Current Wildfires in the United States
With Google API
This map shows live data of wildfires taken from the US Forest Service Fire Data in Google Earth webpage. Included are location and intelligence information of currently-tracked large wildfire incidents monitored by the National Interagency Fire Center (NIFC) and Canadian provincial and territorial fire management agencies. This was created using the Google Maps API and a URL to a KML file for the live large-incident wildfire updates.
An HTML file was created for this map referencing the KML on the Forest Service website. The basemap was changed to satellite imagery, while most everything else was done by the KML itself. This HTML file was then referenced as an iframe to fill in the section below, while the full screen version can be viewed by clicking the button below.
KML files along with Google Maps API is relatively simple. Google imports the legend and attribute information along with the KML. The main downfall with KML, however, is the lack of ease and ability to customize the style of the map.