http://www.netsquared.org/tags/google-earth-gps-mapping share stories about how web-based technologies are impacting people’s lives build toolkits for nonprofits around the globe to help extend their good work en-US http://www.netsquared.org/blog/john-lorance/indians-use-google-earth-and-gps-to-protect-amazon <p>Here&#39;s a very cool use of all these advanced online tools:</p> <p>EXCERPT: &quot;Deep in the most remote jungles of South America, Amazon Indians (Amerindians) are using Google Earth, Global Positioning System (GPS) mapping, and other technologies to protect their fast-dwindling home. Tribes in Suriname, Brazil, and Colombia are combining their traditional knowledge of the rainforest with Western technology to conserve forests and maintain ties to their history and cultural traditions, which include profound knowledge of the forest ecosystem and medicinal plants.&nbsp; &quot;</p><p><a href="http://www.netsquared.org/blog/john-lorance/indians-use-google-earth-and-gps-to-protect-amazon">read more</a></p> http://www.netsquared.org/blog/john-lorance/indians-use-google-earth-and-gps-to-protect-amazon#comments google-earth gps mapping Thu, 16 Nov 2006 14:10:21 -0500 John Lorance 2208 at http://www.netsquared.org