A planetary-scale platform for Earth science data & analysis

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Meet Earth Engine

Google Earth Engine combines a multi-petabyte catalog of satellite imagery and geospatial datasets with planetary-scale analysis capabilities. Scientists, researchers, and developers use Earth Engine to detect changes, map trends, and quantify differences on the Earth's surface. Earth Engine is now available for commercial use, and remains free for academic and research use.

Satellite imagery
satellite imagery
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Your algorithms
your algorithms
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Causes you care about
real world applications
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Our planet is changing

See our impact on the Earth from a new perspective through 37 years of satellite imagery in Timelapse in Google Earth. Timelapse is one example of how Earth Engine can help gain insight into petabyte-scale datasets.

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Ready-to-use datasets

The public data archive includes more than thirty years of historical imagery and scientific datasets, updated and expanded daily. It contains over eighty petabytes of geospatial data instantly available for analysis.

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Simple, yet powerful API

The Earth Engine API is available in Python and JavaScript, making it easy to harness the power of Google’s cloud for your own geospatial analysis.

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Google Earth Engine has made it possible for the first time in history to rapidly and accurately process vast amounts of satellite imagery, identifying where and when tree cover change has occurred at high resolution. Global Forest Watch would not exist without it. For those who care about the future of the planet Google Earth Engine is a great blessing!
-Dr. Andrew Steer, President and CEO of the World Resources Institute.

Convenient tools

Use our web-based code editor for fast, interactive algorithm development with instant access to petabytes of data.

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Scientific and humanitarian impact

Scientists and non-profits use Earth Engine for remote sensing research, predicting disease outbreaks, natural resource management, and more.

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