e-Science
Exploring virtual Earths
Virtual globes such as Google Earth bring all kinds of geographical information, including satellite imagery, aerial photography and ground-based observations, within the reach of everyone.
Virtual globes allow researchers to easily combine data from several different independent sources, revealing new information.
British Antarctic Survey researchers are using Google Earth for scientific expeditions on penguin foraging in the Southern Ocean. Scientists at the survey's headquarters in Cambridge can download data from tagged penguins, and combine this with, say, ship and satellite data of chlorophyll concentration on Google Earth. In the future, this system could help determine where the ship should go next, dictating the science in real-time.
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