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Links to Geography articles, news & information in June 2011

Deep Zoom imagery of Joplin after the tornado: maptd.com/deep-zoom-imagery-of-joplin-after-the-tornado/
Japan - three months after the quake: www.boston.com/bigpicture/
Japanese tsunami caused "ripples" in the atmosphere: www.boingboing.net
Learn the scientific reasons behind Earth's seasons: www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3077384/ns/technology_and_science-science/
Naughty Learning in Geography: daviderogers.blogspot.com
Volcanic Ash and Pumice from Chile volcano Puyehue: www.theatlantic.com/infocus/
Volcanic lightning in Chile: www.guardian.co.uk

Links to Geography articles, news & information in May 2011

Class of Geography Students Found Bin Laden's Hideout Long Before the CIA: www.good.is
Microsoft Photosynth iPhone App in Geography teaching: daviderogers.blogspot.com

Links to Geography articles, news & information in March 2011

Mapped sequence of earthquakes March 7 to March 14 2011: www.earthware.co.uk/demos/slearthquakemapper/
Quake sequence leading up to Japan tsunami: www.earthware.co.uk/blog/

Links in October 2010

Why are Geography teachers so great with technology?: blogs.msdn.com/b/teachers/

Links in September 2010

Hurricane hunters fly through Karl: www.msnbc.msn.com
Storms look scary... even from space: cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com

Links in August 2010

Katrina Retrospective - 5 Years After the Storm: blogs.technet.com/b/keithcombs/
Ordnance Survey maps available in Bing Maps (Geography Teachers, note): daviderogers.blogspot.com

Links for June 2010

Catastrophe in the Gulf - The Hot Zone (Photos): andylevin.com

Links for May 2010

Digital Cartography: blogs.msdn.com/stevecla01/
Iceland volcano in maps: news.bbc.co.uk
Interactive weather radar: www.kirotv.com/interactive-radar/
Mount St. Helens still recovering: www.msnbc.msn.com
Mount St. Helens - Then and now: www.msnbc.msn.com
Mount St Helens Volcano Cam: www.gonorthwest.com/Washington/cascades/mt_st_helens/
NASA Satellite Eyes Iceland Volcano Cauldron: www.nasa.gov/topics/earth/features/
Satellite views of Iceland volcano: news.bbc.co.uk
Shanghai World Expo in Pictures: www.msnbc.msn.com
The Geography Collective: www.geographycollective.co.uk
The Geography collective – a unique teacher network: blogs.msdn.com/teachers/
Volcanos erupt in Ecuador and Guatemala - In pictures: news.bbc.co.uk

New links in April 2010

Dirty thunderstorm - Lightning in a volcano: www.msnbc.msn.com
Maps 101 - Educating Kids with Bing Maps: www.bing.com/community/blogs/maps/
Volcanic Ashes: hannesve.cloudapp.net/BM-SL-Volcano/
Volcanic Ashes on Bing Maps: johanneskebeck.spaces.live.com

New links in March 2010

Chile earthquake may have shortened days : www.msnbc.msn.com
Chile Earthquake Pictures - Twitter Photos Tell the Story: mashable.com
Chile quake moves city 10 feet: www.msnbc.msn.com
Chile Quake Picture Story: www.msnbc.msn.com
Freak storm sweeps through Perth - Photos (March 23 2010): www.abc.net.au/news/photos/
How tsunamis work: www.msnbc.msn.com
Iceland volcano could have world consequences: www.msnbc.msn.com
Pacific Northwest at risk for mega earthquake: www.msnbc.msn.com
Personal Weather Stations - PWS Weather: www.pwsweather.com
Primrose Hill Blackwell Weather: www.primrose-hill.com
Primrose Hill Blackwell Weather in Realtime: www.primrose-hill.com/realtime.htm
Rising sea levels explained: blogs.msdn.com/stevecla01/
Scientific reasons for Earth’s seasons: www.msnbc.msn.com
Storm scenes in New England (Photos): www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/gallery/
Weather Underground: www.wunderground.com
Weather Underground - Victoria Australia: www.wunderground.com/global/AU_VC.html

Sites A-M (older links)

