Learn more about Google Earth Outreach

Learn more about Google Earth Outreach: In a country as large as Australia, environmental issues can be difficult to comprehend, let alone combat. For example, one of our most precious natural treasures, the Great Barrier Reef, covers 344,400 square kilometres. That number is hard to make sense of - until you realise it’s actually bigger than the entire land mass of New Zealand. That makes the coral degradation the reef is currently suffering a big, big challenge.

Google Earth Outreach is one of the most useful programs that scientists and nonprofits can access to learn how to leverage Google mapping tools to help people understand the scale of environmental issues. It has been used from the Amazon to the Appalachian mountain tops to convey complex environmental and social issues over time.

We’re hosting a special event for Australian nonprofits to learn more about the Google Earth Outreach program at Macquarie University on Monday, November 5.  There will be a keynote address by eminent Australian scientist Tim Flannery, and we’ll also hear from nonprofits who are using Google Earth and Google Maps around Australia. If you’d like to attend Monday’s event in person, please RSVP here. And if you can’t attend in person, you can join in via our Google Australia +page from 6:30pm EST.

Posted by Raleigh Seamster, Program Manager for Google Earth Outreach

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