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Nature 439, 776-778 (16 February 2006) | doi:10.1038/439776a; Published online 15 February 2006
Virtual globes: The web-wide world
Declan Butler1
- Declan Butler is a senior reporter for Nature based in Paris.
Abstract
Life happens in three dimensions, so why doesn't science? Declan Butler discovers that online tools, led by the Google Earth virtual globe, are changing the way we interact with spatial data.
Next month, biologist Erik Born will be wielding a crossbow and firing satellite tags into the hides of walruses, having manoeuvred his rubber dinghy through the pack ice off western Greenland. By tagging the walruses, Born will be able to track the animals' movements and behaviour from afar over several years.
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