Oil Spill History

For those of you wondering about the latest news on the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill there is a great KML file that a reader posted on the Google Earth Blog. It geolocates many significant oil spills, organizing them by the largest 50, and including others that are noteworthy. It includes great descriptions of how much oil was spilled and how it happened. For the BP Deepwater spill it even has a clock estimating the oil spill real time.


There is also a great comparison tool developed by Paul Rademacher showing the oil spill to whatever town you choose. Incredibly I compared it to HSU town Arcata, CA. Not only did it cover the complete area for the town, it pretty much covers the entirety of Humboldt County!

GeoStat

Geo-Stat is an interesting site creating visualizations of statistical information. It allows the user to choose data, and has the ability to create tables, graphics, and reports for the data. A user can also import their own data to use within the application.

CNN is spatial-clueless

CNN reporters believe that the recent Times Square attempted attacks caused higher-ups to blur Google Earth imagery. Obviously they are missing fundamental knowledge of satellite imagery and the workings of Google maps.