Google Earth used to track historic dog race
By Andrew Redfern @ 10th March 2008 3:40 pm
EarthSlot, a company specialising in the use of virtual globe technology, has produced a google earth add-in to allow users to track the progress of the various teams in the Alaskan Iditarod race. Dubbed “The Last Great Race on Earth” it is basically a two week, 1000 mile race across some of the most inhospitable terrain on earth. Now however you can track the race in real-time from the comfort of your own desk.
Named after the former settlement of Iditarod it has been run since 1970 and was originally intended to raise awareness of the Iditarod trail in order to help get in designated as a National Historic Trail.
Download the plug-in here and enjoy the race.
Many thanks to Frank Taylor at the GoogleEarthBlog for the original post.
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