links for 2011-03-31

March 31, 2011 Stefan Geens

Mongabay.com: Google Earth reveals stark contrast between Sarawak's damaged forests and those in neighboring Borneo states

"Images from Google Earth show a sharp contract between forest cover in Sarawak, a state in Malaysian Borneo, and the neighboring countries of Brunei and Indonesia at a time when Sarawak's Chief Minister Pehin Sri Abdul Taib Mahmud is claiming that 70 percent of Sarawak's forest cover is intact."

Notes on the political, social and scientific impact of networked digital maps and geospatial imagery, with a special focus on Google Earth.