This post is an excerpt from Free Technology for Teachers: Google Earth Engine - Satellite Imagery Database.
Today, Google launched the Google Earth Engine in Labs. (Labs is where Google releases experimental features). According to Google the purpose of the Earth Engine is to provide an online environment monitoring platform in the form of a dynamic digital model of the planet. In practice this means that the Google Earth Engine provides access to satellite data that can be used for creating visual displays of information related to environmental science. Learn more about the Earth Engine in the video below.
