This archive of Hurricane Katrina data has been removed. The aerial photographs of New Orleans shortly after the flooding can now be found using the historical imagery in Google Earth. The MODIS satellite imagery of Katrina can still be found using the MODIS Satellite Gallery. Much of the . . . → Read More: 2007 Hurricane Katrina
Gavin Brock has created an excellent overlay of the UK Ordnance Survey maps for the United Kingdom. The maps appear to be provided in several different detail levels which increase in detail as you zoom in.
Original Data From: UK Ordnance Surfey KML Content Created By: Gavin Brock’s Google Earth Hacks Access From: . . . → Read More: Ordnance Survey Map Overlays for the UK
A collection of several near-real-time global satellite images from the Naval Research Laboratory Monterey Marine Meteorology Division. Includes:
Global Infra-Red Global Visible Water Vapor Several others
Warning, a few of the files are very large. Overlays with “Big File” in the description are about 4 megabytes. The overlays that says “HUGE File” . . . → Read More: Naval Research Lab Overlays
Collection of several aerial photographs of the Pentagon and WTC sites taken before and after 9/11. Includes a very high resolution (9,372 x 9,372) aerial photograph overlay of the World Trade Center site taken on September 23, 2001. A site plan showing the locations of the former buildings and an aerial overlay from . . . → Read More: World Trade Center Aerial – 9/23/2001
Data from the 2007 CIA World Factbook indexed geographically using Google Earth. The CIA World Factbook contains information and statistics on Geography, Population, Economy, Military, Government, etc. for all of the countries in the world.
Original Data From: CIA World Factbook KML Content Created By: BZoltan at GE Community Access From: More . . . → Read More: CIA World Factbook 2007
Network link that will pull 1,000’s of articles with georeferencing information into Google Earth with links to the applicable Wikipedia page. English version included with this post, but several other languages are available from their website. Also included is a thumbnail mode that will display pictures from Wikipedia in Google Earth.
High resolution satellite imagery of Antarctica brought to Google Earth via WMS. Collection includes several different overlays including Color IR and Natural Color at different contrast levels. Also includes some other misc. Antarctica data, such as Glacier names, RadarSat DEM, MOA Satellite overlays, etc.
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