Google Earth Library » Environment http://www.gelib.com Interesting Things to do With Google Earth Sun, 22 Jan 2012 03:13:05 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 MODIS Satellite Gallery http://www.gelib.com/modis-gallery.htm http://www.gelib.com/modis-gallery.htm#comments Mon, 16 Jan 2012 10:00:00 +0000 topomatt http://www.gelib.com/modis-rapid-response-system-gallery.htm UPDATE 1/16/2011 – Gallery updated to include almost all of the images posted by NASA through the end of 2011.

The MODIS Satellite Gallery collection from the MODIS Rapid Response Project at NASA/GSFC contains about 3,300 satellite images obtained from NASA’s Aqua and Terra satellites overlaid onto Google Earth. These satellites capture natural color . . . → Read More: MODIS Satellite Gallery]]> http://www.gelib.com/modis-gallery.htm/feed 2 United States National Atlas http://www.gelib.com/us-national-atlas.htm http://www.gelib.com/us-national-atlas.htm#comments Tue, 20 Dec 2011 06:07:24 +0000 topomatt http://www.gelib.com/?p=2200 The National Atlas of the United States displays several hundred layers of GIS data for the United States.  The data is organized into the following categories.

Agriculture (Information about Farms, Livestock, and Crops) Environment (Information about hazardous sites) People (Information about crime rates, economy, food stamps, jobs, mortality rates, population density, etc.) Biology . . . → Read More: United States National Atlas]]> http://www.gelib.com/us-national-atlas.htm/feed 0 SoilWeb http://www.gelib.com/soilweb.htm http://www.gelib.com/soilweb.htm#comments Thu, 06 Jan 2011 13:00:16 +0000 topomatt http://www.gelib.com/?p=1659 The United States Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service has compiled detailed soils data for approximately 95 percent of the counties in the United States. The soils data contains information such as the texture, drainage, depth, and chemical characteristics of the soil. This data can be accessed by reviewing hard copy . . . → Read More: SoilWeb]]> http://www.gelib.com/soilweb.htm/feed 0 GlobCover 2009 Land Cover Map http://www.gelib.com/globcover-2009.htm http://www.gelib.com/globcover-2009.htm#comments Sun, 02 Jan 2011 18:29:13 +0000 topomatt http://www.gelib.com/?p=1636 The GlobCover Land Cover Map was created by the European Space Agency GlobCover Project.  The map displays land classification information for most of the Earth’s surface at a resolution of approximately 20 acres (~9 hectacres) per pixel.  Each pixel is color coded to represent one of 22 different land classifications, which are . . . → Read More: GlobCover 2009 Land Cover Map]]> http://www.gelib.com/globcover-2009.htm/feed 0 Global Forest Height Map http://www.gelib.com/global-forest-height-map.htm http://www.gelib.com/global-forest-height-map.htm#comments Thu, 19 Aug 2010 09:03:12 +0000 topomatt http://www.gelib.com/?p=1582 These maps show forest canopy heights throughout the Earth and the United States. The data was obtained from NASA’s ICESat, Terra, and Aqua satellites and processed by Michael Lefsky. The shades of green show the height of the forest canopy from 0 to 230 feet. For any patch of forest, the height . . . → Read More: Global Forest Height Map]]> http://www.gelib.com/global-forest-height-map.htm/feed 5 NASA Earth Observations Data http://www.gelib.com/nasa-earth-observations.htm http://www.gelib.com/nasa-earth-observations.htm#comments Thu, 25 Mar 2010 06:11:32 +0000 topomatt http://www.gelib.com/?p=1450 The NASA Earth Observations website has dozens of layers of global scientific data formatted for viewing with Google Earth.

