****************************************** Global Volcanism Program and Google Earth ****************************************** From: Global Volcanism Program <GVP@xxxxxx> The Smithsonian's Global Volcanism Program would like to announce two events related to its website (http://www.volcano.si.edu/). First, in early May, the site moved to a new webserver. We hope everyone enjoys the vastly improved speed and overall performance. Minor changes to the design of the home page accompanied the server upgrade. Second, we have been working with Google to provide users of Google Earth with information for the more than 1500 volcanoes with known or possible activity during the Holocene. Google Earth has now incorporated volcano data provided by the Global Volcanism Program as a built-in layer, making it directly available to the millions of users of this powerful educational tool. This free software that combines satellite imagery and maps into a user-friendly interface can be downloaded from the Google Earth website (http://earth.google.com/). To access the volcano layer after installing Google Earth, go to the "Layers" section of Google Earth on the lower left, scroll down and click on the "Geographic Features" menu, and then the first subfolder, "Volcanoes." Volcanoes will now be shown as red triangles with a black border as you browse the globe. Clicking on each volcano triangle pops up a "balloon" with a photo (when available) and summary information about the volcano. Links are also included to the Global Volcanism Program webpage for that volcano and to appropriate U.S. and international volcano observatories. A separate version of the volcano layer is also available on the Global Volcanism Program website (http://www.volcano.si.edu/world/globallists.cfm?listpage=googleearth). Volcano-savvy users may want to read the discussion on that page of some apparent discrepancies in the placement of volcano triangles on the satellite imagery. Upon downloading the placemark file into Google Earth, it will show up in the "Places" section. The placemark file provides a slightly different appearance than the Google Earth layer. It also displays volcano names in folders organized by volcanic region and subregion, each of which can be turned on or off by the user. ============================================================== To unsubscribe from the volcano list, send the message: signoff volcano to: listserv@xxxxxxx, or write to: volcano-request@xxxxxxxx To contribute to the volcano list, send your message to: volcano@xxxxxxxx Please do not send attachments. ==============================================================
