Tool of the week for journalists: Google Follow Your World
Track change in an area of interest by receiving notifications when Google adds new satellite images
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Tool of the week:
What is it?
Add a location and Google will notify you every time a new satellite image is added for that location.
How is it of use to journalists?
Mark a location and each time Google updates the satellite and aerial imagery in your area of interest, you will be notified.
Think of it as like Google Alerts for mapping information. <img alt="" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-44504" height="546" src="?cmd=ShowAsset&assetID=43913&nosurround=true&fakeExtension=.jpg" title="Olympics" width="540"> Consider the possibilities for digital journalism in having images showing the changes to the Olympics site, an area of coastal erosion or the development (or lack of change) within the Government enterprise zones.
It is a tool that requires patience as it may take months or even years for Google to update the aerial imagery for your area of interest.
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Sarah Marshall is VP Audience Strategy at Condé Nast. She leads distribution and channel strategy globally. She is also the former technology editor for Journalism.co.uk (prior to it becoming JournalismUK)
