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Google tracks dengue fever outbreaks

Posted on June 1, 2011 by James

Google’s new Dengue Trends website attempts to provide near real-time estimates for the spread of dengue fever. Current activity is shown on a world map and categorized as wither Minimal, Low, Moderate, High, or Intense. Information is currently available for … Continue reading →

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Using Google Correlate to find similar thematic maps

Posted on May 26, 2011 by James

Correlate is a new, typically quirky beta service from Google. It’s tricky to understand the concept at first, but essentially the service does for data what TinEye does for online images – provides a reverse search mechanism for finding similar … Continue reading →

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Google Search Globe

Posted on May 5, 2011 by James

Today, Google announced the launch of a simple 3D visualization platform called the WebGL Globe. The open platform is designed to display large volumes of geographic data on top of a 3D virtual globe, inside your web browser. Google has … Continue reading →

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