Earth Map

Earth Map, developed by FAO and Google, is a user-friendly tool that leverages Google Earth Engine's capabilities to provide extensive land monitoring and analysis. It offers easy access to diverse datasets on climate, vegetation, land degradation, water, forestry, and biodiversity, allowing users without specialized knowledge to perform complex earth observation and climate data analysis. The platform enables both temporal and spatial insights through time series data and map visualizations, rapidly generating statistics on various metrics across multiple time periods. This integration enhances users' ability to effectively understand and manage areas of interest

• Keywords: land use planning (LUP), Forest monitoring, land restoration
• Characteristics:

  Decision Making Scale: Local, Regional (Sub-national), National

  Decision Making Direction:

  Stakeholder Involvement: Satellite data for monitoring, Spatial data required

  Tool Type: Forward-looking, Rapid-appraisal