Global Forest Watch
Screenshot GFW map (2015) | |
| Owner | World Resources Institute |
|---|---|
| URL | globalforestwatch.org |
| Commercial | No |
| Launched | February 22, 2014 |
| Current status | Online |
| Written in | HTML, Ruby, JavaScript, CSS, Shell |
Global Forest Watch (GFW) is an open-source web application to monitor global forests in near real-time. GFW is an initiative of the World Resources Institute (WRI), with partners including Google, USAID, the University of Maryland (UMD), Esri, Vizzuality and many other academic, non-profit, public, and private organizations.