8 dangerous volcanoes around the world: www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25499980/
3D Geology Maps: www.3dgeomaps.com
A Billion Dollars Later, New Orleans Still at Risk: www.nytimes.com
ABAG Earthquake Maps and Information: www.abag.ca.gov/bayarea/eqmaps/
Acid Rain 2005: www.acidrain2005.cz
Acid Rain Students' Site: www.epa.gov/acidrain/site_students/
AirHead - Air Pollution Awareness: www.airhead.org
Alaska Volcano Observatory: www.avo.alaska.edu/avo4/
Alfred Russel Wallace: www.wku.edu/~smithch/
All the World's Maps: www.embassyworld.com/maps/
Alpine Glacial Landforms: www.uwsp.edu/geo/
Antarctic Glaciers Accelerating: www.nsidc.org/news/press/
Antarctic Journal: webdirectory.com/antarctic/
Antarctic Virtual Tour: astro.uchicago.edu/cara/vtour/
Antarctica (Computerworld): antarctica.computerworld.com
Aquatic Network: www.aquanet.com
Atlas of Canada - Learning Resources: atlas.gc.ca/site/english/learning_resources/
Atlas of the Oceans: www.oceansatlas.org
Australia's Distinctive Landscape: www.auslig.gov.au/facts/
Backyard Weather Station: familyeducation.com
Before, After, Two Years after Katrina: www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20364536/?gt1=10252
Bering Climate: www.beringclimate.noaa.gov
Big Dig: www.bigdig.com
Big Dig Underground Tour: www.publicbroadcasting.net
Bridging the Watershed: www.bridgingthewatershed.org
Britons leading the pack towards cycling cities: www.abc.net.au/news/
Bureau of Meteorology: www.bom.gov.au
Californian Dams Database: elib.cs.berkeley.edu/dams/
Caltrans Journal: www.dot.ca.gov
Canadian West: www.archives.ca
Charters Towers Seismic Station: aslwww.cr.usgs.gov/Seismic_Data/telemetry_data/
China earthquake - Impact and aftermath (animated graphic): www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24583362/
China earthquakes mapped on Live Maps: ditu.live.com
Climatic Research Unit: www.cru.uea.ac.uk/cru/cru.htm
Climatological References: k12.ocs.ou.edu
Clouds: seaborg.nmu.edu/clouds/
Color Brewer: www.personal.psu.edu
Cool Antarctica: www.coolantarctica.com
Countries & Capitals: www.capitals.com
Cryosphere: nsidc.org/cryosphere/
Dam Design: www.dur.ac.uk/~des0www4/cal/dams/
Denver Basin Project: www.dmns.org/main/minisites/denverbasin/
Detroit through the years viewed on Live Maps: detroit1976.naviciti.com
Digital Chart of World: www,maproom.psu.edu
Digital Earth: atlas.geo.cornell.edu/webmap/
Discover our Earth: atlas.geo.cornell.edu/education/
Downbursts - Severe Localized Downdrafts: ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu
Earth Resource System: www.ersys.com
Earth Resources: www.athena.ivv.nasa.gov
Earth Science Notes: www.uwgb.edu/dutchs/
Earth Sciences & Map Library: www.lib.berkeley.ed/EART/
Earth Science World: www.earthscienceworld.org
Earth's Timeline: www.msnbc.com
Earthquakes Theme Page: www.cln.org
Energy Impacts of Hurricane Gustav: www.gulfimpact.com
Essential Guide to Rocks: www.bbc.co.uk/education/rocks/
EuroStat: europe.eu.int
Exploring the Geography of Georgia â€“ helpful tip to leverage UGC: virtualearth.spaces.live.com

Facts about Niagara Falls: www.niagarafallslive.com

Finding Your Way with Map & Compass: mac.usgs.gov

Fossil Fuels: fossil.energy.gov/education/

Freak Waves: www.pbs.org/wnet/savageseas/

Free Geography Tools: freegeographytools.com

Free GIS Data: data.geocomm.com

Fundamentals of Physical Geography: www.physicalgeography.net

Future Tech - Urban Transport: www.darkroastedblend.com

Gambling on where hurricanes will hit: www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8631749/

