A partnership with the nonprofit Earth Fire Alliance and satellite manufacturer Muon Space is giving Google a better shot at ...

In a blog post, Google Earth & Images Director Rebecca Moore wrote that the system will use satellite data to “help people in the U.S. easily understand the approximate size and location of a ...

A new feature on Google search and Maps will give users near-real-time information on wildfires in the US. Data from NOAA satellites allows Google to update wildfire boundaries on its maps hourly.

The company said today it’s launching a new wildfire boundary map in its Maps app and in Google Search, one that crunches data from government agencies and its own Google Earth Engine to offer ...

Google LLC said today it has updated its Maps and Search tools to show wildfire boundaries so people can see exactly where they're located in real time and work out how to avoid them.In addition, ...

Google Maps has new features that should make it easier for users to see wildfires, tree canopy, and locations without formal addresses. It’s all aimed at helping communities be “safer, more ...

Google.org provided $13 million in funding to kickstart the work led by the Earth Fire Alliance, a non-profit established to launch the FireSat constellation in partnership with the Moore Foundation.

Google Earth has just turned 20 – and to celebrate, Google has given it a new historical street view feature plus some ...

NASA operates a fire-detection system using satellite observations from the agency's Earth-observing missions, but none offer the sensitivity, resolution, or response time of FireSat.

Google Maps is one of the company’s most comprehensive services. Today, it’s much more than just a map and navigation app, offering multiple useful features. One of them is wildfire boundary ...