Google Earth Outreach

The Surui indigenous people in the Brazilian Amazon are using Android devices and Open Data Kit to measure the amount of carbon in their rainforest. These carbon credits they can sell on the voluntary carbon marketplace. L...

Google Earth historical imagery animation of deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon state of Rondonia, between 1975 and 2009.

Celebrate the launch of Google Earth Outreach in Australia and New Zealand, and get inspired by the amazing examples of nonprofit organizations who are using Google mapping tools in their work. See more at http://earth.goo...

Google Earth Engine is a platform that can be used for monitoring deforestation. Now operational in Brazil, additional tropical countries who need technology to preserve their forests are learning from this model.

The Surui Cultural Map shows the Surui tribe of the Amazon's vision of their forest, including their territory and traditional history. To create this map, Surui youth interviewed their elders to document and map their anc...

Explore a global timelapse of our planet, constructed from Landsat satellite imagery. With water diverted to irrigation, the inland Aral Sea has shrunk dramatically. Many areas were completely dry by 2009. Each frame of th...

Congratulations to the Landsat program on 40 years of continuous earth observation! Since July 1972, NASA's Landsat satellites have gathered images over the entire land surface of the Earth, creating the most complete rec...

Explore a global timelapse of our planet, constructed from Landsat satellite imagery. The Amazon rainforest is shrinking at a rapid rate to provide land for farming and raising cattle. Each frame of the timelapse map is c...

Explore a global timelapse of our planet, constructed from Landsat satellite imagery. This timelapse from 1999 to 2011 captures the rapid growth of Las Vegas, Nevada, the fastest growing city in the United States over the ...

Nonprofits are using maps to solve the world's most pressing issues, from environmental and humanitarian issues to disaster relief. They are learning how with the help of Google Earth Outreach, http://earth.google.com/outr...

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Living Oceans Society has been using Google Maps Engine as a way to collaborate on their GIS data internally, as well as publish their maps to a wider audience. Living Oceans Society aims to educate BC residents on why it'...

WWF & Eyes on the Forest are using Google Maps Engine to visualize troves of map data and tell stories to the world about the issues facing Sumatra. Tigers, elephants, orangutans and rhinos face diminishing habitat in whic...

Tour an Amazon Forest trail with Google Street View. http://maps.google.com/intl...

Tour the Community of Tumbira with Google Street View. http://maps.google.com/intl...

Tour the Rio Negro with Google Street View. http://maps.google.com/intl...