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Weather related GIS data

NOAA provides a wealth of GIS data, including updates of its weather predictions.

Here are some useful links:

The NWS GIS Data Portal, where you can download kml and shapefiles. From there, you can go to: The NWS Web Services Page, where you can get the connection information for live [...]

DMSP Live Satellite Imagery

Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP), low, earth-orbiting satellites have provided the military with important environmental information.

Some cool things you can find:

Nighttime lights of the world – – here’s a KMZ file I downloaded: DMSP_Nighttime_Lights.kmz Visible and Infrared imagery

Link to their sensors: http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/dmsp/sensors.html

The DMSP satellites “see” such environmental [...]