Geo Communicator: www.geocommunicator.org

Geo-data for San Francisco Bay: badger.parl.com

Geo-Globe: library.thinkquest.org/10157/

Geo-Images Project: geogweb.berkeley.edu

Geoexplorer Geography Portal: www.geoexplorer.co.uk

Geography About.com: geography.about.com

Geography for Kids: www.geography4kids.com

Geography Games: www.geography-games.com

Geography IQ: www.geographyiq.com

Geography Quiz - What's your Traveler IQ?: virtualearth.spaces.live.com

Geography Top Activities: www.quia.com/dir/geo/

Geography World: members.aol.com/geographyworld/

Geoguide - Dams: www.nationalgeographic.com

Geological mapping gets joined up: news.bbc.co.uk

Geology of Sand Dunes: www.nps.gov/whsa/

Geology of the Grand Canyon: www.kaibab.org/geology/

Geology Web Links: www.geologyone.com

Geomapping: maps.geoportals.com

GeoNet: www.geonet.org.nz

GEOnet Names Server (GNS): earth-info.nga.mil/gns/html/cntry_files.html

Geoscience Australia: www.agso.gov.au

GeoURL Location to URL Directory: geourl.org

GIS.com - Guide to Geographic Information Systems: www.gis.com

GIS Abbreviations: www.lib.berkeley.edu/EART/

GIS Education: libraries.ucsd.edu/sage/

GIS Lounge - Geographic Information Systems: gislounge.com

GISuser (Geospatial Information System User): www.gisuser.com

Glacier Image Database: tvl1.geo.uc.edu/ice/Image/

Global Change Master Directory: gcmd.nasa.gov

Global Climate Change Student Info Guide: www.ace.mmu.ac.uk

Google Maps: maps.google.com

Goulburn Valley Area Map: www.multimap.com

GPS Drawing: www.gpsdrawing.com/info.htm

GPS Guide for Beginners: gislounge.com/mobile-gis/gps/gps-guide-for-beginners/

GRASS GIS: grass.itc.it

Guide to Earthquakes: news.bbc.co.uk

How a Blast Furnace Works: www.steel.org/learning/howmade/

How Asian tsunami's waves swept the globe: www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9076807/

How to Find True North Without a Compass: www.wikihow.com

Hurricane Hunters: www.hurricanehunters.com

Hurricane Katrina - A Year to Remember: www.katrina.com

Hurricane Katrina Archive: www.nola.com/katrina/

Hurricane Katrina's Inundation of New Orleans: www.nola.com/katrina/graphics/flashflood.swf

Hurricane Rita on Virtual Earth: poly9.viavirtualearth.com/poly9/msnbc-rita/

Hurricanes - Just for Kids: www.ns.ec.gc.ca/weather/hurricane/kids.html

Ice Ages: www.museum.state.il.us/exhibits/ice_ages/

Iceberg: oceanworld.tamu.edu/students/iceberg/

Imaging Everest: imagingeverest.rgs.org

Interactive U.S. Map: nationalatlas.gov

International Ground Water Model: www.mines.edu/igwmc/

International Rivers Network: www.irn.org

International Small-Hydro Atlas: www.small-hydro.com

International Tsunami Information Center: www.prh.noaa.gov/itic/

Internet Geography: www.internetgeography.co.uk

Internet Glossary of Soil Science Terms: www.soils.org/sssagloss/

Introduction to Physical Geography: www.uwsp.edu/geo/faculty/ritter/geog101/textbook/

Introduction to Spatial Coordinate Systems: blogs.msdn.com/virtualearth/

Introduction to Spatial Coordinate Systems - Flat Maps for a Round Planet: msdn.microsoft.com

Jules Map Server: jules.unavco.org

K-12 Weather Sites from Unidata: my.unidata.ucar.edu/content/education/K12.html

Katrina's Devastation: www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9107338/

Katrina Flyover - Before and After: www.msnbc.msn.com/apps/ve/katrina.htm

Katrina Safe: www.katrinasafe.com

Kola Superdeep Borehole: www.damninteresting.com/?p=567

Lafayette Parish Louisiana Flood Plain Map on Live Maps: www.lamappingproject.com

Lie of the Land: www.bl.uk

Live Internet Seismic Server: www.liss.org

Live Maps: maps.live.com

Living Earth - Earth Images: livingearth.com

Low Impact Development: www.lowimpactdevelopment.org

Magma Mixing: www.science.ubc.ca

Making Maps with MS Word: www.virtualteacher.com.au/maps.html

Mapping Balloon Travel Patterns on Live Maps: blogs.msdn.com/virtualearth/

Mapping the China earthquake zone: news.bbc.co.uk

Maps 101: www.maps.com/learn/

Maps & Geography: www.nationalgeographic.org/maps/

Maps & GIS: infomine.ucr.edu

Maps that Teach: www.yourchildlearns.com

Marble Bar Seismic Station: aslwww.cr.usgs.gov/Seismic_Data/telemetry_data/

Measuring Households Affected By Flooding Rivers: blogs.msdn.com/virtualearth/

Melting ice cap triggering earthquakes: www.guardian.co.uk

Minerals & Metals: www.nrcan.gc.ca/mms/school/

Mississippi River Flood of 1927: www.archive.org/details/mississippi_flood_1927

Mount St. Helens Eruption Movies: www.fs.fed.us/gpnf/volcanocams/msh/archive/eruptions.shtml

