Patent ID: 9129542
Filing Date: 2015-09-08
Classification: G01V,G09G

Abstract:
1. A computer implemented method comprising: electronically receiving computer readable global earth datasets in a native format at regular daily intervals from multiple data sources accessed through secure protocols over the web, the global earth datasets including computer readable data representative of each of earth science observed data including atmospheric data, hydrospheric data, lithospheric data, cryospheric data, biospheric data, and anthrospheric data; electronically processing the global earth datasets based on different computer readable identifiers for the datasets; electronically generating digital global earth images with a computer processor, by executing computer readable code to process each individual global dataset, the global images being generated based on the received global earth datasets in their native format and converted, by executing computer readable code, into the global images for digital display and access by way of a graphical user interface; and displaying the graphical user interface on a computing device display screen and displaying a computer generated global map thereon; the graphical user interface having first, second, and third user selectable panels; the first user selectable panel being configured to display a first user selectable global image associated with a first global earth image representative of a first global earth dataset, and a second user selectable global image associated with a second global earth image representative of a second global earth dataset, the first user selectable panel being further configured to enable a user to select for superimposing the second global earth image over the first global earth image; the second user selectable panel being configured to enable a user to select a date range from a period of time associated with the datasets; the third user selectable panel being configured to display the computer generated global map including a plurality of graphical tools for manipulating a size and rotation of the global map and display animated movement of the data on the global map; wherein responsive to the selection of the first, second or third user selectable panel of the graphical user interface, a user selectable tab portion of the two unselected panels are displayed above the selected panel.