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A selection of KML files used for the screenshots

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Dutch bathymetry

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The bathymetry of the entire Dutch coast, varying in time from 1928 to present, with yearly updates in later decennia.

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Hurricane Katrina

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Animation of the measured winds during Katrina, and the associated water level set up.

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Tidal water movement

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Animation of water movement during a tidal cycle in an estuary.

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Westerschelde

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3D contour plot of Westerschelde Estuary

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The whole shebang

 

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This is a demonstration of various data visualizations that we have made using a combination of Matlab, the free tools in the OpenEarth toolbox, and the Google Earth TM mapping service. To make your own, just sign up and check out the tutorials for the googleplot toolbox. In an NCK 2012 paper we have shown that plotting data into Google Earth is possible for a wide variety of coastal datasets.

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There are more initiatives worldwide that offer data in Google Earth.

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