Mount St. Helens Satellite Imagery: www.ssd.noaa.gov/VAAC/hele-img.html

Mount St. Helens Teacher's Corner Online Library: www.fs.fed.us/gpnf/mshnvm/education/teachers-corner/library/

Mount St. Helens VolcanoCam: www.fs.fed.us/gpnf/volcanocams/msh/

Mount St. Helens Lets Off Steam: www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6092368/

Multimap: www.multimap.com

Mysteries of Twisters: www.msnbc.com/news/745281.asp

My Water Supply: www.mywatersupply.org

Sites N-Z

Narrogin Seismic Station:

National Earthquake Info Centre: neic.usgs.gov

National Geodetic Survey: www.ngs.noaa.gov

National Imaging & Mapping: 164.214.2.59/

National Snow and Ice Data Center: nsidc.org

New Orleans - Before and After: www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9162119

New Orleans - it's hard to understand the devastation: www.ernietheattorney.net

New Orleans Flood Map: mapper.cctechnol.com

New Orleans Risk and Reliability Report: nolarisk.usace.army.mil

New Orleans Topography: www.nasa.gov/vision/earth/

Nine killer earthquakes: www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24032081

NOAA Satellite and Information Service: www.ssd.noaa.gov

North Texas weather YTD stats: blogs.technet.com/keithcombs/

Noting milestone 'of an act of God' (Mount St. Helens): www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7902704/

Observing the Earth (ESA): www.esa.int/export/esaEO/

Oceanography by ONR: www.onr.navy.mil/focus/ocean/

Oceans Introduction: emuseum.mnsu.edu

Office of Coast Surveys: chartmaker.ncd.noaa.gov

OneGeology - Earth Geological Map Data: www.onegeology.org

Online Index Maps: www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/branner/

Online Map Creation: www.aquarius.geomar.de/omc/

Online Maps to Everywhere: www.multimap.com

Panama Canal Miraflores Locks Time-lapse: video.google.com

Physical Oceanography from Space: prodaac.jpl.nasa.gov/kids/

Pictometry: www.pictometry.com

Planet Earth Guide: dsc.discovery.com/guides/planetearth/

Planet Geospatial: www.planetgs.com

Plate Tectonics: www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/geology/

Project GeoSim: geosim.cs.vt.edu

Quakes on Virtual Earth: www.viavirtualearth.com/quakes/

Racing Balloon on Live Maps: www.racingballoon.com

Reading Weather Maps: ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu

Recent Earthquakes & Volcanoes: hsv.com/scitech/earthsci/

ReefBase: www.reefbase.org

Remote Sensing Basics: cgi.girs.wageningen-ur.nl/k075218/

Remote Sensing Integrated Unit: waves.marine.usf.edu

Recent World Earthquake Activity: earthquake.usgs.gov/recenteqsww/

Resources for Geographers: www.colorado.edu/geography/

Richter Magnitude Scale: wwwneic.cr.usgs.gov/neis/

Rock Hounds: sln.fi.edu/fellows/payton/rocks/

Rogue Waves: www.enviroliteracy.org/article.php/257.html

San Francisco 1897-1916: memory.loc.gov

Sand Dunes: www.mesa.edu.au

Satellite Photos of Famous Locations: www.famousmaps.com

Science behind a storm surge: www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26679685/

Science of a seismic storm: cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com

