Google Earth KML File:

Description:

Hole filled 90 meter elevation data for Google Earth. The data can be downloaded in GeoTiff files or viewed in Google Earth.

Special Instructions:

Find 5×5 degree block that you’d like to view, click on icon in center then click on green link in baloon called "WWW Network Link".

Original Data and KML Content From:

Kings College

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Description:

Large collection of overlays with focus on changes to forest cover throughout the world within the last several years. Overlays include:

• Changes to Tree Cover by Year

• Total Tree Cover by Year

• Global Satellite Overlays for 2001-2005

Original Data and KML Content From:

Mark Mulligan of Kings College London

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Description:

Global map of anthropogenic biomes, which describe globally-significant ecological patterns within the terrestrial biosphere caused by sustained direct human interaction with ecosystems, including agriculture, urbanization, forestry and other land uses

Special Instructions:

Zoom out if it doesn’t show up right away.

Original Data and KML Content From:

Anthropogenic Biomes.

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Description:

1792 Map showing the original layout of Washington DC by Anderew Ellicott.

Original Data From:

NOAA Historical Map And Chart Project

Original KML Content Created By:

Google Earth Library

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Description:

This is an aeronautical chart of the Phoenix, Arizona area produced by the US Air Force in 1948.

Original Data From:

NOAA Historical Map & Chart Project

Original KML Content Created By:

Google Earth Library

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Description:

These maps were produced by Robert L. Baskin and David V. Allen, the U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with the Utah Department of Natural Resources, Division of Wildlife Resources from bathymetric data collected between 2002 and 2006.

You can download the original PDFs, the Open File Reports, and other information from these links.

Bathymetric Map of the South Part of Great Salt Lake, Utah, 2005 Bathymetric Map of the North Part of Great Salt Lake, Utah, 2006 Original Data From:

USGS

Original KML Content Created By:

Google Earth Library

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Description:

National Register of Historic Places from the National Park Service. Contains approximately 80,000 placemarks showing locations of registered historic places in the US and US Territories. This collection is not intended to be current or complete. You should go to the National Park Service website if current and accurate information is required. The placemarks do have some geocoding errors, which are carried over from the original data set and I will not be correcting them. Also, this collection does not include historic places that are defined by an area because that dataset has too many errors to be of any use.

Special Instructions:

This is a very large placemark collection. It will probably take 15-30 seconds to load on a fast computer. It may not work at all on slower computers.

Original Data From:

National park Service National Register Information System

Original KML Content Created By:

Google Earth Library

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Description:

Various historic aerial photograph overlays, which I will continue to add to as I have time. Currently includes the following:.

• Downtown Los Angeles, California 1948. Created from 11 medium resolution digital aerial photographs purchased from the USGS

• Downtown Oakland, California 1948. Created from aerials scanned at the USGS Library in Menlo Park, CA

• Chicago, Illinois 1938. Created from aerials provided by Illinois Natural Resources Geospatial Data Clearinghouse

Original Data From:

Various, See Above

Original KML Content Created By:

Google Earth Library

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Description:

This collection contains 28 1×2 degree detailed geologic maps covering the entire state of California. These were produced in the 1960s and 1970s by the USGS and State of California.

Original Data From:

USGS and State of California

Original KML Content Created By:

Google Earth Library

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Description:

This collection contains several data sets that overlay moon data onto the earth. The following data sets are included.

• Color shaded relief map of the moon from USGS.

• Color Mosaic from Arizona State University Space Exploration Resources

• Greyscale image from Clementine mission with source image from Northwestern University.

• Features collection contains the locations of about 9,000 craters and other features. This dataset was originally compiled by Jonathan McDowell and is available directly from his website. I have also included an optional Feature set that only includes features larger than 10 meters in size for slower computers.

• Several WMS Layers are also provided

Special Instructions:

Simply open the KML file linked above with Google Earth. This will overlay the moon data on top of the regular Google Earth data. Make sure and disable borders, roads, atmosphere, etc.

Original Data From:

See above.

Original KML Content Created By:

Google Earth Library

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