A warning: these are very large files and the imagery itself is lower resolution than what you might expect to see on a typical web map. MODIS (NASA’s satellite constellation which images the earth every 1-2 days)ĭata from all three of these satellite constellations can be downloaded for free from either Earth on AWS or Google’s Earth Engine Catalog.Landsat 8 (the USGS’s satellite which images the earth once every 16 days).Sentinel-2 (the European Space Agency’s constellation of satellites imaging the entire landmass of the earth once every five days).Here’s where things get interesting-we’ve written previously about the explosion of freely available, openly licensed, and constantly updating satellite imagery in our blog post, An Introduction to Satellite Imagery and Machine Learning. For larger-area basemaps, satellite imagery providers make more sense: and Australia and has a very simple user interface available through any web browser. For high-resolution aerial imagery, NearMap orthographics provide great coverage in the U.S. Rather than license imagery from Google that they’re, in turn, licensing from imagery providers, it usually makes more sense to go directly to the source. Google’s Maps API is notoriously stingy in this regard, with its terms of service even limiting your right to display content derived from Google imagery on a map that isn’t also provided by Google.
tracing building footprints or other cartographic features), you should consider a paid option that allows for derivative works to be produced. If you’re considering deriving a commercial product from the imagery you’re browsing (e.g. Firefox is my personal browser of choice and it appears the choice of our alien crop circle artists.Some other great sources of non-commercial, non-downloadable imagery are: The Real World Browser – Firefox in PortlandĬrop circle art made in the shape of the Firefox Logo near Portland, Oregon. See the real belly whopper in Google Maps. That was one titan-sized belly flop that created that lake. I wonder if that is considered littering? See the bottles at Google Maps. This Coca-Cola logo was supposedly created out of coke bottles just outside of Arica in Chile. Not sure how long this one will last so see it fast at Google Maps, it will grow on you. Leonardo da Vinci‘s Vitruvian Man is just as impressive when created in a field. You can also see the rabbit at the artist’s site. Is he dead or sleeping, you be the judge. Supposedly this rabbit was knitted, not that you can see the yarn at this distance. That is one helluva big Easter Bunny! You can find this bunny in Artesina, Italy. This is actually viewable from space, so go for a closer look (see the size of the trees in relation) at Google Maps. This was done by clearing trees while leaving strategic trees in the shape of the letters.
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