Data Sources

Blue Marble Next Generation

Reto Stöckli, NASA Earth Observatory

Clouds

NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Image by Reto Stöckli (land surface, shallow water, clouds). Enhancements by Robert Simmon (ocean color, compositing, 3D globes, animation). Data and technical support: MODIS Land Group; MODIS Science Data Support Team; MODIS Atmosphere Group; MODIS Ocean Group Additional data: USGS EROS Data Center (topography); USGS Terrestrial Remote Sensing Flagstaff Field Center (Antarctica); Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (city lights)

Night Lights

Data courtesy Marc Imhoff of NASA GSFC and Christopher Elvidge of NOAA NGDC. Image by Craig Mayhew and Robert Simmon, NASA GSFC.

SRTM

Shuttle Radar Topography Mission From Jonathan de Ferranti (viewfinderpanoramas.org)

LANDSAT-8

Data available from the U.S. Geological Survey.

Bathymetry

General Bathymetric Chart of the Oceans (GEBCO), British Oceanographic Data Centre (BODC) The GEBCO_08 Grid (gebco.net)

New Zealand DEM (North & South)

Landcare Research New Zealand Limited, Land Resource Information System (LRIS)

New Zealand Land Cover Database 4

Landcare Research New Zealand Limited, Land Resource Information System (LRIS)

New Zealand S-map Soil Database

Landcare Research New Zealand Limited, Land Resource Information System (LRIS)

New Zealand Mainland Vineyard Polygons

Land Information New Zealand

New Zealand Regions Boundaries

Statistics New Zealand

Open Street Maps

OpenStreetMap contributors