Seismic Waves: www.aeic.alaska.edu

Seismic Waves Simulator: www.geol.binghamton.edu/faculty/jones/

Seismology: www.geo.mtu.edu/UPSeis/

SharpGIS: www.sharpgis.net

Society of Dams: www.ussdams.org

Soil Science Education: www.statlab.iastate.edu/soils/

St Andreas Fault Line: www.exploratorium.com/faultline/

Stonehenge Project: www.thestonehengeproject.org

Storm Events Database: www4.ncdc.noaa.gov

Suburban sprawl in California (panoramic photos): www.exuberance.com/photos/

Super Volcanoes: www.space.com

Surface Transport in California: www.transact.org/Ca/

Swiss Geographical Info System: www.swissgeo.org

Team finds Earth's 'oldest rocks': news.bbc.co.uk

Tectonic Motion: scign.jpl.nasa.gov/learn/

Temperate Oceans: mbgnet.mobot.org/salt/oceans/

Tennessee Electronic Atlas: tnatlas.geog.utk.edu/tea/

TerraFly: www.terrafly.com

The Atlas of Canada: atlas.gc.ca/site/english/

The Dynamic Earth: www.mnh.si.edu/earth/

The Electronic Volcano: http://www.dartmouth.edu/~volcano/

The Island Directory: www.unep.ch/islands/

The Map Room - A Weblog about Maps: www.mcwetboy.net/maproom/

The Underground World of Caves: cdis.missouri.edu/studentinfo/

The Water Cycle: www.epa.gov/safewater/kids/flash/flash_watercycle.html

Tidal Predictions for Australia: www.ntf.flinders.edu.au/TEXT/TIDES/tides.html

Topographic Maps of California: sunsite.berkeley.edu/histopo/

Traffic Nightmares: www.usatoday.com/news/

Transportation Engineering: www.webs1.uidaho.edu/niatt_labmanual/

Travel-time Maps and their Uses: www.mysociety.org/2006/travel-time-maps/

Trulia Hindsight Maps of Properties through Time: hindsight.trulia.com

Tsunamis: www.noaa.gov/tsunamis.html

Tsunami - Kalutara Beach Sri Lanka Images: homepage.mac.com/demark/tsunami/1.html

Tsunami Society: www.sthjournal.org

Tundra Cam: tundracam.colorado.edu

Tutorials about Maps & Mapmaking: www.cgrer.uiowa.edu

Two Towns Rebuild After Katrina: risingfromruin.msnbc.com/the_towns.html

U.K. Weather: www.weather.co.uk

Urban Water Resource Management: www.gdrc.org/uem/water/

U.S. Highway Statistics: www.fhwa.dot.gov/ohim/

U.S. State Reports: classbrain.com/cb_sr/

USAPhotoMaps Instructions: www.gpsinformation.net/waas/maps/

USAPhotoMaps Software: www.jdmcox.com

Video captures deep-sea volcanic eruptions: www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12961772/

Virtual Antarctica: www.terraquest.com/antarctica/

Virtual Cave: www.goodearthgraphics.com/virtcave/

Virtual Earth: virtualearth.msn.com

Virtual Field Trips: emerald.ucsc.edu/~jsr/EART10/Trips/

Virtual Flyover (U.S.): www.terrafly.com

Visible Earth - Oceans: visibleearth.nasa.gov/Oceans/

Visit to a Wastewater-Treatment Plant: wwwga.usgs.gov/edu/

Volcano Live: www.volcanolive.com

Walk Through a Hydroelectric Project: www.fwee.org/walk.html

Water: www.abc.net.au/water/

Water Hands-On Activities: www.wef.org/WefStudents/Teachers/

Water on the Web: waterontheweb.org

Water Quality Standards Database: www.ice.ucdavis.edu/wqsid/

Watershed Activity: rodneyscience.freeyellow.com

Watershed Atlas: www.watersheds.org

Watersheds, Lawn Care & Water Quality: www.mda.state.mn.us/appd/ace/lawnsheds.htm

Weather Activities: www.edheads.org/activities/weather/

Weather Classroom for Students: www.weatherclassroom.com

Weather Eye: weathereye.kgan.com

Weather Here & There: archive.ncsa.uiuc.edu

Weather Unit: faldo.atmos.uiuc.edu/WEATHER/

Web Weather for Kids: www.ucar.edu/educ_outreach/webweather/

Web's Topographic Maps (U.S.): www.topozone.com

Web-Based Tutorials on GIS:

What is the capital of?: www.what-is-the-capital-of.com

What Causes Earth's Seasons?: www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3077384/

Where in the World?: www.glyphweb.com

Winds: www.bigchalk.com

WMS Global Mosaic: onearth.jpl.nasa.gov/WK/

Working with Maps: www.usgs.gov

WorldMapper: www.sasi.group.shef.ac.uk/worldmapper/

World Cave Database: www-sop.inria.fr/agos-sophia/

World Atlas: www.mapquest.com

World in the Balance: www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/worldbalance/

World Population (1 Person is 1 Pixel): www.royalsapien.com/pop1/

World Waterfall Database: www.world-waterfalls.com

Worldsat: www.worldsat.ca/home/

Worldwide Forests: www.fao.org/forestry/fo/country/

Yahoo! Maps: maps.yahoo.com

Year of the Mountains: www.mountains2002.org

Zoom into Maps: lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/