Google Earth Library

Prehistoric Sites

topomatt — Sun, 27 Dec 2009 13:00:38 +0000

The Megalithic Portal website has created a collection showing the locations of over 15,000 prehistoric and other ancient sites in Google Earth. The collection is organized by categories, such as ancient caves, temples, burial chambers, etc. More information about these locations can be found a their website. Credits Megalithic Portal Meets Google Earth Related posts World Trade [...]

Rosetta Project

topomatt — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 13:00:25 +0000

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 [...]

Bible Locations

topomatt — Fri, 25 Dec 2009 07:51:29 +0000

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 [...]

White Christmas Map

topomatt — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 17:53:32 +0000

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 [...]

CIMSS Tropical Cyclones

topomatt — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 13:00:00 +0000

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 [...]

Real Time 3D Flight Tracking

topomatt — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 16:00:29 +0000

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 [...]

AVHRR Satellite Imagery

topomatt — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 13:00:00 +0000

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 satellite imagery. [...]

National Elevation Dataset

topomatt — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 18:00:00 +0000

The National Elevation Dataset (NED) contains detailed elevation data for the United States and Territories. The NED comes in three different versions. 1 and 2 Arc-Second – This version has a resolution of approximately 30 meters (60 meters for Alaska) and covers all of the United States and Territories. 1/3 Arc-Second – This version has a resolution [...]

Natural Resources Canada Toporama

topomatt — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 13:00:00 +0000

Natural Resources Canada has created a digital topographic map for the entire country that can be viewed in Google Earth. The map is based on the WMS map service, which can be a little tricky to set up in Google Earth so I went ahead and set them all up. Just click on the link [...]

OnEarth WMS

topomatt — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 13:00:00 +0000

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 do is [...]

Norway WMS Maps

topomatt — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 02:40:20 +0000

The Norwegian Mapping Authority has created a series of maps covering Norway that can be viewed with Google Earth. The following map layers are included. Topographic Map (four different versions) Sea Territories Map Bathymetric Map Sea Charts Municipal Maps UTM Grid Administrative Divisions Vector maps for Europe These maps are from a WMS server. Just click [...]

Global Geographic Names

topomatt — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 13:00:00 +0000

Updated 12/16 Several significant improvements have been made: Database recompiled with December 2009 information Balloon now includes the feature type (mountain, populated place, lake, etc.) Over 1,500,000 duplicate and invalid entries removed Balloon now includes link to search Google for the location Ugly yellow pin placemarks replaced with fancy green placemarks The Global Geographic Names database contains the names and location of [...]

MODIS Today

topomatt — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 05:50:32 +0000

The MODIS sensor on the Aqua and Terra satellites capture amazingly detailed natural color imagery every day from all over the Earth. The imagery is detailed enough that you can easily see cloud formations, snow coverage, smoke from large fires, etc, for the entire US. And the best part is the imagery from these satellites [...]

World Time Zones

topomatt — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 07:37:00 +0000

12/10/2009 – Updated with new detailed time zone map of the United States. 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. Eric Muller Version – This version covers the United [...]

Natural Earth Map Maker

topomatt — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 20:18:05 +0000

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 version [...]

Google Earth Vehicle Simulators

topomatt — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 23:27:00 +0000

There are numerous vehicle simulation add-ons available for Google Earth. Of course there is the Flight Simulator that’s available by default. But there are several others that third parties have created. Below is a list of a few that I’ve come across and some tips for using them. Post a comment if you know of [...]

Muselius Museums

topomatt — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 13:00:00 +0000

Muselius is a website with a massive database of over 10,000 museums located throughout the world. Muselius provides information such as description, location, fees, hours, etc. for the museums in their directory. The Google Earth Blog recently reported on a Network Link for the museums in the Muselius directory and I have added it to the [...]

3D Berlin

topomatt — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 13:00:00 +0000

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 can be viewed with [...]

Geologic Map of Oregon

topomatt — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 13:00:00 +0000

This Geologic map of Oregon consists of semi-transparent colored polygons that cover the entire state. Click on a colored area to get the applicable geologic unit symbol. Then open up the Legend to look up the symbol and the characteristics of that geologic unit. Credits Google Earth Library 1991 Geologic Map of Oregon produced by the USGS at [...]

US County Polygons

topomatt — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 13:00:00 +0000

Colored polygons for all of the counties in the United States. Click on the county to see its name. Credits Google Earth Library Related posts US Statehood Time Animation Township and Range Boundaries Historic US State Boundaries Zillow Neighborhoods World Time Zones

National Register of Historic Places

topomatt — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 13:00:00 +0000

Updated 11/2009 The National Register of Historic Places has identified and documented approximately 80,000 districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects that are significant in American history, architecture, archeology, engineering, and culture. The Register is maintained by the US National Park Service (NPS). The NPS has created a Google Earth version of the database, which you can find [...]

Moon Overlays

topomatt — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 13:00:00 +0000

Update 11/2009 This collection of moon overlays was originally created before Google released their amazing version of Google Moon (View | Explore menu in Google Earth). I’ve now gone back and updated the original collection of moon overlays to remove duplicate data, remove some broken links, and supplement Google’s Moon data. Unfortunately, I can no longer [...]

Historic Aerial Photographs

topomatt — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 20:00:00 +0000

Updated 11/2009 Various high resolution historic aerial photograph overlays, which I will continue to add to as I have time. Currently includes the following: Los Angeles 1948 (Aerials from USGS) New York City 1954 (Aerials from USGS) Oakland, California 1948 (Aerials from USGS) Chicago, 1938 (Aerials from Illinois Natural Resources Geospatial Clearinghouse) Los Angeles Intl Airport, 1938, [...]

European Digital Archive on Soil Maps of the World

topomatt — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 04:06:00 +0000

The European Digital Archive on Soil Maps of the World (EuDASM) is a massive repository of scanned soil and geologic maps covering large areas of Africa, Asia, Canada, Caribbean Islands, Europe, Latin America, and the United States. The maps were archived over the years by ISRIC – World Soil Information and were recently been scanned [...]

Google Earth Resources

topomatt — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 21:11:19 +0000

I recently finished updating the Google Earth Resources page. This page contains a list of Google Earth related blogs, developer/user tools, etc. that will be of use to the casual Google Earth user and the advanced KML developer. The resources have been organized into various categories, and a short description is provided for each. I’ll [...]