Google Earth Engine

Google has just recently developed a tool that is kind of a big deal for anyone who does research using remote sensing (images from satellites). They have decided that they are going to open up a massive database of imagery that is both up to date and historical (reaching back twenty five years, apparently) for any researcher or scientist working on environmental issues. Science and Development, an online news agency said this of the program

A satellite imagery tool that will make an unprecedented amount of environmental data available freely online has been launched at the UN Climate Change Conference (COP 16), in Mexico. Earth Engine, launched by Google on 3 December, aims to enable scientists to monitor and measure changes in the Earth’s environment, such as global land cover, and hopefully help slow deforestation in the process.

(Source: SciDev)

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