Real-Time-Google-Earth-Modis-Mapping

Python Scripts to Crawl and Parse Realtime MODIS FIRMS Spectroradimeter Data from NASA.gov and Plot it on Google Earth. The app makes use of MODIS (The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer) aboard NASA’s Aqua and Terra satellites, which orbit the Earth sending back high resolution images and spectroradiometer readings, which are made publicly available in their website

An extention to this.

Features

The scripts perform these basic functions:

1. Crawling latest satellite images and their metadata from NASA
2. Crawling FIRMS (Fire Information For Resource Management System) Shapefiles of active fire hotspots
3. Parsing these shapefiles and extracting essential parameters
4. Plotting the fire hotspots on the map in the basis of fire confidence intervals

Using this basic framework, the app runs in three modes, each performing different functions and having various features. The internal working of the application is represented by the flowchart:

For further details, see the attached Report

##Results

Development

This repository is no longer maintained. Contributions are welcome!

License

MIT © Samiran Roy