GIS on the Web

Russ WhiteNumeric and Spatial Data SpecialistRobert E. Kennedy LibraryCal Poly State University San Luis Obispo

WebGL Globe: a Google Chrome Experiment

Tools from Google, ESRI, and more for mapping on the Web.

Overview

• Google Earth OutreachTools from Google!

• ESRI ArcGIS Online

• Going Mobile

Google Earth OutreachGoogle Earth Outreach gives nonprofits and public benefit organizations the knowledge and resources they need to visualize their cause and tell their story in Google Earth & Maps to hundreds of millions of people.

Software Tools Capabilities Notes AccessGoogle Maps Engine Lite Google Fusion Tables

Draw features, import points from spreadsheet, share as web map. Limited to 3 layers containing less than 100 features each. Import spreadsheet points, addresses or place names. View and share data in Google Maps, export KML to view in Google Earth.

Easy to use, but very limited functionality.

Limit up to 1000 point features.

Free individual accounts Free individual accounts

Google Earth

Google Earth Pro

Navigate imagery, 3D terrain and buildings, and many reference layers. Import, draw, and share spatial data as KML (points, lines, polygons and 3D features). Measure distance and area, import shapefiles and georeferenced imagery, export movie files and high-resolution print maps, and more. Contains additional licensed datasets, US Parcels, demographics, and Traffic count data.

Easy and versatile. Limited tools for measurement and no analysis functions. Extends mapping functionality and provides additional reference datasets.

Free download

Free educational 30-seat software grants, renewed annually.

Open Data Kit

Open-source tools to design, collect and aggregate forms (tabular data) using mobile devices.

Android only. Similar to ESRI Collector App for iOS and Android.

Free download

Google Maps Engine

Google Earth Engine

Upload, collaborate, and publish your own spatial data on the web using Google’s cloud infrastructure.

Develop, access and run algorithms on the extensive Earth Engine data archive (Landsat 4-8 and derivatives, SRTM, nation-wide 10m DEM mosaic, etc), all using Google's parallel processing platform.

Much like ESRI ArcGIS Online for Organizations

Unique, powerful, and in-development. Accessed using the Earth Engine API.

Free educational organization account upon request.

Free organization ‘Trusted Tester’ account on request.

Google Maps Engine LiteTurn Spreadsheets into Maps online1) Beginning with some ‘Small Data’2) Upload (.CSV file) to Map3) View, Query, Style, Edit & ShareGo to Tutorial

Google Fusion TablesTurn Spreadsheets into Maps online1) Find some data (US Census Population Estimates)2) Upload to Fusion Tables3) Filter, Query, Edit & Share Web MapLearn more about Fusion Tables

Link to Texas A&M Geocoding

Google Fusion TablesTurn Spreadsheets into Maps online1) Find some data (US Census Population Estimates)2) Upload to Fusion Tables3) Filter, Query, Edit & Share Web MapLearn more about Fusion Tables

Link to Texas A&M Geocoding

Google Fusion TablesTurn Spreadsheets into Maps online1) Find some data (US Census Population Estimates)2) Upload to Fusion Tables3) Filter, Query, Edit & Share Web MapLearn more about Fusion Tables

Link to Texas A&M Geocoding

Google EarthThe online virtual, 3D globe.

Google Search Trends

Released in 2005, Google Earth eclipsed traditional GIS, delivering imagery, 3D terrain, and extensive map layers directly to your desktop.

Using Google Earth ExamplesUsing KML

Google EarthThe online virtual, 3D globe.

Google Search Trends

Released in 2005, Google Earth eclipsed traditional GIS, delivering imagery, 3D terrain, and extensive map layers directly to your desktop.

Using Google Earth ExamplesUsing KML

Google Earth Image Overlay

Create image overlays for new basemaps. Save and Share online.

See Tutorial

Paso Robles Groundwater

Google Earth Pro

1) Import Shapefiles2) Import Georeferenced Imagery3) Export Hi-res images and video

Google Earth Pro makes sharing easier

Adds more dataUS Parcels, Demographics, andTraffic Count data

Google Earth EngineA planetary-scale platform for environmental data & analysis

• Catalog containing massive datasets(Global Satellite Imagery, Global Elevation)

• Cloud Computing

• GIS + Remote Sensing Analysis

• Javascript API

See video https://earthengine.google.org/#introGoogle Earth Outreach

Google Earth EngineOne Application: Landsat Timelapse

30 year, global, zoomable timelapse,1984-2012

How did they do this? Read more

Time Magazine Feature

Google Earth EngineData Catalog and Workspace

Google Earth EngineLandsat 832-day compositeNormalizedBurn Ratio layer

October 2013

Showing Rim Fire near Yosemite, CA

ArcGIS OnlineESRI embraces the web

Traditionally Desktop and Server, nowenvisioning web at the center

http://www.arcgis.com/features/

ArcGIS OnlineESRI enables GIS on the webTraditionally Desktop and Server, nowenvisioning web at the center

With ArcGIS Online for OrganizationsCal Poly can begin authoringcontent for the web, without needof the full ArcGIS for Server.

http://www.arcgis.com/features/

ESRI Collector AppConnect to maps in the fieldcentral data storage

Mobile App: PDF MapsMobile Maps, OfflineGPS, Basemaps

Record Tracks, Points, Photos.

Export data to KML, or CSV

Share database schemas for commondata capture San Luis Obispo 1886 Digital Sanborn Maps

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