Google Earth Library

The goal of the Rosetta Project is to document current and historic languages throughout the world. They have created a set of files for Google Earth that showcase some of their efforts. This file contains the following information.

• Endangered Languages – Shows the locations of numerous endangered languages is Africa and the Americas.
• West Coast Language Use in Urban Centers – Shows the breakdown of language use in major cities of the Western United States.
• Audio Collections – A collection of audio samples for several languages throughout the Earth.

Credits Rosetta Project

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This is a collection of locations and other geographical data related to the Bible. Includes the following:

• Bible locations organized by Book (from www.openbible.info)
• Bible locations organized by Chapter (from www.openbible.info)
• Map Overlays – About 15 historic map overlays of Jerusalem (from www.openbible.info)
• Bodies of Water – The locations of bodies of water mentioned in the Bible (from www.openbible.info)
• Google Earth BBS – Another source of locations (from Google Earth BBS)
• Apostle Paul’s journey, also from from Google Earth BBS

If you know of any other Bible related files for Google Earth, post a comment and I will add to the collection.

Credits See Above

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For those of you that are dreaming for a White Christmas, here are a few maps to help predict whether your dream will come true or not.  There are three maps included in this set of overlays that show the probability of having a white Christmas in the United States with 1-inch, 5-inches, or 10-inches of snow.

Credits Google Earth Library Probability of a White Christmas, NOAA

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The Cooperative Institute of Meteorological Satellite Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Space Science and Engineering Center (CIMSS-SSEC) has created a huge set of weather related overlays that can be viewed in Google Earth.  Their program is focused on tropical cyclones, but they also have a large amount of satellite and other data covering at the regional and global levels.  The data available in Google Earth includes:

• Storm tracking and forecast
• Recent satellite imagery
• Sea surface conditions
• Precipitation
• Maximum wind speeds
• Winds aloft analysis (wind shear, vorticity, etc.)
• Satellite animations
• Global Infrared and Water Vapor mosaics

KML Content: CIMSS-SSEC

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Updated 12/19

Flightwise has put together a great collection of near real-time flight tracking tools for Google Earth. These tools display a wealth of information about each flight, such as the location, altitude, heading, speed, Departure time, Estimated Arrival time and aircraft type. In addition, the aircraft are displayed in Google Earth with their correct altitude and heading and their positions update every few minutes.

The file below the screenshot will let you view inbound flights for 11 major airports in the US.  There are several additional different tools available from the Flightwise website including:

• Track a specific flight
• iPhone Tracker

It sounds like they have many other tools that utilize Google Earth available for paid subscribers, which I’m not.  Unfortunately, the data only covers flights in the United States.

Credits Flightwise

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