# 5. Earth Engine Apps

## Acknowledgements

* Google Earth Engine Team ([EE guide](https://developers.google.com/earth-engine/guides/apps))

## Objective

The objective of today's session is to learn the first steps towards building your own interactive Earth Engine App.

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## Introduction

Earth Engine Apps are dynamic, shareable user interfaces for Earth Engine analyses. With Apps, experts can use simple UI elements to leverage Earth Engine's data catalog and analytical power, for experts and non-experts alike to use.

Refer to the [Earth Engine Apps](https://developers.google.com/earth-engine/guides/apps) guide to learn more about building and publishing your app.

## Examples

Learning from example is a good starting point. The following apps provide an overview of possible applications.

### Curated Applications

{% embed url="<https://www.earthengine.app/>" %}

{% embed url="<https://github.com/philippgaertner/awesome-earth-engine-apps>" %}
List of all (1.958) available Google Earth Engine Apps and user-specific App Galleries
{% endembed %}

### Code examples

{% embed url="<https://jstnbraaten.users.earthengine.app/view/landsat-timeseries-explorer#run=true;lon=-122.91966;lat=44.24135;from=06-10;to=09-20;index=NBR;rgb=SWIR1%2FNIR%2FGREEN;chipwidth=2>;" %}

### Selected Apps

#### Hydrosphere

{% embed url="<https://global-surface-water.appspot.com/map>" %}

{% embed url="<https://gena.users.earthengine.app/view/bathymetry-from-space>" %}

{% embed url="<https://www.intertidal.app/>" %}

#### Biosphere

{% embed url="<https://www.globalforestwatch.org/>" %}

{% embed url="<https://www.forestintegrity.com/>" %}

#### Atmosphere

{% embed url="<https://gena.users.earthengine.app/view/no2>" %}

{% embed url="<https://www.earthenv.org/cloud>" %}

#### Land cover

{% embed url="<https://dynamicworld.app/>" %}

{% embed url="<https://dgg321982.users.earthengine.app/view/lulcareatimeseries>" %}

#### Others

{% embed url="<https://gena.users.earthengine.app/view/urban-lights>" %}

{% embed url="<https://zandersamuel.users.earthengine.app/view/green-apartheid>" %}

## Resources

### Earth Engine Apps guide

The [Earth Engine Apps](https://developers.google.com/earth-engine/guides/apps) guide provides an overview on the User Interface API, available Widgets, Panels and Events.

Note that in your code editor, you can find additional examples of&#x20;

### Geo for Good

{% embed url="<https://earthoutreachonair.withgoogle.com/events/geoforgood20?talk=talk-11>" %}

{% embed url="<https://sites.google.com/earthoutreach.org/geoforgood19/agenda/breakout-sessions#h.p_ZsowYRI06gXV>" %}

{% embed url="<https://sites.google.com/earthoutreach.org/geoforgood19/agenda/breakout-sessions#h.p_YQ5sbJZC9OXj>" %}

{% embed url="<https://sites.google.com/earthoutreach.org/geoforgood19/agenda/breakout-sessions#h.p_ZAzAmbIb7O2l>" %}

### Youtube

{% embed url="<https://earthoutreachonair.withgoogle.com/events/heyearthengine2>" %}

### Medium

{% embed url="<https://medium.com/google-earth/share-your-analyses-using-earth-engine-apps-1ac29939903f>" %}

{% embed url="<https://medium.com/google-earth/new-earth-engine-features-to-speed-app-workflows-b0b22324e79a>" %}

{% embed url="<https://medium.com/google-earth/visualizing-changing-landscapes-with-google-earth-engine-b2d502dc02a8>" %}

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