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The Topography of Plate Tectonics in Google Earth

March 6, 2014

It’s somewhat surprising to me that after all the years that Google Earth Blog has been around, we’ve never seen a file that focuses on the plate tectonics of earth. We’ve discussed various earthquakes numerous times, but never simply the plate tectonics. Thankfully, George at MyReadingMapped has built an excellent map that gives a great overview of the topography of plate tectonics.

plate tectonics

From his site:

This documentary, in the form of a Google Map, attempts to put some real world topography to the United States Geological Survey (USGS) Plate Tectonic map shown below that is featured on Wikipedia’s Plate Tectonics page. With the above Google map you can see the actual land and submarine topography that form the various tectonic plates. You can see the mid ocean ridges, ocean trenches, submarine volcanoes, and thermal vents that form the edges of the plates rather than rely on an abstract map like that shown below.

As with most of the work that George does, he’s included quite a few details. You can view the full map here or use this link to grab a KML file of it.

For more information, check out the full blog entry on MyReadingMapped. Great work George!

Filed Under: Environment, Science Tagged With: earthquake, myreadingmapped, plate tectonics

Amazing extratropical cyclone over the United Kingdom

February 18, 2014

The NASA Earth Observatory site is constantly releasing amazing images from space, including items such as this awesome image of Mount Everest, lava flow shapes, Laguna Verde, and many others. Their latest image is a stunning view of an extratropical cyclone over the United Kingdom that was captured last week.

extratropical cyclone

This particular cyclone brought winds of over 100 miles per hour, and caused power outages to more than 700,000 people. They released a large image to show it off, which I’ve matched up in an image overlay and included in this KML file for you to view directly in Google Earth.

Read more about this cyclone on the Earth Observatory site or see other images from the Earth Observatory that we have showcased.

Filed Under: Science, Sightseeing Tagged With: earth observatory, extratropical cyclone, nasa, united kingdom

Using Google Earth to display bar charts from FileMaker

February 13, 2014

John Wallrodt at Paperless Archaeology recently shared an interesting story about taking a FileMaker Pro database and working with it to talk directly to Google Earth. The results are impressive and useful.

Google Earth Bar Charts

It seems to be a fairly complex process, but their blog post breaks it down into manageable steps. If converting from FileMaker Pro into Google Earth KML is something you’re wanting to do, John’s post will be very helpful for you. Check out the full post to read all about it.

(via FileMaker Pro Gurus)

Filed Under: Science Tagged With: filemaker pro, john wallrodt, paperless archeology

Using Google Earth to predict light conditions

February 7, 2014

Google Earth can be a great tool to help plan outdoor photography sessions, but Ben Wilmore takes it a step further and uses some of the tools in Google earth to plan outdoor photography based on the anticipated light conditions at a specific time and location.

Similar to the photorealistic atmosphere that we showed you last year, Ben uses the [View] –> “Sun” option to anticipate shadows in areas he may want to photograph. The resulting view can be quite useful.

stone mountain sun

To take it further, Ben has created a great video showing you exactly how he uses it:

Check out his full article to learn more. Great work, Ben!

Filed Under: 3D Models, Science, Sightseeing, Video Tagged With: ben wilmore, photography, sun

Genealogy through Google Earth

January 14, 2014

Eric Stitt has been using Google Earth to track genealogy for a long time, and has just started up a new blog that focuses exclusively on that — Genealogy Through Google Earth.  His ideas are pretty solid, and here is where he’s coming from:

We all know that Genealogy and Family research doesn’t always happen in your back yard. We can’t just get in the car and drive across the states to visit the old homestead, and I know I’ll be camped out in line when we figure out time travel. But what if you could visit that old homestead or scroll back in time when your neighborhood was an old farm field, Google Earth can do that.

genealogy

Eric has been posting for a long on Genealogy by Eric, and plans to continue to do so as he starts writing on the new site.  His basic plan is to “start out describing how I use Google Earth in my family history and then move towards sharing more advanced features”. He has a couple of posts up there already, and it should provide an interesting look into a new use for Google Earth.

Check it out at genealogythroughgoogleearth.blogspot.com.

Nice work, Eric!

Filed Under: Science Tagged With: eric stitt, genealogy

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