GIS Resources

Google Earth is loaded in the library classrooms and on machines in the North Reading Room and Central Reading Room in the Main Library. Users may view historical imagery, the ocean floor and surface data, and simple tours.

Google Earth Pro permits users to import GIS shapefiles and historical imagery, and to calculate distances between points in a study area. Users are able to print and save high resolution (4800 pixel) images of a Google Earth view, and to import thousand of addresses at a time from a CSV file. Users have created movies of landscape features, and have imported GPS data. Several courses St Stony Brook incorporate Google Earth Pro, including SBC205, CEN514, GEO301, GEO311, GEO309 and BIO319.

The library has 30 educational licenses of Google Earth Pro. The licenses are installed in Classroom B, and on computers in the North Reading Room and Central Reading Room. Students should ask to use the GIS computer in the North Reading Room and the GovDocs machine in the Central Reading Room if needing to use Google Earth Pro for assignments. For faculty wanting to reserve Classroom B for instruction involving Google Earth Pro, please contact Janet Clarke.

KML Factbook

Users may create Google Earth KML visualizations of global data. Data from the CIA World Factbook is available for downloads.

Bing Maps

Google Maps

USGS National Map Viewer 

Online Map Viewer for Land-Cover Classification Map 

Mapquest 

MapsOnUs 

Yahoo! Local Maps 

Earth Explorer

New Earth Explorer

USGS Global Visualization Viewer

NASA Land Processes Distributed Active Archive Center (LP DAAC): search, access, request and reprojection tools

National Ocean Service Data Explorer