Google Earth embraced by geologists
For people who have downloaded Google Earth, the chief draw is the amazing chance to look at 3-D satellite images of their homes, neighborhoods and favorite landmarks. Google Earth views of exposure, which can threaten those homes, from earthquake faults to landslides, tsunami zones and even areas that could dissolve in a quake, all overlays on the same detailed satellite images.
“The real trick lies in communicating that data to the public in an interesting and successful way,” said J. Luke Blair, a geologist with the survey’s Menlo Park, Calif., office.
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