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Most Recent MODIS Imagery In Google Earth



OgleEarth posts about a new KML layer for Google Earth, available from NASA’s OnEarth website, that displays the most recent day’s MODIS (Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer) imagery as a Google Earth overlay. Separate overlays from both the Terra and Aqua satellites include:

  • Real-color imagery

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  • Pseudo-color (Blue, green and infrared bands)
  • NDVI (Normalized Differential Vegetation Index), where the greenest area have the highest vegetation level

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Even with two satellites, Terra and Aqua, MODIS images don’t cover the entire planet over the course of a single day. But over several days you’re likely to see the most up-to-date publicly-available satellite imagery of the surface of our planet. MODIS’s resolution is 250 meters, so don’t except to see whether your car is parked in your driveway on a particular day :).

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