Landscape Visualization
Google Earth™ has revolutionized how information is shared by providing a free, powerful, and easy to use program for people of all skill levels to interact with geographic data. For rangeland management, this means that we are no longer bound by traditional constraints on how we present information related to assessment and monitoring, management, planning, and restoration. Interactive maps and 3D visualizations created in Google Earth and SketchUp can go a long way towards translating the arcane language of charts, graphs, and maps into a medium that effectively communicates to a wider audience and invites participation.
One of the main challenges to using Google Earth is the ability to easily get GIS data from its most common ArcGIS formats into Google Earth maps. As part of the Landscape Toolbox, we have created and compiled tools that make it easy to export data layers into Google’s data format.
Google Earth Export Tools
The Landscape Toolbox’s Google Earth Export Tools ease the process of getting data from ArcGIS and the Landscape Toolbox Data Center into Google Earth.
Rangeland Visualization & 3-D Symbol Library
Go the next step beyond interactive maps and create life-like visualizations with the rangeland-specific 3D symbols we’ve created.