The Great Lakes Information Network (GLIN) is currently seeking testers for myBeachCast, a new beta Android app that provides more options and opportunities for public access to beach advisories and other environmental information.
Let's say you encountered this widget, reading in an RSS news feed linking to multi-media content:
This skinnable search tool was developed by Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Research Inventory (ri.ijc.org) and further refined by the Great Lakes Regional Research Information Network (GLRRIN) to blend specifically with their website.
Here we have developed a version that will work well on GLIN Labs or elsewhere.
This mapping application (in development) lets you choose between very diverse data layers to display, including: social interests; aquatic, terrestrial and avian biota; physical and chemical observations; and so much more.
See: http://erie.glin.net/glin_viewer (opens in new window)
This application makes it easy to populate and generate your own customized Google Map.
Just zoom and navigate to your geographic areas of interest, and use the drawing tools to draw points, polygons, and lines; and you'll be prompted to enter descriptions, pictures and urls for each selection. You can also click to expand visual layers options (satellite/hybrid view, anyone?).
Behold the power of the Yahoo Pipe.
The Yahoo Pipe is a powerful and customizable tool: it aggregates RSS feeds, search engines and even csv data files from various data sources and lets the creator customize the output--all in a single bound.
Below is a GLIN Labs pipe demonstrating video search results on "Asian Carp."
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