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April 03, 2006
Global Cloud Map is Back
A couple of weeks ago the really nice Global Cloud Map I had written about last September stopped working. I contacted the author Chris Parsons, 'ChrisMDP' at the Google Earth Community, and found out he could no longer host it. This weekend I contacted some folks on the GE team and they were kind enough to host the image and code for us. If you haven't seen this before, it is a near real-time representation of the entire globe of clouds (updated every 3 hours). It makes Google Earth look like the real Earth from space. One thing that makes it nice is the satellite images are processed to put transparency where there are no clouds (so the Earth comes through clearly). Download the new Global Cloud Map 
now and enjoy! Here's 'ChrisMDP's new thread for the replacement version.
Posted by FrankTaylor at April 3, 2006 05:15 PM
Comments
Posted by: mliving at April 3, 2006 06:31 PM
Wow that's one of the best overlays I have seen.
Posted by: GEH4EVR at April 4, 2006 08:46 AM
Now if we could only set the altitude so that when I zoom in below a certain point the clouds are above me.
Posted by: Adam at April 4, 2006 09:45 AM
Maybe it's just me but this doesn't update very often. At all.
Posted by: KevO at April 4, 2006 06:28 PM
It appears the original data source only updates once every 3 hours. I've changed the blog entry to reflect this.
Posted by: Frank Taylor at April 4, 2006 07:52 PM
I tried the updated link but I just get a nice closeup view of the USA and no clouds - as much as I'm sure like me to think that the States is forever in sunshine, I just can't believe it :)
Any ideas?
(I'm using the latest Version 3 of GE - 4 Beta is not very smooth to use)
Posted by: Richard at June 29, 2006 08:17 AM
If we could see how the clouds have moved in the last 24 hours (or the last few days) we could even estimate where they will move to and whether the rain will stop soon.
Posted by: Berthold Pasch at February 12, 2007 01:25 PM
Wowz,near real time.Finally I found it.
Posted by: Fariz at March 15, 2007 10:54 AM
Really nice!! One of the most interestings things that I've seen for the google earth. Congratulations. Good job.
What will be the next?????? :D
Posted by: Alex Cea at June 26, 2007 07:40 AM
Cool!This's one of the best overlays I have seen,i'm a master of a BBS website about this software,do u have intersting to collaborate with us?This's our BBS website URL:http://www.gearthbbs.com/
Posted by: swatk90 at June 26, 2007 09:36 AM
Meh....just a copy of a capability xplanet has had for years.
Posted by: Noneya Business at July 25, 2007 11:37 AM
Richard wrote: "I tried the updated link but I just get a nice closeup view of the USA and no clouds - as much as I'm sure like me to think that the States is forever in sunshine, I just can't believe it :)"
I have the same problem. What am i not doing?
Posted by: stephen at August 22, 2007 08:58 AM
have got cloud map of earth up.but haveblank strip from nth. to sth. abou 3 inches wide with no cloud map
Posted by: thomas at March 20, 2008 01:56 AM
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Very cool!