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Landsat Image Mosaic of Antarctica (LIMA)

December 1st, 2007 No comments

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. I’ve simply taken the information for WMS servers provided by the LIMA project and organized it into an easy to use KML file.

WMS will only load a small area at a time. Each time you stop moving the view around, wait a few seconds and it will load a new area. It works best if you are looking straight down at the earth’s surface. There are several different versions of the LIMA overlays available. The 1X, 3X, 10X, etc. represent different contrast levels, which can improve the visibility in some areas.

Original Data From: USGS/NASA/NSF/BAS LIMA Webpage
KML Content Created By: GE Library
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Categories: Environment Tags: Antarctica, Landsat, NASA, NSF, USGS, WMS

Global Digital Elevation Data

November 30th, 2007 No comments

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

Find block that you’d like to view, click on icon in center then click on green link in balloon called “WWW Network Link”.

KML Content Created By: Kings College
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Categories: Topographic Maps Tags: DEM

Global Forest Changes

November 30th, 2007 No comments

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
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Categories: Environment Tags: Environment, Satellite