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EarthWatchr™: Website - Open Source Project
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Created: 02/20/08
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EarthWatchr.org: Website - Open Source Project
EarthWatchr™ software incorporates standard blogging tools with Google Maps and Google Earth with a simple content management system to create a rich geo-referenced blogging tool that will be useful to conservation organizations as well as individuals interested in creating geoblogs of their own.
My mission in developing the Jane Goodall Institute's EarthWatchr™ project was a simple one - give the people and organizations who care about our planet a tool to document it, a voice to tell it's stories, and the interconnectivity to make action possible.
At the heart of the EarthWatchr™ project is the hope that by making available easy to use geoblogging software, both individuals and organizations can use these new mapping tools to document the world around them. Whether the tool is used for tracking a long distance hike or for documenting the impact of logging on local communities, tracking a family of chimpanzees, or documenting bird sightings, the effect will be same. A picture tells a thousand words, and geoblogging tools help bring readers, donors and actors to the story on the ground in a way that is both powerful and entirely new.
Currently EarthWatchr™ is in Alpha and is being tested by National Geographic for Mike Fay's Redwood Transect and and the Jane Goodall Institute's Gombe Chimpanzee Blog. If you are interested in alpha testing EarthWatchr™, or getting involved in helping to create the beta release version of EarthWatchr™ please contact Bryce Tugwell at btugwell(at)fusestudios.com.
EarthWatchr™ software incorporates standard blogging tools with Google Maps and Google Earth with a simple content management system to create a rich geo-referenced blogging tool that will be useful to conservation organizations as well as individuals interested in creating geoblogs of their own.
My mission in developing the Jane Goodall Institute's EarthWatchr™ project was a simple one - give the people and organizations who care about our planet a tool to document it, a voice to tell it's stories, and the interconnectivity to make action possible.
At the heart of the EarthWatchr™ project is the hope that by making available easy to use geoblogging software, both individuals and organizations can use these new mapping tools to document the world around them. Whether the tool is used for tracking a long distance hike or for documenting the impact of logging on local communities, tracking a family of chimpanzees, or documenting bird sightings, the effect will be same. A picture tells a thousand words, and geoblogging tools help bring readers, donors and actors to the story on the ground in a way that is both powerful and entirely new.
Currently EarthWatchr™ is in Alpha and is being tested by National Geographic for Mike Fay's Redwood Transect and and the Jane Goodall Institute's Gombe Chimpanzee Blog. If you are interested in alpha testing EarthWatchr™, or getting involved in helping to create the beta release version of EarthWatchr™ please contact Bryce Tugwell at btugwell(at)fusestudios.com.
Blog View in Google Earth - The Gombe Chimpanzee Blog
Embedded Google Earth Content - The Gombe Chimpanzee Blog
Mike Fay's Trip Geo-Blog - The Redwood Transect
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