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Image overlay of the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico

April 28, 2010

By now, you’ve likely heard about the massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. As a post on TreeHugger reveals, NASA has released some aerial imagery of the spill.

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You can download the Imagery Overlay for Google Earth here (via Google Earth Hacks), or view the high-res JPG here.

Filed Under: Environment, Science Tagged With: gulf of mexico, image overlay, oil spill, overlay

Google Street Maps Overlay for Google Earth

February 2, 2007

Google Maps overlay of Sydney in Google EarthUpon reviewing the GEB archives it appears I missed writing about this one even though I’ve used it for over a year. The same guy who implemented Globe Glider (a useful Windows application for integrating mapping tools with GE), ‘BernhardMuc’ at the GEC, also released another handy tool. Bernhard posted a way to view Google Maps street maps as transparent images seamlessly overlayed automatically in Google Earth. As you change your view, it reloads a proper zoom level of Google Maps. One example of why this network link is useful is to view detailed map data for countries like Australia and New Zealand which have great roads data in Google Maps, but the data hasn’t been ported to GE yet. The maps also show things like parks, lakes, rivers, and tourist sites as well. I think this is a handy thing worth keeping in your “My Places” and turning on when you need a map-like perspective, but still in 3D. (Tip: you can adjust the transparency by changing the parameter in the network link from &TRANS=80 to 100 – no transparency, 0 – fully transparent)

Filed Under: Google Earth Tips, Network Links, Sightseeing Tagged With: image overlay, overlay, street maps

Best Topo Map Interface for Google Earth

March 9, 2006

Longs Peak Topographic map in Google EarthI believe it started today with this blog entry at The Map Room, but suddenly there is a resurgence of interest in generating topographical maps in Google Earth. I’ve spoken about techniques for doing this in the past (here and here). However, let me share the easiest way to view US Topographical maps in Google Earth. This is a portion of a network link created by a company called 3D Solar which does USGS Topographical Overlays automatically. You just zoom in to an area of interest, wait for five seconds, and suddenly you have an overlay of a topo map. Just turn off the “USGSO topo maps” network link when you are finished using it. I recommend saving this one in your “My Places” for future use. For the full 3D Solar collection of network links (which also includes weather, NASA MODIS satellite images, and Landsat overlays as well), check out this GEC forum post.

Filed Under: Navigation Tagged With: image overlay, overlay, topo map, usgs

Image Overlay Creator for Google Earth

February 27, 2006

Vietnam Medals of Honor in Google EarthCreating accurately scaled and placed image overlays from other mapping and satellite photo resources is not always a simple process. GPSVisualizer.com has just released yet another tool for Google Earth allowing you to automatically create such image overlays. The form will automatically locate and overlay the map or image you choose and allows you to choose the resolution of the resulting image. For adding a topographical map, or adding better resolution for areas with lower resolution satellite photos, this can be a valuable tool. Here is a link to the image overlay form. The screenshot here is a topographical map of Kitt Peak overlayed over the mountain using the GPSVisualizer form.
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Filed Under: Google Earth News, Google Earth Tips Tagged With: image overlay, overlay

Latest FEMA Katrina Damage Assessment Overlay

September 6, 2005

Google was given permission to provide overlays from a Monday night assessment of damage done by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). This overlay shows the areas FEMA has assessed so far for flooded areas, light damage to catastrophic damage in a graphical fashion. You can download the overlays here or read the Google Earth team’s post here.
NOTE: Google says you may need a more recent graphics card or at least more recent graphics drivers for this to work properly.

Filed Under: Weather Tagged With: fema, image overlay, katrina, overlay

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