Google Earth Engine
Visualize, analyze and monitor planetary-scale change using Earth Engine’s advanced data analysis and complex mapping capabilities.
This API is best for understanding the dynamics of Earth’s natural environment and modeling its evolution over time.
The Google Earth Engine provides unparalleled access to vast amounts of Earths’s geospatial data. Developers can use the Earth Engine to analyze large-scale geospatial datasets and develop custom apps. With its APIs and algorithms, developers can build powerful applications with detailed features and visuals to understand the dynamics of earth’s environment and its evolution over time.
Key features
- Integrated database of maps
- imagery
- and descriptive geospatial datasets; analysis of large-scale geospatial datasets; developer tools and APIs to build custom applications.
Potential use cases
- EarthScan: Application that allows users to explore Earth’s environments and geographical changes over time.
- Global Weather Predictions: Weather forecasting tool that uses Earth Engine to understand and visualize global changes in weather
- Medical Mapping: Service that allows doctors and public health officers to map global diseases (like Covid-19) using geospatial data from Earth Engine.
The Google Earth Engine has allowed me to create a detailed application that visualizes and analyzes large-scale geospatial datasets to understand the Earth’s changing environment. I appreciate its efficient set of APIs, algorithms, and tools that make it easy to create powerful applications in no time.
Related Technologies
- NASA WorldWind
- ESRI ArcGIS
- USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)