How Big is Oil Spill? Google Earth/Google Maps Tool compares Gulf oil spill to any place on earth

A new tool from Google uses Google Maps/Google Earth to project the size of the Gulf Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill to your city or geographic area. The tool is entitled How Big is Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill. When you first go to this website, you see the current coverage of the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. You can see size of the spill versus your neighborhood by entering a location in the provided text box or click on links to some well-known cities from around the world.

 Current extent of Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill 

compared to upstate New York and Vermont.