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Google Earth adds time lapse video to depict climate change

The Google Earth app is adding a new video feature that draws upon nearly four decades of satellite imagery to vividly illustrate how climate change has affected glaciers, beaches, forests and other places around the world. The tool unveiled Thursday is rolling out in what is being billed as the biggest update to Google Earth in five years. Alphabet’s Google GOOGL, -0.20% says it undertook the complex project in partnership with several government… Source link

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Watch the Planet Change With Timelapse in Google Earth

(Photo via Google) We’ve all logged onto Google Earth to see what our house looks like from different angles. The service, however, is good for more than just sneaking a peek at our own lives. In the biggest update to Google Earth since 2017, users can now see our planet “in an entirely new dimension—time,” Rebecca Moore, director of Earth Engine & Outreach, announced in a blog post. Twenty-four million satellite images from the past 37 years have been stitched together to create Timelapse… Source link

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New Google Earth time-lapse feature shows effect of climate change

by: via Nexstar Media Wire, The Associated Press Posted: Apr 15, 2021 / 08:03 PM EDT / Updated: Apr 15, 2021 / 08:03 PM EDT A person looks at a Google Earth map of Paris, France on a screen as Google Earth unveils the revamped version of the application April 18, 2017 at a event at New York’s Whitney Museum of Art.(Credit: TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP via Getty Images) SAN RAMON, Calif. (AP) — The Google Earth app is adding a new video… Source link

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New Google Earth time-lapse feature shows effect of climate change

by: via Nexstar Media Wire, The Associated Press Posted: Apr 15, 2021 / 03:05 PM EDT / Updated: Apr 15, 2021 / 03:05 PM EDT A person looks at a Google Earth map of Paris, France on a screen as Google Earth unveils the revamped version of the application April 18, 2017 at a event at New York’s Whitney Museum of Art.(Credit: TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP via Getty Images) SAN RAMON, Calif. (AP) — The Google Earth app is adding a new video… Source link

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New Google Earth time-lapse feature shows effect of climate change

by: via Nexstar Media Wire, The Associated Press Posted: Apr 15, 2021 / 11:16 AM CDT / Updated: Apr 15, 2021 / 11:17 AM CDT A person looks at a Google Earth map of Paris, France on a screen as Google Earth unveils the revamped version of the application April 18, 2017 at a event at New York’s Whitney Museum of Art.(Credit: TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP via Getty Images) SAN RAMON, Calif. (AP) — The Google Earth app is adding a new video… Source link

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New Google Earth time-lapse feature shows effect of climate change

by: via Nexstar Media Wire, The Associated Press Posted: Apr 15, 2021 / 12:00 PM EDT / Updated: Apr 15, 2021 / 01:39 PM EDT A person looks at a Google Earth map of Paris, France on a screen as Google Earth unveils the revamped version of the application April 18, 2017 at a event at New York’s Whitney Museum of Art.(Credit: TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP via Getty Images) SAN RAMON, Calif. (AP) — The Google Earth app is adding a new video… Source link

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USGS Landsat Satellites Enable Google to Portray Global Change

The USGS, along with NASA, the European Commission, and the European Space Agency, has been critical in the provision of imagery for this new version of Google Earth Timelapse that shows visual evidence of global changes spanning nearly 40 years. In the biggest update to Google Earth since 2017, you can now see our planet in an entirely new dimension: time. With Timelapse in Google Earth, 20 million satellite photos from the past 37 years have been embedded into Google Earth, allowing… Source link

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Google Earth adds time-lapse video to depict climate change

SAN RAMON, Calif. – The Google Earth app is adding a new video feature that draws upon nearly four decades of satellite imagery to vividly illustrate how climate change has affected glaciers, beaches, forests and other places around the world. The tool unveiled Thursday is rolling out in what is being billed as the biggest update to Google Earth in five years. Google says it undertook the complex project in partnership with several… Source link

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Google Earth Timelapse feature shows chilling effect of climate change

Google’s latest feature, Timelapse, is an eye opening, technical feat that provides visual evidence of how the Earth has changed due to climate change and human behavior. The tool takes the platform’s static imagery and turns it into a dynamic 4D experience, allowing users to click through timelapses that highlight melting ice caps, receding glaciers, massive urban growth and wildfires’ impact on agriculture. Timelapse compiles 24 million satellite photos taken from 1984 to 2020, an effort… Source link

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