Link: Google Earth Blog: Deer Blogs His Own GPS Position in Google Earth.
In what may be a short-lived cool geo hack of the day, a deer named "Thor" now has his own blog where he shares his GPS position every five minutes.
Someone named 'Siberian' at the Google Earth Community posted how he managed to make this happen. Turns out he had collared a deer they named "Thor" with a GPS and cellphone with SMS capability. They are studying deers living in suburban areas in Pennsylvania.
Siberian then hacked up a way to use the resulting E-mail to create a spreadsheet which is then converted into a file you can use to track the deer in Google Earth . The system is totally automated using free services.
His post goes into detail on how this was all accomplished. Siberian is using some tools by Valery Hronusov - who has developed and posted dozens of cool geo hacks for Google Earth (see his global rainfall example). Valery came up with the idea to let the deer blog his coordinates as well. Thanks to Valery for the tip on this cool deer hack! Note: you can also view the deer's map in Google Maps.
Any bets on how long it will be before someone hunts down the poor deer?
(((It's a tossup between that prospect and cellphone battery failure.)))
