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Google Earth 6.2 was launched recently and it added quite a few new features or rather improvements. For one, all satellite imagery has been enhanced and now blends with its surrounding landscape to create one uniform and beautiful Earth.
Second, ocean terrain data has been improved with a big update that brings a l... |
10 February 2012
09:41 GMT |
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Google Earth is a great tool for exploring the Earth. It's even a great tool for discovering and exploring new archaeological sites. But it does have its limits and sometime, would-be explorers stumble upon things that look like Atlantis, but are really data artifacts created by Google's method of stitching... |
6 February 2012
12:11 GMT |
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Very recently, Google Earth received a major imagery update which dramatically improved the way land tiles were displayed. Countries and continents can now be seen as one continuous mass.
But Google isn't done yet, it's now addressing the other two thirds of the planet with a huge update to underwater terr... |
3 February 2012
02:30 GMT |
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Google has released Google Earth 6.2, a new version of the very popular software. The app comes with several new features and improvements, the biggest and most obvious being that the entire planet is now covered by one smooth satellite image.
Technically, it's still made up of many smaller images, but they fo... |
27 January 2012
05:41 GMT |
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Development for Google Earth progresses with the release of a new version that introduces plenty of improvements and new features. The current build is in beta, so smoothing of the rough edges should ensue.Google Earth 6.2.0.5905 beta enhances the search function by enabling autocomplete feature and search layers (yo... |
27 January 2012
03:40 GMT |
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Google is constantly updating the satellite imagery used in Google Maps and Google Earth. However, new imagery is published in batches every several weeks. In the latest update, Google has unveiled high resolution satellite imagery as well as aerial imagery for many, many locations around the world.New aerial imagery... |
14 January 2012
16:11 GMT |
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Google Earth is great on its own, it's a wonderful tool for discovering our world, one that would have seemed Sci-Fi even a decade ago. It's easy to take things for granted though.
One of the great things about Google Earth is that it is possible to add all manner of data to it, making it a tool in which o... |
9 January 2012
12:01 GMT |
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Android users who like travelling around the globe virtually with the Google Earth application will be happy to know that Google has just delivered a small update that is meant to fix an issue with Tegra 2 devices. For unknown reasons, Google Earth would not open when launched from an NVIDIA Tegra 2 device; bu... |
6 January 2012
09:05 GMT |
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In a world where even your watch can connect to the internet and where more and more people carry a fully capable computer in their pockets, having the same things in their car still sounds like Sci-Fi.
Of course, the car industry is not exactly one of the fastest moving industries out there and the product cycle, w... |
5 January 2012
09:27 GMT |
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Google just unloaded a huge batch of updated imagery for Google Maps and Earth. There is now updated high resolution satellite imagery for, well, much of the world and there are also new aerial images for several places in the US and a couple in Europe, including Paris."The Google Earth and Maps Imagery Team has done... |
16 December 2011
14:01 GMT |
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Google Earth is fun on your tablet, but it's even better on your big-screen monitor. Imagine then how it is on 48 huge screens stitched together.
A few years back, Google unveiled Liquid Galaxy, a multi-monitor setup that enabled viewers to completely immerse themselves in Google Earth.
About a year ago, the ... |
14 December 2011
02:21 GMT |
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Google Maps started out as a simple tool to bring maps online, but it has evolved well beyond that, due to the big opportunities and capabilities of the web. One thing that makes the map more useful and more interesting are 3D buildings.Google has been working on adding 3D data and models for years now. You can see p... |
10 December 2011
08:41 GMT |
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Recently, Google has started making short video, you can call them ads, to highlight some of the ways people use its products for extraordinary results, from winning $1 million to discovering supernovae to unearthing archaeological sites.In the latest such video, Google tells the story of Professor David Kennedy, a R... |
9 December 2011
15:31 GMT |
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Google has updated the mapping data for the UK, Germany, Finland and Sweden. This isn't just some minor update or tweak, or else Google wouldn't make too much fuss about it. Google Maps now has a lot more info and data for those countries.
