The web- wide world

Google Earth seems to captivate anyone who uses it and leave them in awe and wanting more. With this tool, any person is able to travel and see lands and seas that are accurate and inspect them with tilting or zooming mechanisms. In “The web- wide world” by Declan Butler, the benefits and power of Google Earth is described, specifically what it may provide for the scientific world as well as the common crowd.  Butler begins his article with the example of tagging walruses and how the biologists, along with anyone else with the software, can follow the actions of these creatures regardless of wherever they may be. For an animal enthusiast, for the biologists, and for anyone else interested, technology like this is a kind of blessing when following the animals is out of financial or physical reach. One can explore the rest of the world and admire the vast oceans or the highest of mountains with almost no limit. Technology like this can help with research or simple education if the right mind uses it to its full potential. I feel that software and technology should be revolutionized and altered to replicate the abilities that Google Earth provides and that it should be available to anyone. As David Whiteman puts it in the article, “As soon as one group shows that this is useful, everyone will adopt it.”