GBIF occurrence data and Google Earth

GBIF occurrence data is now possible to visualize using the Google Earth client software. The Google Earth client software provides a detailed 3D view to the planet from satellite images. You can choose the organisms whose occurrence data you can place on top of that background and the available optional layers.

If this is your first use of GBIF data for the Google Earth client please read the following information.

Also see these example Google Earth files:

Stachys albens

Sinapis alba

Ovis canadensis

Search data points for the scientific name: 

Choose an icon from below...

Or
... add an Internet address to the image of your choice:

Images should be icon-sized and no bigger than 100 x 100 pixels.

One source of possible icon-sized images is Google Images. On the Google Images web page enter the vernacular or scientific name of interest. On the resulting web page click on *Small* in the upper righthand corner (this returns any icon-sized images). Capture the Internet address of the image and enter it into the input box (make sure to include: http://).

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Use of data

GBIF Participants have made their data available for use according to the terms of the GBIF Data Use Agreement. Please understand these terms before using GBIF data: GBIF Data Use Agreement

These scripts have been contributed by Derek Munro of the Canadian Biodiversity Information Facility (CBIF) to GBIF beginning on 2005-09-28. More...