By Justin Braaten, Developer Relations and Nate Schmitz, Software Engineer, Google Earth Engine Do you have a need, a need for speed-y map tile loads? We hope the answer is “yes!”, …

By Raleigh Seamster, Senior Program Manager, Google Earth Outreach As we wind down in 2021, we are looking back on our recent Geo for Good Summit, our annual event that brings together scientists and practitioners from around the world who are working for positive social and environmental impact using Google…

By Giriraj Amarnath, Principal Researcher, Disaster Risk Management and Climate Resilience, and Surajit Ghosh, Regional Researcher, Water Risk and Data Sciences Specialist, International Water Management Institute When a flood is approaching or a drought is on the horizon, decision makers in planning, water, agriculture, and disaster management departments need to…

By Wendy Francesconi, Ecosystem Services and Environmental Impact Theme Lead at the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT Gino Miceli, Ground Open-Source Project Lead Vasco M. van Roosmalen, Founder and Executive Director of Ecam Google teamed up with CAL-PSE, SERVIR-Amazonia, Ecam, and other partners on a grassroots effort to develop…

By Emily Schechter, Product Manager, Google Earth Engine We launched Earth Engine Apps in 2018 to help you scale the impact of your analysis by sharing it with a wider audience. Since then, more than 50,000 Earth Engine apps have been created to share Earth Engine analyses. …

by Nicole Lombardo, Environmental Insights Explorer City transportation is crucial to connecting residents to education, employment and essential services. At the same time, the transportation sector is where global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions are rising the quickest. In 2018, we launched the Environmental Insights Explorer (EIE) in collaboration with the…

by Ruth Alcantara, Program Manager, Google AI Planting trees in cities helps provide shade, lower temperatures and contribute to cleaner air — all of which are huge benefits when it comes to adapting to the effects of climate change. That’s why we’re expanding our Environmental Insights Explorer Tree Canopy insights…

Editor’s note: Today’s post is by Robyn Grimm (Environmental Defense Fund), Forrest Melton (NASA / CSU Monterey Bay), Justin Huntington (Desert Research Institute), and Tyler Erickson (Google), a few of the organizations collaborating on the OpenET project. Every day thousands of people across the western United States make decisions about…

By Tyler Erickson, Developer Advocate, Earth Engine and Google Earth Outreach Over the past decade, we’ve been inspired by what you — our user community — have done with Earth Engine. As you know, Earth Engine was created to address environmental and social issues affecting our planet and its inhabitants…