Google Earth Is Conserving Wildlife

‘Save the Elephants,’ a project created by London based nonprofit organization uses Google Earth to visualize the elephant tracking data from across Africa. It uses Google Earth’s global database of Earth imagery and detailed mapping information to track the elephants on a moving 3D backdrop of high definition images, all in real time! This allows them to monitor how elephants live which has greatly enhanced management and security of the elephants particularly in areas of Kenya, where poaching and habitat threats are causing a large drop in elephant population. The data from monitoring is used to boost enforcement efforts for ranger patrols.