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Okay. But https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/ https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/ has been around for years and gets its data directly from the firefighting teams working the fir
by jlarocco 5y ago
Okay. But https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/ https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/ has been around for years and gets its data directly from the firefighting teams working the fires.
- guerrilla 5y agoYeah, as someone who watches the California fires live, Google was very late to the game with this one and their maps aren't very detailed. There are dozens of good providers of MODIS and VIIRS maps with loads of additional features (like histories) that update immediately. Google's is the most bland and slow of them all.
- mike_d 5y agoThe feature was launched because of a wildfire in Israel. The US government does not track international fires.
- pkaye 5y agoBut Google still seem to have implement this feature for the US first probably because the satellite data was readily available. It may take more work to find similar data for the rest of the world.