Archive for the 'GIS' Category
Over the next 21 months, 3TIER plans to continue to map the world for wind and solar resources, country by country, based upon a priority order that takes into account such issues as renewable energy policies, availability of renewable energy resource and economic status.
Every quarter through 2010, 3TIER will release a series of resource maps [...]
The movie above illustrates a visualisation of N02 in London by CASA, University College London,in association with the Environmental Research Group at Kings College London.
Nitrogen dioxide (NO2): NO2 is produced in high temperature combustions processes and chemical reactions in the atmosphere. Road transport is responsible for 60 per cent of emissions of NOx (the pollutant [...]
Once you have drawn a projected solar array on top of the satellite imagery from Google Maps you get a rough estimate on performance and payback of your system based on the drawn area of the array, slope of the roof, location and weather information from the National Renewable Energy Labs.
To complete the full financial [...]
The world has lost almost half of its forests already, and the continued rate of deforestation contributes greatly to climate change and the loss of global biodiversity. This easy to grasp visualisation in Google Earth from the Google Earth Outreach Showcase gives us the state of the forests today. 3D extrusions of the countries boundaries [...]
Using a familiar and user-friendly Google Maps interface, the planner allows individuals to choose routes throughout Metro Vancouver based on preferences such as distance, elevation gain, air quality, and areas featuring trees and other vegetation. Users can choose trips that follow city-designated cycle routes only, or trips that include major roads.
The web-based planner (www.cyclevancouver.ubc.ca) has [...]
See anticipated global temperature rising and how it could affect our world until 2100. The animation uses world-leading climate science from the UK’s Met Office Hadley Centre to show world temperatures throughout the next hundred years under medium projections of greenhouse gas emissions.
Users can also access information on action that can be taken by individuals, [...]
Air Quality Index (AQI) forecasts and current conditions (for USA) are available in Keyhole Markup Language (KML) format at the EPA website. Download and open this data layer in Google Earth.
Terradex publishes a realtime air quality monitoring layer displayed on Google Earth as well. The service was recently awarded an Environmental Achievement Award by [...]
Building Green Inc. has teamed up with Google and the US Department of Energy’s (DOE) to create an interactive map for Google Earth. You can explore a collection of over 80 3D building models of buildings in DOE’s High Performance Buildings Database including a description and links to full case studies.
Download Great Green Buildings Google [...]