The data is grouped into Ocean, Atmosphere, Energy, Land and Life categories.  The layers are too numerous to list, but they include:

Sea Surface Temperature Chlorophyll Concentration (MODIS) Snow Cover & Sea Ice . . . → Read More: NASA Earth Observations Data]]> http://www.gelib.com/nasa-earth-observations.htm/feed 1 Major Land Resource Areas of the United States http://www.gelib.com/mlra.htm http://www.gelib.com/mlra.htm#comments Sat, 20 Feb 2010 23:06:13 +0000 topomatt http://www.gelib.com/?p=1422 Major Land Resource Areas (MLRA) and Land Resource Regions (LRR) are areas of the United States with similar geography (physiography, climate, geology, etc.), as defined by the US Department of Agriculture and the Natural Resources Conservation Service.  These areas are used for large scale interstate planning.  There are approximately 280 MLRAs in the . . . → Read More: Major Land Resource Areas of the United States]]> http://www.gelib.com/mlra.htm/feed 0 AVHRR Satellite Imagery http://www.gelib.com/avhrr-satellite.htm http://www.gelib.com/avhrr-satellite.htm#comments Sun, 20 Dec 2009 13:00:00 +0000 topomatt http://www.gelib.com/avhrr-satellite.htm The Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) sensor collects cloud and other data from several satellites orbiting the Earth.  The University of Wisconsin has created an archive of AVHRR false color imagery dating back to 2007.  In addition, they have created a network link that updates automatically every day with the most recent . . . → Read More: AVHRR Satellite Imagery]]> http://www.gelib.com/avhrr-satellite.htm/feed 2 OnEarth WMS http://www.gelib.com/onearth.htm http://www.gelib.com/onearth.htm#comments Thu, 17 Dec 2009 13:00:00 +0000 topomatt http://www.gelib.com/modis.htm The NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory at the California Institute of Technology has numerous global overlays available that can be viewed with Google Earth. These overlays are on WMS servers, which can be a little tricky to set up in Google Earth, so I have done the hard part and all you have to . . . → Read More: OnEarth WMS]]> http://www.gelib.com/onearth.htm/feed 0 TerraLook Archive http://www.gelib.com/terralook-archive.htm http://www.gelib.com/terralook-archive.htm#comments Fri, 27 Nov 2009 17:06:37 +0000 topomatt http://www.gelib.com/terralook-archive.htm The TerraLook Archive contains 1,000’s of satellite images from the Terra and Landsat satellites. Many of the images covering environmentally sensitive areas (South American rainforests, etc.) throughout the Earth have been converted for viewing in Google Earth by Dr. Mark Mulligan of King’s College London.  The images in this collection date from 1972 . . . → Read More: TerraLook Archive]]> http://www.gelib.com/terralook-archive.htm/feed 2 Nuclear Sites http://www.gelib.com/nuclear-sites.htm http://www.gelib.com/nuclear-sites.htm#comments Mon, 18 May 2009 01:11:46 +0000 topomatt http://www.gelib.com/?p=681 This collection contains the locations of various sites throughout the world having something to do with nuclear power or nuclear weapons. These original data originated from many different sources, which I have combined into a single, easy to use network link. Includes the following:

ICBM Bases/Related Facilities Nuclear Reactor Sites US Nuclear Facilities . . . → Read More: Nuclear Sites]]> http://www.gelib.com/nuclear-sites.htm/feed 4 Visualizing the Ionosphere http://www.gelib.com/visualizing-the-ionosphere.htm http://www.gelib.com/visualizing-the-ionosphere.htm#comments Thu, 26 Mar 2009 16:00:55 +0000 topomatt http://www.gelib.com/?p=408 A collection of four overlays showing the following data related to the Ionosphere:

Radio Activity Total Electron Content Maximum Usable Frequency foF2

The data free data is delayed by three hours Real-time data is available through a paid subscription.

Credits

Space Environmental Technologies and Space Environment Corporation

. . . → Read More: Visualizing the Ionosphere]]> http://www.gelib.com/visualizing-the-ionosphere.htm/feed 0 FEMA Flood Hazard Data http://www.gelib.com/fema-flood-hazard-data.htm http://www.gelib.com/fema-flood-hazard-data.htm#comments Tue, 17 Mar 2009 16:00:52 +0000 topomatt http://www.gelib.com/?p=399 FEMA has two applications to display various flood related data in Google Earth.

