Google Earth 5.2 Pro features, Fusion Mapper, Google Grants Workshop

[Google Earth Outreach]

This newsletter is for grantees of the Google Earth Outreach grants
program for non-profits. We post only when there's an important
announcement to make (we hate spam as much as you).


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GOOGLE EARTH 5.2 IS HERE

The latest version of Google Earth includes improvements for Pro
users.. and non-profits who've received a Pro grant. These
improvements for Pro include:

- Parcel, demographic, and traffic data layers for the US
- Improved GIS importing
- Automatic generation of super-overlays for very large image files
- Automatic regioning of large point and vector data sets
- Support for MGRS grid system

The 5.2 release also includes features for users of the free version,
including:
- Elevation and speed graphs for imported GPS tracks
- GPS Track replay feature
- Integrated Web Browser

Read the Lat Long Blog for more information on these features.
New Pro Features: http://google-latlong.blogspot.com/2010/06/google-earth-pro-52-powerful-tool-for.html
Google Earth 5.2: http://google-latlong.blogspot.com/2010/06/announcing-google-earth-52.html

If your non-profit hasn't renewed your free Google Earth Pro license
yet through the Google Earth Outreach program, you can renew your
license on the Google Earth Pro grants application page. You can also
apply for new software grants.
http://earth.google.com/outreach/grants.html


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NEW FUSION MAPPER TUTORIALS

Remember the Spreadsheet Mapper? It still exists, but its big sister
is called Fusion Mapper. Do you have a lot of data that you want to
display in a table and be able to visualize on a map, but you don't
have programming skills to build a Maps API application? Enter Fusion
Tables, a lightweight database in the cloud that allows you to import
your .csv, Excel, Google Spreadsheets and KML files (up to a size
limit). With the click of a button, visualize the data as a point map
or an intensity map. You can also view your data in pie charts, line
bar graphs, motion charts, etc... but we're mapping geeks so we're
really excited about the geo-functionality that Fusion Tables offers.

In our excitement, we've collaborated with the Fusion Tables team and
posted three new Fusion Mapper tutorials on the Google Earth Outreach
website.

- Map sample data with Fusion Mapper
Create a map in Google Earth and Maps from a table of placemarks.

- Map your own data with Fusion Mapper
Upload your own data to Fusion Tables, and create a map of it in
Google Earth and Maps.

- Sharing a map from Fusion Mapper
Share a map you have made in Google Fusion Tables.

View these and all our tutorials on our Google Earth Outreach
Tutorials page.
http://earth.google.com/outreach/tutorials.html#tab1


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GOOGLE GRANTS WORKSHOP 2010

Our friends on the Google Grants team are hosting the 2nd annual
Google Grants Workshop at the Googleplex in Mountain View, CA in late
summer (dates tbd).

If you have a Google Grants account and you'd like to learn more about
managing the account, as well as learn about more Google Products for
Non-profits (yes, the Earth Outreach team will be there!), then visit
the Google Grants blog post to learn more or just go ahead and sign
up.

More Info, please: http://googlegrants.blogspot.com/2010/06/announcing-2010-google-grants-workshop.html
Sign me up: https://spreadsheets2.google.com/a/google.com/viewform?formkey=dHZDekNYal9QcVdxcTZKRmkzei1DQUE6MQ


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ONE LAST THING....

Wouldn't it be cool to ask the president of BP your question about the
Oil Spill, TONIGHT?
Submit your questions to http://www.youtube.com/citizentube and if
others agree, PBS NewsHour will ask your question to BP President Bob
Dudley. Yes, it's TONIGHT, July 1st!


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