Google’s Earth Outreach launches in Canada

The motto of Google’s Earth Outreach program is “You want to change the world. We want to help,” and the company has just launched the program in Canada. Google Earth Outreach helps non-profit and public-benefit organizations tell their stories using Google Earth and Maps. Successes so far include using mapping tools to stop mountaintop removal coal mining in Appalachia, documenting conditions in Darfur with the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum and highlighting climate change with Al Gore. The program also recently extended Street View to the Amazon.

The Canadian program kicked off with a week of activities with non-profit groups and aboriginal communities in Vancouver. Plans for the future include the protection of the Boreal forest and Arctic regions, and working with the David Suzuki Foundation to protect Canadian oceans.

Canadian non-profit groups can also apply for grants from Google. These include Google’s tools and services, such as Google Earth Pro and SketchUp Pro. The group’s Canadian Web site offers grant details, tutorials and a showcase of non-profit maps.

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