Updates from Google Earth Outreach 5/20/2011

[Google Earth Outreach]

Google Earth Outreach Developer Grant Applications Due Next Week

The deadline for Round 1 applications to the Google Earth Outreach
Developer Grants program is May 26th. Developer Grants support
selected projects from eligible nonprofit organizations that are using
Google’s mapping technologies in innovative ways to make the world a
better place. More details of the program, project requirements and
eligibility can be found on the Google Earth Outreach Developer Grants
page: https://sites.google.com/site/developergrants/

Great Nonprofit Mapping Examples

Over the past month we’ve seen fantastic examples from nonprofits
using Google tools to create maps:
-Redwood Watch: Finding the Redwoods of Tomorrow, a video created by
Save the Redwoods League with the Google Earth touring feature:
http://goo.gl/6ndnD
-Coral Reefs of the World Classified by Threat from Local Activities,
a map built by the World Resources Institute with Google Fusion
Tables: http://goo.gl/E1Q0A
-Saving Thirty Hills, a video created by WWF with the Google Earth
touring feature: http://goo.gl/W9kQe

New How-Tos from Google Earth Outreach

Google Earth Outreach continues to help nonprofits learn how to use
Google mapping tools.
-Check out last month’s blog post about how nonprofits can customize
their listing on Google Maps with Google Places: http://goo.gl/pyeAG
-The process of embedding YouTube videos in Google Earth and Maps
placemarks changed recently. We’ve updated the relevant tutorials on
our website with the latest instructions.

Tutorial for Google Earth users: http://goo.gl/1aRwQ
Tutorial for Google Maps My Maps users: http://goo.gl/t2OPx