Collection of Google Earth Engine management tips

Since April this year I tweet irregularly about Google Earth Engine management tips. This blogpost unites all tweets on this topic.

The list is sorted, last tweet first.

8. Tip

Hidden in plain sight!

My 8th #GoogleEarthEngine management tip - Get access to any #EarthEngine App source code.

1. Open #GEE App - e.g. https://t.co/pdc4GSdex9
2. View Page Source
3. Search for ".json"
4. Open link "https://t.co/jM98caO1PD"
5. Enjoy App source code 😎 pic.twitter.com/3TmhFHWIvr
— Philipp Gärtner (@Mixed_Pixels) September 29, 2019

7. Tip

#EarthEngine provides the most recent #Sentinel2 image in less than 18 hours.

Good to know for 🔥🌋 🌲🌳disturbance mapping / monitoring. #EarthEngine management tip https://t.co/e6uDMKv0BI
— Philipp Gärtner (@Mixed_Pixels) July 31, 2019

How long does it take from 🛰️satellite image acquisition, 📡image download, until the data is finally available in #EarthEngine? Example: #Sentinel2 from @ESA_EO over @Berlin pic.twitter.com/lSviyZXcf5
— Philipp Gärtner (@Mixed_Pixels) July 31, 2019

6. Tip

Google #EarthEngine management tip: If you run out of asset storing space (250GB), ask a friend or colleague to copy your asset and share with you. https://t.co/0Ml8TrCRHe.copyAsset('YOU/sourceID', 'FRIEND/destinationID')

Remember: she/he has to copy, not you !! pic.twitter.com/NvyjxYbXch
— Philipp Gärtner (@Mixed_Pixels) June 5, 2019

5. Tip

Google #EarthEngine management tip: You want a list of all your GEE scripts??? Just use the "Manage Links" page (in the menu behind the "Get Link" button)

Links can be deleted
Links can be downloaded in bulk#GoogleEarthTips https://t.co/zUXXpGACet pic.twitter.com/guV2YtTSi9
— Philipp Gärtner (@Mixed_Pixels) May 29, 2019

4. Tip

Google #EarthEngine management tip: if you need more tools and guidance for map accuracy and area estimation in GEE you want to check out the AREA2 toolbox from @J_P_Olofsson and @eric__bullock https://t.co/vljsDYmEjs https://t.co/ZEGQhA4LYe pic.twitter.com/nV6SP6wm8z
— Philipp Gärtner (@Mixed_Pixels) May 28, 2019

3. Tip

Google #EarthEngine management tip: some of the early #Sentinel2 Level-1C data (spring 2016) have a cloud "Bitmask" error. Clean pixels with no clouds are masked. Just add .unmask(0) in the maskS2clouds function!

var qa = https://t.co/Y5rbXMTulg('QA60').unmask(0); pic.twitter.com/2XlNCYzqAx
— Philipp Gärtner (@Mixed_Pixels) May 22, 2019

2. Tip

Google #EarthEngine management tip: use keyboard 1⃣-9⃣ to toggle the visibility of the Nth layer in your Map 🗺️
— Philipp Gärtner (@Mixed_Pixels) May 4, 2019

1. Tip

Google #EarthEngine management tip: interpolate your image with image.resample('bicubic') to get a smoother surface pic.twitter.com/s8Uv9eYZzB
— Philipp Gärtner (@Mixed_Pixels) May 4, 2019

Bottom Line

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