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Not sure which forum is appropriate for this post, but I was struck by a Google Earth application that allows the current extent of the Gulf oil slick to be superimposed on any location on Earth, and the oil slick data is derived from the most recent available at Google's Oil Spill crisis response centre
It requires that you have the Google Earth browser plugin installed in your browser (I think installation of the standalone Google Earth application also installs the plugin--I don't remember exactly).
As an idea of how things are today, here's a screen capture of the slick superimposed on the GTA. I specified "Toronto" as the location, which has led to the somewhat ironic situation that Oshawa, that industrial temple to gas-guzzling locomotion, is out of the actual oil slick area today!
It requires that you have the Google Earth browser plugin installed in your browser (I think installation of the standalone Google Earth application also installs the plugin--I don't remember exactly).
As an idea of how things are today, here's a screen capture of the slick superimposed on the GTA. I specified "Toronto" as the location, which has led to the somewhat ironic situation that Oshawa, that industrial temple to gas-guzzling locomotion, is out of the actual oil slick area today!