Google Earth & Bing Maps Spanning the Virtual Globe

摘要

In anticipation of the United Nations climate change conference scheduled to occur in Copenhagen, Denmark, in December, Google Inc. is presenting a series of narrated tours through its popular Google Earth program that allow viewers to explore the environmental impacts of climate change around the globe.rnTours created in Google Earth by Greenpeace, the World Wildlife Fund and other environmental groups show where rising tides threaten coastal populationsrnand warming temperatures imperil animal habitats.rnThe climate change tours are just one example of the continuous stream of features and improvements offered by Mountain View, Calif.-based Google to Google Earth, the popular program which combines satellite and aerial imagery with location-specific information to create a virtual globe, Google spokesman Aaron Stein said. In July, Google Earth began offering Google Moon, which offers satellite imagery of the lunar surface as well as information on Apollo missionsrnand landing sites.