Declan Butler, Virtual globes: The web-wide world, Nature, February 15, 2006. Google Earth is becoming a platform for OA geospatial data. Butler explores how scientists are using GE and how --because GE is free, fun, and spectacular-- this science is reaching the public.
Also see the accompanying commentary on using GE for humanitarian relief after natural disasters, Nature's editorial on the exciting potential for 'virtual globe' software, and Butler's blog posting describing the cluster of related articles.
Posted by
Peter Suber at 2/16/2006 12:51:00 PM.
The open access movement:
Putting peer-reviewed scientific and scholarly literature
on the internet. Making it available free of charge and
free of most copyright and licensing restrictions.
Removing the barriers to serious research.
I recommend the OA tracking project (OATP) as the best way to stay on top of new OA developments. You can read the OATP feed on a blog-like web page or subscribe to it by RSS, email, or Twitter. You can also help build the feed by tagging new developments you encounter.
