Collect Earth

Collect Earth is a tool that enables data collection through Google Earth. In conjunction with Google Earth, Bing Maps and Google Earth Engine, users can analyze high and very high resolution satellite imagery for a wide variety of purposes, including:

  • Support multi-phase National Forest Inventories
  • Land Use, Land Use Change and Forestry (LULUCF) assessments
  • Monitoring agricultural land and urban areas
  • Validation of existing maps
  • Collection of spatially explicit socio-economic data
  • Quantifying deforestation, reforestation and desertification

Its user friendliness and smooth learning curve make it a perfect tool for performing fast, accurate and cost-effective assessments. It is highly customizable for the specific data collection needs and methodologies.

The data gathered through Collect Earth is exportable to commonly used formats and can also be exported to Saiku, a tool that facilitates data analysis.

Download for Windows

Download for Linux

Download for Mac

Latest version 1.21.8 (2024-12-30)

Collect Earth requires Google Earth Pro to visualize the plots and a browser to integrate other services such as Google Earth Engine. You need to install  Mozilla Firefox, Microsoft Edge or Google Chrome

Tutorials

Get tips on survey design and how to use Collect Earth from the Collect Earth GPT Assistant

Collect Earth is open source. Its source code is available on GitHub