Timelapse & Earth Engine: Exploring Three Decades of Planetary Change

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Create a Timelapse visualization of your community

1. Go to Google Earth Engine Timelapse and explore some of the case studies that are pre-loaded.

2. Change the speed from Fast to Medium to Slow. Zoom in and out and try the navigation tool.

3. Search for your community and create an animation to share of some significant change that has occurred.

4. Turn to your partner and explain what the animation you created is illustrating and how you might use it in your work.

Create an animation of your community using Global Forest Watch

1. Go to Global Forest Watch.

2. Change the basemap, zoom in and out, and explore the timeline.

3. Search for your community and create an animation to share of some significant change that has occurred.

4. Turn to your partner and explain what the animation you created is illustrating and how you might use it in your work.

Create an animation of your community using Global Surface Water Explorer

1. Go to Global Surface Water Explorer.

2. Explore the data layers, zoom in and out, use the navigation gadget.

3. Search for your community and create an animation to share of some significant change that has occurred.

4. Turn to your partner and explain what the animation you created is illustrating and how you might use it in your work.