Two environmental groups have started joint venture with Google in a try to guide renewable energy development off from sore regions, by employing Google Earth maps.
The National Audubon Society and the Natural Resources Defense Council brought out the latest tool that is named the Path to Green Energy. It is available for the people to utilize.
The latest maps gathered maps of threatened species home grounds, national parks and other forms of protected land from 13 western states. It added up all the information on Google Earth.
The analysis encompasses approximately 860 million acres, almost one-half the acreage of the lower 48 states in Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota, Utah, Washington and Wyoming.
