Tuesday, June 28, 2022

Google makes Earth Engine finally available to all businesses and governments after it was introduced in 2010

This is big news! This could become a game changer!

Google Earth was not available to businesses and governments since it came out in 2010? What! Why did it take Google so long to commercialize this product/service?

However, this release by Google is driven by the Global Warming Hoax and Climate Change Religion propaganda and demagoguery as is evident by the pertinent blog post (see below) written by the Director, Google Earth, Earth Engine & Outreach. To quote:
"We’re at a unique inflection point in our relationship with the planet. We face existential climate threatsa growing crisis already manifesting in extreme weather events, coupled with the loss of nature resulting from human activities such as deforestation. ..." 

"For the past decade, researchers in academia and the nonprofit world have had access to increasingly sophisticated information about the Earth's surface, via the Google Earth Engine. Now, any commercial or government entity will have access to Google Cloud's new enterprise-grade, commercial version of the computer program.
Google originally launched Earth Engine for scientists and NGOs in 2010. One of the world's largest publicly available Earth observation catalogs, it combines data from satellites and other sources continuously streaming into Earth Engine. The data is combined with massive geospatial cloud-computing resources, which lets organizations use the raw data for timely, accurate, high-resolution insights about the state of the world. That means they can keep a near-constant eye on the world's forests, water sources, ecosystems and agriculture -- and how they're all changing. ..."

Google makes Earth Engine available to all businesses and governments | ZDNet For the past decade, researchers in academia and the nonprofit world have had access to increasingly sophisticated information about the Earth's surface. Now, any commercial or government entity will have access to Earth Engine

Introducing Earth Engine for governments and businesses by Rebecca Moore Director, Google Earth, Earth Engine & Outreach

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