Google Earth Library » Lakes, Streams and Oceans http://www.gelib.com Interesting Things to do With Google Earth Sun, 05 Sep 2010 19:57:04 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Natural Earth Map Maker http://www.gelib.com/natural-earth.htm http://www.gelib.com/natural-earth.htm#comments Tue, 08 Dec 2009 20:18:05 +0000 topomatt http://www.gelib.com/natural-earth.htm The group over at Natural Earth have put together a great collection of public domain map data and made it freely available online. There are numerous global datasets provided at several different scales. Bad news is most of the data is provided in SHP file format, which does not import directly into . . . → Read More: Natural Earth Map Maker]]> http://www.gelib.com/natural-earth.htm/feed 3 Historical T-Sheets http://www.gelib.com/tsheets.htm http://www.gelib.com/tsheets.htm#comments Sun, 05 Jul 2009 19:00:51 +0000 topomatt http://www.gelib.com/historical-t-sheets.htm Historical T-Sheets are shoreline maps that were created in the late 1800 to early 1900s for major waterways and coastal areas of the United States. The T-Sheets contain information such as locations of buildings, names of shoreline features, and detailed descriptions of shorelines.

This collection contains over 250 maps covering the following . . . → Read More: Historical T-Sheets]]> http://www.gelib.com/tsheets.htm/feed 0 Sea Floor Off San Diego, California http://www.gelib.com/san-diego-sea-floor.htm http://www.gelib.com/san-diego-sea-floor.htm#comments Sat, 06 Jun 2009 06:02:54 +0000 topomatt http://www.gelib.com/?p=824 A detailed map showing over 600 square miles of ocean floor off the coast of San Diego California. The map was created by the USGS from multi-beam bathymetric data. Several major physiographic features and depth contour lines are shown. In addition, there are several placemarks which include a detailed view and description of . . . → Read More: Sea Floor Off San Diego, California]]> http://www.gelib.com/san-diego-sea-floor.htm/feed 0 USGS Streamflow Gages http://www.gelib.com/usgs-streamflow-gages.htm http://www.gelib.com/usgs-streamflow-gages.htm#comments Wed, 06 Feb 2008 09:26:17 +0000 topomatt http://www.gelib.com/streamflow-gages.htm Real time stream monitoring gage data for the United States with data provided by the USGS.  Simply click on a placemark to bring up data for that location.  The data available varies by site, but typically includes parameters such as Discharge Volume and Stream Height.

This is a very large data file . . . → Read More: USGS Streamflow Gages]]> http://www.gelib.com/usgs-streamflow-gages.htm/feed 0 Puget Sound Bathymetric Map http://www.gelib.com/puget-sound-bathymetry.htm http://www.gelib.com/puget-sound-bathymetry.htm#comments Wed, 02 Jan 2008 04:57:37 +0000 topomatt http://www.gelib.com/puget-sound-bathymetry.htm Detailed bathymetric map of the southeastern part of the Puget Sound in Washington State.

For educational and personal use only. Not to be used for real world navigation.

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Source Data Finlayson D.P. (2005) Combined bathymetry and topography of the Puget Lowland, Washington State. University . . . → Read More: Puget Sound Bathymetric Map]]> http://www.gelib.com/puget-sound-bathymetry.htm/feed 0 Great Salt Lake Bathymetric Map http://www.gelib.com/salt-lake-bathymetry.htm http://www.gelib.com/salt-lake-bathymetry.htm#comments Tue, 20 Nov 2007 04:57:33 +0000 topomatt http://www.gelib.com/salt-lake-bathymetric.htm Bathymetric maps of the Great Salt Lake in Utah 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.

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