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An online platform developed by an Australian Googler in his “20 per cent time” has been adopted by
the United Nations to show world leaders the extent of global support for climate change action
at this month’s summit in Copenhagen:

http://www.smh.com.au/technology/technology-news/aussie-googler-hits-the-world-stage-for-climate-change-20091202-k54f.html

vote now

free under creative commons licence for non commercial use

thanks to Ross Johnson for this alert

Have you seen the new online photomapping service Nearmaps?

Very recent imagery….14 Nov 09!

Includes oblique Pictometry views.

http://www.nearmap.com/

There is a great summary on its capabilities on http://all-things-spatial.blogspot.com/2009/11/nearmap-goes-live.html

Sydney’s Northern beaches