Track Storms, Animal Migrations with Google Earth

For some, this may just be the another cool contribution to the Collective thanks to Google and the Google Earth application. (Post on storm tracking. Post on animal migrations.)

Even though I knew it was in development, read many articles on the possible uses of Google Earth, and regularly watch Google TechTalk on their YouTube channel; I experienced something I have difficulty verbalizing. I'll give it shot here by building my perception and thought process here. It is my wish that there are a few of us in agreement. Let me know.

• This is free. I mean to anyone, anywhere in the world with internet access.
• It is something that scientists only dreamed of or could not even dream of having- even in my lifetime.
• It's for everyone. Not just scientists, weather experts, storm chasers, biologists, climate change enthusiasts, students, teachers, politicians, socialites, corporations, reporters, developers, entrepreneurs, philanthropists, authors, gurus, consultants, parents, children, land exploiters, land protectors, democrats, republicans, musicians, artists, ANY-ONE.
• It's not another social tool to let everyone know what you are doing, it totally has nothing to do with "look at me" tools.
• Most people will not even give it a look.
• Most won't even consider the additional layers that can and will be added. The potential uses are inumerable, both commercially and for the global good (Collective).

Nothing else in recent years has caught my attention with a strange brew of awe, geeky giddiness, ominous and overwhelming God-like power of viewing the earth down to animal movements and simultaneous big picture-local view of close to real-time movement of the weather elements.