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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#1F497D'>FYI. I gave Peter my blessings, not that it matters.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Peter Birch [mailto:pbirch@google.com] <br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, March 13, 2012 5:02 PM<br><b>To:</b> shaefner@usgs.gov; oppen@usgs.gov<br><b>Cc:</b> Pete Giencke<br><b>Subject:</b> Requesting permission to use screenshot of USGS earthquakes in Google Earth<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Hi Scott and David,<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>I'm the product manager for Google Earth. I got your names from Peter Giencke from the Earth vector team.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Tomorrow, we are releasing a new mobile version of Google Earth that has support for KML files. One of my favorite files to show is your real-time earthquake layer (<a href="http://services.google.com/earth/kmz/realtime_earthquakes.kmz">http://services.google.com/earth/kmz/realtime_earthquakes.kmz</a>). I wanted to include a screenshot of this in our blog post. I've attached the screenshot for your review. Could you please let me know if it is ok for us to include this in a blog post announcing the new support for kml?<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>thanks,<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>peter<br clear=all><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal>-- <br>Peter Birch<br>Product Manager, Google Earth & Google Earth Engine<br><a href="mailto:pbirch@google.com" target="_blank">pbirch@google.com</a> +1 (650) 253-3877<o:p></o:p></p></div></div></body></html>