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Over the years we've seen a variety of tools to help display graphs in Google Earth, such as GE-Graph and some 3D World Oil Consumption charts . The application has a spreadsheet-style interface that makes it easy to use, and it has built-in geometry for countries, states, counties, cities and zip codes. The software itself is $24.95 and is Windows-only, but the graphs that it produces are standard KML/KMZ files and can therefore be viewed by anyone with Google Earth.
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For autocratic regimes, naming landmarks is both a perk and a tool — a cheap stab at immortality and a means to cement authority: In Syria, examples abound: The main highway through Damascus is named after the late despot Hafez al-Assad, father to the current one. In the coastal town of Latakia, a main street is called 8 Azar Avenue, named after the March 8, 1963 coup d’état that brought the Ba’ath Party to power, soon headed by the al-Assad clan. (March = Azar = آذار) Should the al-Assad dynasty fall in Syria, these names will certainly change. In the meantime, how do reference maps depict such landmarks? Taking Latakia as an example, here’s a conventional, static tourist map found online:
Google Earth is a free product made available by Google that lets you view the entire earth in 3D, but has enough detail that you can zoom in and view your own house! If you don't have it yet, you can download it for free here . Google Earth Hacks provides links to interesting content found or created by users like you and gives you quick access to check things out in Google Earth.
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