Spring Issue of "The Volunteer Monitor" Online

The current issue of The Volunteer Monitor focuses on "Emerging Issues and New Technologies." Stories include:

• Monitoring Impacts of New Gas-Drilling Technologies
• Freshwater Algae Blooms
• Marine Algae Network
• Using Google "My Maps"
• Data Mapping Examples
• Protecting Lake Hallett
• One-Day Snapshot
• Dealing with the Downturn
• Better Outreach and Impact
• Electronic Meters
• Naming a Creek

A quote from the article on Google's My Maps:
Adding spatial context to monitoring data through the use of interactive web-based maps can greatly enhance data use and visualization. People really appreciate being able to see a sampling site in relation to surrounding land use, their homes, roads, landmarks, and other features.
Your WaterAtlas team wholeheartedly agrees! :)