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Title: Google Helps Battle Deforestation With The Cloud
Post by: sam on December 11, 2009, 02:50

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One of the most effective ways to battle global warming would be to curb deforestation around the world. Google is helping today on the monitoring front by combining satellite imagery from Google Earth with heavy computational analysis in the cloud. Studying satellite imagery can identify where deforestation is occurring, but serious analysis requires a lot of computational power to compare images over time and locate illegal deforestation activity before it is too late to do anything about it.

http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/12/10/google-deforestation-cloud/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Techcrunch+(TechCrunch)

Title: Re: Google Helps Battle Deforestation With The Cloud
Post by: Simon on December 11, 2009, 10:18

Google saved the world!  Again!  :)

Title: Re: Google Helps Battle Deforestation With The Cloud
Post by: Clive on December 11, 2009, 12:55

Google be Praised.  Hallelujah.    ;D

Title: Re: Google Helps Battle Deforestation With The Cloud
Post by: sam on December 11, 2009, 14:42

Quote from: Clive on December 11, 2009, 12:55

Google be Praised.  Hallelujah.    ;D

I just noticed a new church being setup in my neighbourhood - it has a big G outside...  :dunno:

Title: Re: Google Helps Battle Deforestation With The Cloud
Post by: Rik on December 11, 2009, 16:56

Ali?  :o:

Title: Re: Google Helps Battle Deforestation With The Cloud
Post by: Clive on December 11, 2009, 17:37

G Spot? 

Title: Re: Google Helps Battle Deforestation With The Cloud
Post by: Rik on December 11, 2009, 18:26

 ;D

Title: Re: Google Helps Battle Deforestation With The Cloud
Post by: Simon on December 11, 2009, 21:13

Quote from: Clive on December 11, 2009, 17:37

G Spot?  

Can't be.  No one would find it.  ;D

Title: Re: Google Helps Battle Deforestation With The Cloud
Post by: Rik on December 12, 2009, 11:57

There is a way...  :o:

Title: Re: Google Helps Battle Deforestation With The Cloud
Post by: Simon on December 12, 2009, 12:01

 :)x

Title: Re: Google Helps Battle Deforestation With The Cloud
Post by: Clive on December 12, 2009, 13:40

Quote from: Rik on December 12, 2009, 11:57

There is a way...  :o:

:tmi:

Title: Re: Google Helps Battle Deforestation With The Cloud
Post by: Rik on December 12, 2009, 16:36

No yet, Clive, I'm getting around to it though. :)

Title: Re: Google Helps Battle Deforestation With The Cloud
Post by: Clive on December 12, 2009, 16:59

 ;D  ;D  ;D