{"id":325,"date":"2024-10-24T16:21:16","date_gmt":"2024-10-24T16:21:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mozambique.majiyetu.org\/?page_id=325"},"modified":"2024-11-21T17:47:55","modified_gmt":"2024-11-21T17:47:55","slug":"howto-use-google-earth-interactive-map","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mozambique.majiyetu.org\/en\/howto-use-google-earth-interactive-map\/","title":{"rendered":"HowTo Use Google Earth Interactive Map"},"content":{"rendered":"<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--70);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--70);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30)\">Interactive Google Earth Engine Map (HowTo Use)<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Hover over Layers (upper right Map)<br \/>to activate Drop Down Menu<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Drop Down Menu with layers and the layer order<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Check box for enabling and disabling layer<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"290\" height=\"178\" src=\"https:\/\/mozambique.majiyetu.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Layers_dropdown_menu_GEE_APP.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-142\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mozambique.majiyetu.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Layers_dropdown_menu_GEE_APP.png 290w, https:\/\/mozambique.majiyetu.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Layers_dropdown_menu_GEE_APP-18x12.png 18w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 290px) 100vw, 290px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Loading of layers may take some time. A gray indicator line is shown in the layer window in the upper right, expressing the progress of layer loading process. With new zoom level the layers require to load again.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"270\" height=\"76\" src=\"https:\/\/mozambique.majiyetu.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/GEE_Loading_Layers_Progress_border.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-346\" style=\"width:292px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mozambique.majiyetu.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/GEE_Loading_Layers_Progress_border.png 270w, https:\/\/mozambique.majiyetu.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/GEE_Loading_Layers_Progress_border-18x5.png 18w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 270px) 100vw, 270px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Slide (extreme right) drag with mouse<br \/> to change transparency of the layer.<br \/> Opacity 100% with slide to extreme right<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"240\" height=\"120\" src=\"https:\/\/mozambique.majiyetu.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Slide_GEE_APP_Layers-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-151\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mozambique.majiyetu.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Slide_GEE_APP_Layers-1.png 240w, https:\/\/mozambique.majiyetu.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Slide_GEE_APP_Layers-1-18x9.png 18w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">To zoom in on map click (+) <br \/>and to zoom out click (-)<br \/> on upper left of the map<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"55\" height=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/mozambique.majiyetu.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/GEE-Map-Zoom-option-plus-minus_border.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-213\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mozambique.majiyetu.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/GEE-Map-Zoom-option-plus-minus_border.png 55w, https:\/\/mozambique.majiyetu.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/GEE-Map-Zoom-option-plus-minus_border-7x12.png 7w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 55px) 100vw, 55px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">You can also use the mouse to zoom by scrolling<br \/> and holding ctrl key (pc)<br \/>or double click left zoom in<br \/> and double click right zoom out<br \/> click and hold with the mouse to snap the map and move <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Standard maps provided by GEE. These maps are the bottom layers under the Maji Yetu provided layers:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>A world wide high resolution satellite image (Google Earth) which has a drop down menu (hover over satellite upper right) and click check box.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Terrain Map with limited labels and 20m contour lines.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"212\" height=\"50\" src=\"https:\/\/mozambique.majiyetu.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Map_Satellite_Dropdown_GEE.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-233\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mozambique.majiyetu.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Map_Satellite_Dropdown_GEE.png 212w, https:\/\/mozambique.majiyetu.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Map_Satellite_Dropdown_GEE-18x4.png 18w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 212px) 100vw, 212px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>An interactive Location Search window facilitates inspection of world wide locations like in Google Earth Satellite Map but is also functional for the Terrain Map. Recognised locations are duplicated in <strong>BOLD<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Maji Yetu will limit its layers to the area of interest. For other areas researched by Maji Yetu. For all location monitored by Maji Yetu visit the <a href=\"https:\/\/majiyetu.org\/index.php\/water-resource-monitor-features-and-locations\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">database<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"380\" height=\"50\" src=\"https:\/\/mozambique.majiyetu.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Interactive_Google_Maps_Search_Window_GEE.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-260\" style=\"width:593px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mozambique.majiyetu.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Interactive_Google_Maps_Search_Window_GEE.png 380w, https:\/\/mozambique.majiyetu.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Interactive_Google_Maps_Search_Window_GEE-300x39.png 300w, https:\/\/mozambique.majiyetu.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Interactive_Google_Maps_Search_Window_GEE-18x2.png 18w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 380px) 100vw, 380px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>The scale of the area inspected is in the lower right corner of the GEE image.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"50\" src=\"https:\/\/mozambique.majiyetu.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Scale_GEE_Map.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-317\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mozambique.majiyetu.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Scale_GEE_Map.png 200w, https:\/\/mozambique.majiyetu.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Scale_GEE_Map-18x5.png 18w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">The drawing options cannot be saved<br \/> but with a screenshot it can be saved for later reference.<br \/> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">You can hide and show the geometries as layers<br \/> hover over &#8216;geometry imports&#8217; to show and hide geometries<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"201\" height=\"120\" src=\"https:\/\/mozambique.majiyetu.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/gee-drawing-options-AND-geometry-imports_borders.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-214\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mozambique.majiyetu.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/gee-drawing-options-AND-geometry-imports_borders.png 201w, https:\/\/mozambique.majiyetu.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/gee-drawing-options-AND-geometry-imports_borders-18x12.png 18w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 201px) 100vw, 201px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Interactive Google Earth Engine Map (HowTo Use) Hover over Layers (upper right Map)to activate Drop Down Menu Drop Down Menu with layers and the layer order Check box for enabling and disabling layer Loading of layers may take some time. A gray indicator line is shown in the layer window in the upper right, expressing<a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/mozambique.majiyetu.org\/en\/howto-use-google-earth-interactive-map\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">&#8220;HowTo Use Google Earth Interactive Map&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-325","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mozambique.majiyetu.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/325","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mozambique.majiyetu.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mozambique.majiyetu.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mozambique.majiyetu.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mozambique.majiyetu.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=325"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/mozambique.majiyetu.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/325\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":349,"href":"https:\/\/mozambique.majiyetu.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/325\/revisions\/349"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mozambique.majiyetu.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=325"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}