Geological Map of South America in Google Earth

Fernando Alirio Alcárcel-Gutiérrez, Jorge Gómez Tapias, Nohora Emma Montes Ramírez and María Fernanda Almanza-Meléndez

Journal of Maps, 2023, vol. 19, issue 1, 2185167

Abstract: Digital maps prepared by using geographic information systems are more diverse and common each day. Nevertheless, the lack of accessible files such as maps created in widely used but complex/expensive software is responsible for a limited number of users. With time, geographic visors have helped to overcome this ‘inaccessibility’ through more user-friendly platforms such as a free multi-temporal remote sensing data such as the Google Earth Engine. The updated GMSA was overlapped on this geospatial platform. As more people visualize maps, recent discoveries can be communicated with greater efficiency. Within the framework of the Vice-presidency for the GMSA and the Commission for the Geological Map of the World, the GMSA was launched in 2019 and, since 2021, has been available on Google Earth. This paper summarizes how the GMSA in Google Earth was implemented. It is expected this publication helps other map producers to create similar products.

Date: 2023
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DOI: 10.1080/17445647.2023.2185167

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