Google imagery and geo tools for Citizen Scientists

What if you could get updated satellite imagery of the places you are working in, or put the aerial imagery you’re creating into Google Maps? What if you could see how your region has changed over the last 30 years? What... [ view full abstract ]

What if you could get updated satellite imagery of the places you are working in, or put the aerial imagery you’re creating into Google Maps? What if you could see how your region has changed over the last 30 years? What if you could measure that change using remote sensing analysis in the cloud, without having to download and process massive amounts of data? Google has tools and programs that allow nonprofits, researchers, citizen scientists and others to do all of these things for free. This session will provide a brief overview of Google’s Geo tools, especially the ones for imagery analysis (Google Earth Engine and Timelapse), and the potential to get software grants and request imagery updates through the Google Earth Outreach program.