So far I have been able to get it to process a map as . . . → Read More: Microsoft SeaDragon Maps]]> http://www.gelib.com/microsoft-sea-dragon-map.htm/feed 0 http://www.gelib.com/terrain-maps.htm http://www.gelib.com/terrain-maps.htm#comments Sat, 22 May 2010 18:06:46 +0000 topomatt http://www.gelib.com/?p=1461 **UPDATE 8/13/2011** – I have made a couple important updates.  First, I have released a global version of the very popular 90-meter terrain map.  I have also relaxed the licensing restrictions to allow for commercial use.  See below for more details on both of these changes.

There are many ways . . . → Read More: Terrain Maps]]> http://www.gelib.com/terrain-maps.htm/feed 66 http://www.gelib.com/clean-earth.htm http://www.gelib.com/clean-earth.htm#comments Thu, 29 Apr 2010 14:25:56 +0000 topomatt http://www.gelib.com/?p=1457 The Clean Earth overlays replace the default Google Earth textures at high altitudes for the entire Earth.  Instead of seeing inconsistent strips of different aerial/satellite photography that look very unrealistic, you can now see a nice clean natural looking Earth surface.  The Clean Earth overlays use hill shading to exaggerate the vertical elevations of . . . → Read More: Clean Earth]]> http://www.gelib.com/clean-earth.htm/feed 3 http://www.gelib.com/srtm-enhanced-blue-marble.htm http://www.gelib.com/srtm-enhanced-blue-marble.htm#comments Fri, 26 Mar 2010 10:04:07 +0000 topomatt http://www.gelib.com/?p=1453 This terrain map of California was created by combining the NASA Blue Marble imagery with the global elevation data from the Space Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM).  The combination of these two data sets creates an amazing new way of viewing the Earth’s topography and landforms.

The SRTM elevation data is detailed . . . → Read More: SRTM Enhanced Blue Marble Terrain Map of California]]> http://www.gelib.com/srtm-enhanced-blue-marble.htm/feed 1 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 http://www.gelib.com/gnis.htm http://www.gelib.com/gnis.htm#comments Wed, 16 Dec 2009 13:00:00 +0000 topomatt http://www.gelib.com/?p=829

The Global Geographic Names database contains the names and location of approximately 6.5 million features of interest throughout the world. The features include mountains, government buildings, forests, parks, and many more. Many of the locations in this database are already included in the default Google Earth installation when you enable the . . . → Read More: Global Geographic Names]]> http://www.gelib.com/gnis.htm/feed 9 http://www.gelib.com/world-time-zones.htm http://www.gelib.com/world-time-zones.htm#comments Fri, 11 Dec 2009 07:37:00 +0000 topomatt http://www.gelib.com/?p=659 There are many sources of world time zone data and maps available. I have combined several of them into a single file for Google Earth which will let you easily switch between the different versions and use the one that works best for your purpose.

Eric Muller Version – This version covers the . . . → Read More: World Time Zones]]> http://www.gelib.com/world-time-zones.htm/feed 9 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 the free . . . → Read More: Natural Earth Map Maker]]> http://www.gelib.com/natural-earth.htm/feed 5 http://www.gelib.com/berlin-3d.htm http://www.gelib.com/berlin-3d.htm#comments Thu, 03 Dec 2009 13:00:00 +0000 topomatt http://www.gelib.com/berlin-3d.htm The State of Berlin, Germany has created a massive set of 3D models representing the buildings in Berlin. I’m not sure how many buildings are included, but their website says data was collected for about 500,000 buildings in a 890 square km area.

The data set also contains several other layers that . . . → Read More: 3D Berlin]]> http://www.gelib.com/berlin-3d.htm/feed 0 http://www.gelib.com/world-borders.htm http://www.gelib.com/world-borders.htm#comments Sun, 17 May 2009 10:00:27 +0000 topomatt http://www.gelib.com/?p=671 Colored polygons of of each country in the world with links to the applicable CIA World Factbook page.  Click on a country see a pop up a balloon with a picture of that country’s flag and a link to the country’s CIA World Factbook page.  You can also enable the locations of all . . . → Read More: World Country Borders]]> http://www.gelib.com/world-borders.htm/feed 9 http://www.gelib.com/geonames.htm http://www.gelib.com/geonames.htm#comments Tue, 05 Feb 2008 10:50:41 +0000 topomatt http://www.gelib.com/geonames.htm The GeoNames geographical database contains over eight million geographical names located throughout the world. The database includes the locations of such things as Populated Places, Parks, Churches, Shopping Center, Beaches, Administrative features, Road/Railroad features, Vegetation features, etc.

The list of placemarks updates when you stop moving the view around and it make . . . → Read More: Geoname.org Network Links]]> http://www.gelib.com/geonames.htm/feed 0 http://www.gelib.com/township-range.htm http://www.gelib.com/township-range.htm#comments Tue, 05 Feb 2008 09:33:47 +0000 topomatt http://www.gelib.com/township-range.htm Township and Range boundaries for many US States. As you move the view around the boundaries will update after a couple of seconds.

This KML file will overlay locational information about the photographs and provide links to  view the photographs. You must . . . → Read More: Geograph Superlayer]]> http://www.gelib.com/geograph-superlayer.htm/feed 0 http://www.gelib.com/worldwide-utm-grid.htm http://www.gelib.com/worldwide-utm-grid.htm#comments Sat, 02 Feb 2008 06:22:36 +0000 topomatt http://www.gelib.com/worldwide-utm-grid.htm Overlay 100km, 10km and 1km UTM gridlines onto Google Earth. The higher resolution gridlines automatically become visible as you zoom in. There is a small delay each time you change the view as the updated grid loads.