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Top Ten Reasons for Abusing Google Earth
The following top ten list
was presented at the International Conference on Stormwater and Urban Water
Systems Modeling held in Toronto on February 22-23, 2007.
Disclaimer: These reasons are
based on the responses provided by the members of the SWMM-USERS discussion
group. I am simply forwarding them
without comment. This list has no
technical or educational value; it's intended for entertainment only; and it is
not intended to be offensive to anyone.
10. To
a man with a hammer, every problem looks like a nail
9. You
are too lazy to learn GIS
8. Your
retirement depends on the one share of Google stock you bought for $80
7. You no longer believe
that the Earth is not round
6. You
thought you will be able to locate buried manholes using Google Earth
5. Your
boss won’t buy the ArcGIS license
4. It
places your address at your neighbor’s $2 million property
3. You
are hooked on clicking Google ads
2. You
love seeing cheese when you’re at the highest zoom level at Google Moon
1. Your client wants you to link your SWMM model with Google Earth
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