Desktop Environmentalist's Eye In The Sky

A digital camera, a helicopter, and the Internet combine to create an unprecendented snapshot of California's coastline.

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November 7, 2002, 9:00 AM PST

By Abhijeet Chavan @http://twitter.com/legalaidtech

"California's 1,100-mile coast has a new watchdog: a retired tech mogul with a helicopter and a digital camera who is posting detailed photos on the Internet of every inch of the oceanfront, from the redwood-studded cliffs of the north to the rows of mansions crowding the south.Ken Adelman's two-week-old Internet site, the California Coastal Records Project, attracts thousands of viewers daily and is being called a big technological advance for environmental activism."

Thanks to Grist Magazine

FULL STORY: California Coast Gets Intrepid Internet Watchdog

Thursday, November 7, 2002 in The Washington Post

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