Reading Time: < 1 minGoogle has just added a new sub-layer to the “weather” layer titled “Gustav Data”. This layer includes a variety of information about the storm, such as the latest advisories, webcams from around Louisiana and a forecast track. Coupled with the existing weather layers (clouds, radar, etc), it makes for some useful information. As Google points […]
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Finally – a real sky when you’re in Google Earth
Reading Time: < 1 minFor a while now, people have been trying to come up with a good way to be able to see the sky in Google Earth — not the night sky, but the clouds. Over the Google Earth Blog, some interesting workarounds have been used, but they weren’t ideal. However, with the new weather layer, it’s […]
New weather layer in Google Earth
Reading Time: < 1 minIt’s about time! Google has finally added a weather layer to Google Earth. The layer consists of three sub-layers: Clouds Radar Conditions and Forecasts Complete details can be found in a nice write-up in the Google Earth Blog.
Great collection of storm tracking and weather tools for Google Earth
Reading Time: < 1 minFrank Taylor at the Google Earth Blog has posted a great round-up of the best weather-related tools for Google Earth. The best piece of this post is the huge weather and storm tracking tools collection network link. It contains a handful of folders with various kinds of data, which includes: two global hurricane tracking tools […]
Cool new real-time lightning animation for GE
Reading Time: < 1 minGuiWeather has just released a network link that shows current lightning strikes (well, within a few minutes old) around the world, in the form a slick 30 minute time-animated network link. Google Earth Blog has the details.