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Plant a Tree with your name on it and see it on Google Earth

Colin Colehour [PersonRank 10]

Monday, March 24, 2008
16 years ago2,114 views

This is similar to the idea I talked about with Sky Maps where you pay money to name a star and the company will send you a kml file to view your newly named star. The difference though is this time you get to put your name on a newly planted tree and see that tree in Google Earth. Cool concept!

<< According to Google Earth Outreach partners the World Wildlife Fund (WWF), areas the size of six football fields are cut down every two minutes in Borneo's rainforest due to illegal logging. To counteract this, the intrepid folks at WWF have a plant-a-tree campaign where you can donate a small amount for them to plant an actual sapling in the Sebangau National Park in Borneo, Indonesia. Follow the adorable animation at mybabytree.org, select how many trees you want to plant, and in return you'll get a KML file with the location of your tree in Google Earth. You can even choose which of three tree species you would like them to plant. >>

http://google-latlong.blogspot.com/2008/03/plant-geotagged-tree-in-borneo-with.html

TOMHTML [PersonRank 10]

16 years ago #

It costs $5.50 (= "only" 3.56 euros :-D)

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