Earth Live

Sunday July 06th 2008
Filed Under Climatology, Current Events, Education, Map Servers 

The Discovery Channel has a fascinating and educational interface with their Earth Live application.  The site pulls in data from National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NAS0 and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to allow viewers to see visualizations of the earth’s methane, atmosphere, earthquakes and other global datasets.  Users can also custom load from a list of available layers of global data and create their own stories.

The site was built with Adobe Flex technology and provides a 3D view of the earth.  Geographic data covering clouds, water vapor, temperature and rainfall is updated every 24 hours from NASA and NOAA.  A widget tool (accessed by clicking the “share this story” button) allows users to place the 3D globe onto blogging and Facebook pages.

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