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Using Google Earth to Investigate the Environment
With tools like Google Earth, users have the ability to scan detailed images of the planet with the ease that a teacher has in spinning a globe. But how do we utilize such an all powerful tool to its maximum potential? Where do we even begin?
The hardest decision is where to focus the search. Current levels of coverage available through free satellite mapping services limit where and what we can look for.
With that in mind, I looked into deforestation.
