Yesterday we had a look at some DigitalGlobe imagery of Chile showing the damage caused by wildfires in late January and early February this year. We thought it would be interesting to explore the … [Read more...]
Moving sand in Landsat animations
December 7, 2016
Last week Google added global mosaics in historical imagery for each year going back to 1985. The mosaics are created from mostly Landsat imagery with a bit of Sentinel 2 imagery for the last couple … [Read more...]
Animating the new Landsat/Sentinel global mosaics with a dynamic tour
December 2, 2016
Earlier this week Google added to Google Earth global mosaics based on Landsat and Sentinel 2 data from 1985 to 2016. Google Earth Engine provides animations for the data using a web based interface. … [Read more...]
More about the new Landsat / Sentinel 2 data in Google Earth
November 30, 2016
Yesterday Google surprised us by adding global mosaics created from Landsat and Sentinel 2 data to the Google Earth's 'historical imagery'. The data comes to Google Earth via Google Earth Engine, … [Read more...]
Google Earth now has global Landsat and Sentinel 2 data from 1985 to 2016
November 29, 2016
Thank you for GEB reader Jonah for being the first to let us know. Google has added yearly global mosaics using Landsat and Sentinel 2 data going back to 1985. Google has long had these mosaics on … [Read more...]
The fires of Qayyara, Iraq, with Landsat and Sentinel imagery
October 25, 2016
We recently came across this interesting article on Bellingcat which is about the use of environmental damage as a weapon of war in Iraq. As the Islamic State (IS) is being pushed back, they are … [Read more...]
Landsat and Sentinel-2 data now on Google Cloud
October 5, 2016
Google has just announced the release of Landsat and Sentinel-2 data on the Google Cloud. Landsat and Sentinel-2 data are public datasets of satellite imagery from earth observation satellites. The … [Read more...]
Cloudy places are hard to photograph from space
September 14, 2016
In yesterday's post we talked about Landsat imagery and how in some locations there are only a few cloud-free images per year. That was not entirely accurate, as there are some places where it is … [Read more...]
Animating Landsat imagery in Google Earth
August 23, 2016
[ Update: We have updated the KML file with more stable animations and the ability to zoom in and out and pan. See this post for more details. ] Last week we created a KML file to easily preview the … [Read more...]
Landsat imagery coverage
August 22, 2016
Last week we looked at Sentinel imagery coverage and today we are doing the same for Landsat imagery. First, note that we are discussing Landsat 8 imagery only, as Landsat 7 imagery is not currently … [Read more...]