"You may notice many improvements to Google Maps in these countries... |
9 December 2011
08:31 GMT |
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Google has dominated online mapping ever since Google Maps came about and its Google Earth plugin didn't really have any competition. Online mapping isn't a particularly lucrative business either and it's quite expensive, not to mention hard, to maintain and evolve this type of service. Which is why t... |
7 December 2011
08:46 GMT |
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December is here so there's really nothing holding anyone back from into full "Christmas holiday" mode, which can either mean the holiday spirit or Santa Claus overload.There's still plenty of time to get fed up with all of it though, for now, you can start preparing for Christmas with one of the newest and... |
1 December 2011
17:41 GMT |
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Google Earth has been a great tool for keeping track with various expeditions and experiments. Google is now providing a way of following Liquid Robotics' four wave-powered robotic gliders in their voyage in the Pacific ocean. The wave gliders are designed to travel huge distances on the ocean without requiring... |
18 November 2011
10:20 GMT |
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Google is announcing a new Model Your Town Competition, the 2012 edition. The goal, as before, is to encourage communities to create 3D replicas of their towns and regions for Google Earth and Maps.Since this is a competition after all, the winning town, besides the fact that it will be represented in 3D in Google Ea... |
11 November 2011
06:31 GMT |
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Google constantly updates the imagery in Google Maps and Earth. It's not exactly real-time data, you'll have to pay for that, but Google does its best to keep the images fresh.New imagery is added in bulk, in one fell swoop for many places at a time. The latest such update brought new imagery for some prett... |
26 October 2011
09:31 GMT |
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Google has revealed an interesting new tour of Mexico's biggest landmarks, historical or otherwise, for Google Earth. You can check out famous sites such as Chichén-Itzá, but also any of the more than one hundred museums.
"Through Google Earth, you can virtually visit 416 locations across Mexico, ... |
21 October 2011
07:51 GMT |
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Google has announced that it is making it possible for its enterprise customers, using Google Earth Builder, to now license images from GeoEye, the satellite imagery company that Google itself has partnered with for satellite data in Google Maps.
"Since 2008, Google has worked with GeoEye to publish millions of squa... |
20 October 2011
07:14 GMT |
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The Arctic sea ice is a good measure of just how warm our planet is. And, while there are plenty of debatable things and plenty of things that still need figuring out when it comes to global warming, the extent to which the Arctic sea ice retreats each year is very easily measurable.
This year, the low amount of s... |
12 October 2011
11:01 GMT |
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Google Building Maker it makes it easy for anyone to create 3D models of the buildings in their town or from across the world, to showcase in Google Earth. However, the tool relies on aerial imagery for the area that it covers, meaning that it's not available in all cities, in most cities in fact, of the world.
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6 October 2011
06:10 GMT |
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Google Earth has been downloaded 1 billion times, Google has revealed. The app is six years old and has evolved in this time to include much more than just the 'Earth.' It has also been used in surprising ways, which Google is showcasing in a new page dedicated to the milestone."How large is one billion? On... |
5 October 2011
12:04 GMT |
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Google is adding a new "helicopter view" option for directions in Google Maps, enabling you to see your trip from above in full 3D glory. Google is making use of its Earth view engine for this and it's a great way of both making people aware that they can see 3D content in Google Maps but also a way making trip ... |
1 October 2011
05:10 GMT |
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Google Earth is a great tool in itself, but where it really shines is in enabling others to build on it, to create custom maps, add new data or create visual tours.
The Pew Environment Group has made use of this feature to showcase the boreal forest of Canada, the largest intact forest in the world, which is under... |
29 September 2011
10:01 GMT |
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Google has announced the release of the latest update to Google Earth. The latest version, Google Earth 6.1 comes with a few new features that should make managing saved maps easier and also enhance the Street View experience.
The professional version of Google Earth 6.1 comes with a longer list of updates and new... |
21 September 2011
07:11 GMT |
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Much to its users delight, Google Earth is constantly being improved, revised or enhanced, and the 3D trees introduced in November 2010 can now be noticed in three cities from the West coast of the US.They were initially viewable only in large cities around the world, mainly capitals, and in June the maps of several... |
31 August 2011
16:15 GMT |
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A couple of months back, Google launched the Your World in 3D website. The site is a showcase of great models created for Google Earth, and made available for the world to see, but it also serves as an educational tool, to help budding modelers get started and pick up new skills.
That said, the site was only avail... |
25 August 2011
09:21 GMT |
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Google is expanding the number of cities which have been recreated in 3D in Google Earth with a big entry, Rome. Thousands of buildings have been modeled and can now be viewed in three-dimensional glory in Google Earth and Maps.
Google already has plenty of interesting and beautiful cities modeled in 3D, but Rome ... |
23 August 2011
10:10 GMT |
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Google Earth can reveal quite a lot of things you wouldn't normally see. The satellite view provides a perspective not available to many humans, you can check out your city from above, or far away places (unless you happen to live near them) like Egyptian pyramids.
But it's not just man-made structures,... |
3 August 2011
09:53 GMT |
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Google has been working for years to add 3D buildings and objects to Google Earth and more recently to Google Maps. Well, volunteers and enthusiasts do much of the work, the actual 3D models, Google just takes care of the rest, provides the tools and decides which models get in and which don't.
Now the compa... |
1 August 2011
10:50 GMT |
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Google has been working on amassing a 3D building database to cover the world for years now. Those 3D buildings have been viewable in Google Earth and more recently in Earth View for Google Maps. But that data is also useful for building outlines in Google Maps.
