Development of a Google Earth Engine Web-Based App for Forest Monitoring
Instructors: Cesar Alvites Description: Google Earth Engine (GEE) is a cloud-based platform that hosts petabytes of satellite imagery and geospatial information from the Earth’s surface. Such data, often available in near real-time and covering vast areas, can be accessed, pre-processed, and analyzed directly in the cloud, eliminating the need for local storage and heavy processing. Traditionally, using GEE requires strong JavaScript coding skills and the ability to handle large, complex scripts. However, GEE-based web applications have been increasingly published in recent years, making it easier to conduct advanced analyses and improve product reproducibility using already calibrated and validated web apps. This virtual workshop introduces participants to GEE for forest monitoring and vegetation change analysis over time, focusing on developing interactive GEE web applications for forest monitoring. For example, the Canopy Height Mapper is a GEE app integrating NASA and multi-source datasets to generate global, wall-to-wall canopy height maps. More details here.
