Visualizing Elevation with Google Earth Engine 🧩

Google Earth Engine is a powerful took for working with remote sensing data.

I created a playlist with some videos about Google Earth Engine so you can learn more if you are unfamiliar with the tool:

One of the most incredible newer applications of this technology is determining elevation data.

You might think this is a complex process and in days before it was lengthy (while maybe not complex). Google Earth Engine has allowed for this process to be taken care of with 6 lines of code.

That's from sourcing the data to adding a color palette to visualize the final result all done in a web browser and free of charge.

I've uploaded the code to my Github for you to see

This is one of the reasons I really like Google Earth Engine. What took a complex process is now a mere 6 lines of javascript. As techology continues to grow and evolve we can expect to see more tools like this making large datasets more realistic for everyday applications and use cases.