Maps #32: Current Events

Often our Caller ID gets phone calls from strange area codes and the caller information says "caller unknown". Question-- Where is area code 214 from? Answer-- Dallas according to http://www.usnaviguide.com/areacode.htm

O.K. Well, I clicked on Global Incident Map and, boy, was that interesting. I thought I might be able to find an epicenter for the earthquake this morning near San Antonio. Instead, the subtitle for this webpage is, "A Global Display of Terrorism and Other Suspicious Events". However, there was still a incident icon flashing in Texas. It turns out someone pulled up to a guard shack near the port of Texas City and claimed he had a suspicious package in his vehicle- http://globalincidentmap.com/eventdetail.php?ID=7974

On Terra Server, I looked at the various baseball fields. Miller Park in Milwaukee has an interesting roof. It looks as if the two sides open almost like a fan instead of just in one direction like Minute Maid Park.

I next went to National Atlas. I clicked on the map labled Wildlife Mortality- Avian Cholera. Although I was not able to get close to the map, it looks like Harris County might be having a problem right now.

Oh, and that EarthNow Landsat Image Viewer is pretty cool, you can watch the earth pass by underneath you and an image at the side shows exactly where on the planet you are looking.