Umapper: an easy way to map local weather and 5-day forecast

Umapper designed to create interactive maps, geogames, distribute across multiple destinations, tracking, and money making tool with advertising has recently announced an interactive mapping platform with the global temperature along with a 5-day weather forecast. Very easy to use, it still has the beta tag.
With the interactive weather mapping tool, the users can swtich between Fahrenheit and Celsius to update the display of their choice. Pretty neat and easy to embed on the websites or blogs. Here is a sample (Left side of the post) showing local weather in Ontario or click this link to see it on a browser.

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Opportunity to help publish a children's book about red panda

I recently received an email about an opportunity to help publish a children's book about red panda. Here is what you can do to support:

I myself was involved in some GIS analyses of red panda habitat distribution in eastern Nepal in the past. Their habitats range in Nepal, India, Burma, China and surrounding countries. Redpanda Network is heavily involved on the awareness and community outreach for the protection of red panda in the region. If you are interested in learning about red panda, please visit Redpanda Network, and watch the promotional video from Redpanda Network below:

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