Now, Google has added more 3D building outline data ... |
20 July 2011
04:03 GMT |
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Google is busy working on adding more and more 3D buildings to Google Earth and Maps. Well, to be precise, enthusiast volunteers do most of the work, Google just picks the best of the litter and then adds them to the 3D Buildings layer in Google Earth.
Granted, this is why all of the volunteers do it, to see their... |
8 July 2011
10:51 GMT |
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Most, if not all of Google's products are global, they're supposed to work the same in every language and in every country, of course, with the necessary tweaks and adjustments. But Google Maps and Earth present a special problem, they have to cater to the local audiences not only with the interface but wit... |
28 June 2011
05:41 GMT |
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For the past five years or so, Google has been working on recreating the world in 3D for Google Earth and Maps. It's been offering volunteer geo-modelers the tools to do so and it debuted several new tools along the years.Now it's launching a new "Your World in 3D" website to showcase all of the available t... |
28 June 2011
03:21 GMT |
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Google is once again expanding the number of cities supported in Building Maker, its online tool for 3D building models. It's adding five cities in Argentina and one more in Canada, enabling passionate volunteers from those places, or from anywhere in the world, to start recreating the cities in three dimensions... |
15 June 2011
10:47 GMT |
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With the launch of Google Earth 6, Google added an interesting new layer to the 3D layers, three-dimensional trees in several locations were added. These breathed life into those locations and helped the cityscapes become a lot more accurate and immersive.Since then, Google has been working in creating the tree model... |
11 June 2011
05:47 GMT |
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The latest update to the 3D buildings layer in Google Earth introduced quite a few 3D models for Brussels, Belgium's capital. Virtual visitors can now explore the city and its wonderful architecture from their laptops or tablets and check out the sites before a trip or just out of curiosity."Brussels is one of E... |
3 June 2011
10:41 GMT |
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Mountain View-based Internet giant Google has just announced the availability of a new flavor of Google Earth for Android, which was optimized for use on tablet PCs, which are based on the new Android 3.0 Honeycomb operating system.With this application, users would carry around 197 million square miles of Earth in ... |
6 May 2011
15:41 GMT |
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Google continues to expand the availability of its simple Building Maker tool. Google Building Maker enables users to create 3D models of the buildings in their town or in plenty of other places around the world with the aid of aerial photography.The tool is now available in 116 cities with the addition of seven new ... |
6 May 2011
10:21 GMT |
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Online mapping tools and resources can come in handy for a number of organizations and groups. Non-profits can often illustrate a cause they're working on much better with the help of a map to showcase relevant data. Most non-profits though don't have the skilled people or resources need to access tools lik... |
4 May 2011
09:40 GMT |
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Google has made an interesting addition to the photos layer in Google Earth. Users will now be able to view panoramic photos of the areas affected by the recent earthquake and tsunami that hit Japan. With a lot of work on the recovery process still ahead, it's important to keep the world informed and the tragedy... |
30 April 2011
06:20 GMT |
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The British Isles are getting all excited about the whole royal wedding business and even Google can't stay away. Last moth it updated the 3D models in Google Earth for London, in preparation for the wedding and it's now showcasing how you can follow the procession with a view only the blue-blooded will get... |
28 April 2011
12:30 GMT |
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User photos have been a great addition to both Google Earth and Google Maps. However, it's gotten to the point where there are countless photos of the same location, especially for popular spots, since Google taps into several sources for user photos. Google is now introducing a new way of viewing photos in Goog... |
22 April 2011
07:10 GMT |
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Google is very interested in the enterprise market but, so far it hasn't been exploring too many possibilities. It has Google Apps and a few other specialized tools, but that's about it. Now though it's expanding and leveraging its comprehensive mapping tools and data to offer Google Earth Builder, a c... |
21 April 2011
05:35 GMT |
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Google has made several updates to a couple of layers in Google Earth. The Mountains layer in Earth now has a lot more information on many mountain peaks around the world, including more details in the information window, Panoramio photos and even KML tours. The Water Bodies layer now contains hundreds of thousands o... |
11 April 2011
11:20 GMT |
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Google has added Amsterdam, the capital of the Netherlands and clearly the most famous city in the country, though maybe not always for the most flattering of reasons, to the list of cities recreated in 3D in Google Earth and Google Maps' Earth View. It joins several other cities, mostly in Europe, that have bee... |
28 March 2011
16:51 GMT |
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Google has been recreating the world's cities, with the help of volunteer modelers, in 3D. Now it's providing an update for one of the biggest and most famous cities in the world, London, introducing more building and, for the first time, 3D trees in plenty of locations.In preparation for the royal wedding ... |
11 March 2011
09:27 GMT |
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Google has announced that it will begin offering some of its software in Iran where it was previously unable to, due to US restrictions. Now, Google Chrome, Picasa and Google Earth will be available for download to Iranian users. The move is possible due to some relaxation on restrictions on export to Iran, one of th... |
19 January 2011
04:31 GMT |
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