I gave a presentation this morning at Science Foo Camp entitled “The rise of the geobrowser – cool uses in science”. A good broadbased discussion ensued, so much so that I didn’t quite make it through all the examples I intended to show off. I did promise to list them here, however, so here are some of the best examples of:
A sensor web: Atlantic buoys
A citizen scientist sensor web: Lightning maps
Science outreach: Gombe chimp blog (new functionality soon)
History of science: Shackleton’s expedition
Science news: Carteret Atoll
Geospatial wiki: Geonames
Georeferenced database: Global volcanism
Server-side analytics: Gulf Impact
Way out-there visualizations and hacks in the service of science:
Darling-Murray river stream flow data
I’ll be flying on Monday, so this blog will continue to see neglect until Tuesday…