ArcGIS Pro Tutorial | Extract Water Bodies Using Google Earth Engine (GEE) and Landsat 8 NDWI

Learn how to extract water bodies in ArcGIS Pro using Google Earth Engine (GEE), Landsat 8 imagery, and the NDWI (Normalized Difference Water Index) method. In this beginner-friendly ArcGIS Pro tutorial, I demonstrate how to connect ArcGIS Pro with Google Earth Engine, create an NDWI water mask from Landsat 8 satellite imagery, convert the results into vector polygons, and export the extracted water body as a shapefile for further GIS analysis. The example uses a water body located in the United States, but the same workflow can be applied anywhere in the world. What you'll learn: ✅ Connect ArcGIS Pro with Google Earth Engine ✅ Load and filter Landsat 8 satellite imagery ✅ Create a cloud-free median composite ✅ Calculate NDWI for water detection ✅ Extract water bodies using thresholding ✅ Convert raster water masks to vector polygons ✅ Export waterbody shapefiles for GIS projects Tools Used • ArcGIS Pro • Google Earth Engine (GEE) • Python • Geemap • Landsat 8 Collection 2 Level 2 Applications • Water resource mapping • Lake and reservoir extraction • Surface water monitoring • Environmental analysis • Remote sensing projects • GIS and geospatial analysis If you found this tutorial helpful, please like, subscribe, and share for more ArcGIS Pro, QGIS, Google Earth Engine, Remote Sensing, and GIS tutorials. #arcgispro #googleearthengine #gee #ndwi #waterbodyextraction #landsat8 #gis #remotesensing #geospatial #python #satelliteimagery #watermapping #arcgis #earthobservation #tutorial