Stay Dry - This is the simpler of the two applications.  When you start Stay Dry, you’ll see an overview map of the US that shows which areas of the country have coverage available.  If the area you are . . . → Read More: FEMA Flood Hazard Data]]> http://www.gelib.com/fema-flood-hazard-data.htm/feed 0 World Oil Consumption http://www.gelib.com/world-oil-consumption.htm http://www.gelib.com/world-oil-consumption.htm#comments Tue, 17 Mar 2009 03:42:03 +0000 topomatt http://www.gelib.com/?p=394 Per-capita oil consumption for countries of the world based on data from the 2007 CIA World Factbook.  The data is formatted to show a ranking of about 170 countries.

There are two versions of the data.  One version is flat and shows the actual ranking on the country itself.  The second version . . . → Read More: World Oil Consumption]]> http://www.gelib.com/world-oil-consumption.htm/feed 1 CARMA Power Plant Emissions http://www.gelib.com/carma-power-plant-emissions.htm http://www.gelib.com/carma-power-plant-emissions.htm#comments Tue, 17 Mar 2009 03:40:40 +0000 topomatt http://www.gelib.com/?p=390 The Carbons Monitoring for Action (CARMA) database contains detailed information about carbon emissions from 1,000′s of power plants throughout the world. The information includes generation capacity, tons of CO2 emissions, and owner from 1990 to 2007.

The data was compiled for Google Earth by www.thedaysarenumbered.com blog.  As you zoom in, more and . . . → Read More: CARMA Power Plant Emissions]]> http://www.gelib.com/carma-power-plant-emissions.htm/feed 0 World Fires in Real Time from FIRMS http://www.gelib.com/world-fires.htm http://www.gelib.com/world-fires.htm#comments Mon, 09 Mar 2009 06:06:55 +0000 topomatt http://www.gelib.com/?p=308 This collection of placemarks shows near real time locations of active fires as identified by NASA’s MODIS satellite and the Fire Information for Resource Management System (FIRMS) .  The data covers the entire globe and is updated every 2 hours.  Several other subsets of the data in KML format are available from the . . . → Read More: World Fires in Real Time from FIRMS]]> http://www.gelib.com/world-fires.htm/feed 0 Global Population Density http://www.gelib.com/world-population.htm http://www.gelib.com/world-population.htm#comments Wed, 06 Feb 2008 09:25:34 +0000 topomatt http://www.gelib.com/world-population.htm Population density map of the world. I think the original data is from the European Space Agency.

Original Data From: European Space Agency KML Content Created By: James Macgill Access From: More Info: . . . → Read More: Global Population Density]]> http://www.gelib.com/world-population.htm/feed 2 Global Tree Cover Map http://www.gelib.com/global-tree-cover.htm http://www.gelib.com/global-tree-cover.htm#comments Mon, 10 Dec 2007 09:05:29 +0000 topomatt http://www.gelib.com/global-tree-cover.htm Overlay showing the percentage of tree cover for North America, Europe, Oceania and Africa at a scale of 1 km.

Original Data From: KML Content Created By: Gerardo64 at Google Earth BBS Access From: More Info: . . . → Read More: Global Tree Cover Map]]> http://www.gelib.com/global-tree-cover.htm/feed 5 Landsat Image Mosaic of Antarctica (LIMA) http://www.gelib.com/lima.htm http://www.gelib.com/lima.htm#comments Sat, 01 Dec 2007 09:46:57 +0000 topomatt http://www.gelib.com/lima.htm 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.

I did not create any of this data. . . . → Read More: Landsat Image Mosaic of Antarctica (LIMA)]]> http://www.gelib.com/lima.htm/feed 0 Global Forest Changes http://www.gelib.com/forest-change.htm http://www.gelib.com/forest-change.htm#comments Fri, 30 Nov 2007 08:14:52 +0000 topomatt http://www.gelib.com/forest-change.htm 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 KML Content Created By: Mark Mulligan of Kings College London Access From: More Info: . . . → Read More: Global Forest Changes]]> http://www.gelib.com/forest-change.htm/feed 2