia.net">tpolonski@adelphia.net</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> Hello,<br><br>I will not be attending the meeting this fall but thought that this<br>may be of interest to those interested in species pages models.<br>I am working on species pages that include the use of video. The videos <br>were only added a month ago and are a bit rudimentary<br>(with budget-conscious equipment) but the potential now seems truly<br>limitless.<br><br>Examples -<br><a href="http://utc.usu.edu/factsheets/CarexFSF/new/carex_eburnea_species.htm"> http://utc.usu.edu/factsheets/CarexFSF/new/carex_eburnea_species.htm</a><br><br><a href="http://utc.usu.edu/factsheets/CarexFSF/new/carex_nebrascensis_species.htm">http://utc.usu.edu/factsheets/CarexFSF/new/carex_nebrascensis_species.htm </a><br><br><a href="http://utc.usu.edu/factsheets/CarexFSF/new/carex_mitchelliana_species.htm">http://utc.usu.edu/factsheets/CarexFSF/new/carex_mitchelliana_species.htm</a><br><br>Comments appreciated,<br> Timothy M. Jones <br><a href="http://utc.usu.edu/keys/Carex/Carex.html">http://utc.usu.edu/keys/Carex/Carex.html</a><br>_______________________________________________<br>tdwg mailing list<br><a href="mailto:tdwg@lists.tdwg.org">tdwg@lists.tdwg.org </a><br><a href="http://lists.tdwg.org/mailman/listinfo/tdwg">http://lists.tdwg.org/mailman/listinfo/tdwg</a><br></blockquote></div><br><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">_______________________________________________</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">tdwg mailing list</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><a href="mailto:tdwg@lists.tdwg.org">tdwg@lists.tdwg.org</a></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><a href="http://lists.tdwg.org/mailman/listinfo/tdwg">http://lists.tdwg.org/mailman/listinfo/tdwg</a></div> </blockquote></div><br></body></html>