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Google Maps is great for mapping out a trip, getting directions, or finding a Chinese restaurant near you, but Google Earth manages to make maps actually fun. The latest version of Google's 3D mapping software just shed its beta tag after getting rid of most of the lingering bugs. With Google Earth 5.1 the focu... |
19 November 2009
04:10 GMT |
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Google Earth for the iPhone and iPod touch was launched into the wild about a year ago, and now the software solution just reached version 2.0. According to Google, the app managed to become the second most downloaded one in the App Store in about six months, and now users will be able to enjoy a series of... |
17 November 2009
10:57 GMT |
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Online mapping services are becoming increasingly popular and useful and, as a result of that, more profitable for those running them. All the big players are present in the space, Google, of course, which started it all, but also Yahoo and Microsoft. They each have their advantages, but what most people don't r... |
5 November 2009
11:26 GMT |
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Google Maps has evolved almost beyond recognition since it was first launched but the search giant is far from satisfied. Having a 2D world to explore and play with is nice but a fully tridimensional one is so much better. Not content with just having some amusement park or famous buildings in 3D in Google Earth, the... |
14 October 2009
02:56 GMT |
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Not content with just conquering your browser, your computer, not even the world, Google is now boldly going where no search engine has gone before, outer space, to collect even better data for its Google Maps offering. OK, it isn't Google per se that is leaving the Earth's atmosphere and it isn't the ... |
13 October 2009
04:39 GMT |
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Google is always expanding the features in Google Earth either by adding new areas to explore – first the ocean, then the sky and so forth – or by releasing new custom layers offering users all sorts of interesting information. Now Google has updated the ocean layer, depicting some of the more interesting... |
22 September 2009
08:52 GMT |
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iGeo is a geo-tagging service designed to take advantage of the Microsoft and Google mapping, search and location platforms. Set up to enrich online text on websites, iGeo can leverage either Google Earth or Bing Maps, in order to expand the content related to specific geographical locations with links to the associa... |
17 September 2009
09:01 GMT |
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With great power comes great responsibility. This seems to be the motto of Internet giant Google, which has always had a humanitarian side, perhaps greater than any other company its size. From the countless open-source projects to the constant push towards an open Internet and to the more practical investments in cl... |
7 August 2009
06:08 GMT |
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Google is announcing the addition of the Moon to its Google Earth application. Many have been expecting the introduction for a while now and there have been some hints recently about the release. The announcement comes just in time to celebrate the 40-year anniversary of the first lunar landing, with Google Moon laun... |
20 July 2009
11:43 GMT |
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University of Michigan paleontologists Philip Gingerich, Gregg Gunnell and Bill Sanders can take great pride in the way they have managed to make important archaeological finds in the vastness of the Egyptian desert. Their story may seem a bit far-fetched at first, but the trio say that there has been no scam involve... |
29 April 2009
05:33 GMT |
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Google seems to be totally into our neighboring planet, as evidenced by the fact that only yesterday it introduced a new add-on to Google Earth 5.0, in which new images of the Red Planet were added, as well as a “Live From Mars” layer, that contains the latest images beamed back by the NASA-operated Mars ... |
14 March 2009
08:06 GMT |
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A British aeronautical engineer, who by all accounts had too much time on his hands, discovered what could be the most important finding of the last centuries – namely, a portion of ocean floor that could be the lost city of Atlantis. He made the discovery while checking out images provided by Google Earth 5.0,... |
21 February 2009
04:42 GMT |
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Google Earth is a great application for exploring new and exciting places, and its complex features provide you with the means to go anywhere on Earth and view 3D satellite images, maps, terrain, 3D buildings, and even the ocean.Now, the new and improved Google Earth offers you the possibility to relive your trips ar... |
6 February 2009
08:50 GMT |
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In order to meet the ever increasing needs of its users, Google Earth's functionality has been enhanced with new features, among which the Ocean in Google Earth is the most important. The innovation that version 5.0 of the popular application brings will allow users to virtually dive beneath the water surface, e... |
4 February 2009
02:40 GMT |
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For all you Mars fans out there, tired of shuffling through endless galleries on various sites in order to find information of use about the Red Planet, Google and NASA have decided to create Google Mars 3D, a new computer software meant to give each of its users the opportunity to thoroughly inspect our neighboring ... |
3 February 2009
13:31 GMT |
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Google has recently announced the release of a new art-related layer for Google Earth that will enable users to explore very detailed representations of several paintings from the Museo Nacional del Prado in Madrid. This location is one of the most popular destinations for tourists who visit Spain, and the new layer ... |
15 January 2009
02:19 GMT |
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Our readers are familiar with the details on the better-quality imagery that Google Earth and Google Maps will soon benefit from. The 50 cm ground resolution images will turn the two Google applications into more than just fun tools, as they will offer an extensive view on various regions on the globe. This will all ... |
8 September 2008
03:35 GMT |
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Google has announced that users interested in the latest series of events related to Hurricane Gustav can now search for them on Google Earth. The application delivers, under the Weather tab, the latest information on the hurricane. The natural phenomenon was granted a special place in Google's applic... |
1 September 2008
11:03 GMT |
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Google's two popular projects, Google Earth and Google Maps, will benefit from images of a much better quality than that of those currently employed. The company has signed a contract with GeoEye, a satellite imagery provider, which will offer, according to Reuters as cited by the Washington Post, the most ... |
29 August 2008
10:57 GMT |
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Microsoft is permitting end users of Virtual Earth that are not happy with the content offered via the service to introduce patches with imagery. The Redmond company is constantly introducing double digit Terabytes imagery updates to Virtual Earth, but it is simply not enough, and entire areas of the world are covere... |
1 August 2008
10:41 GMT |
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The team from Google Earth is not sparing any effort when it comes to making the application as realistic as possible. Street view, 3D buildings and other features the team has recently come up with are some of the things that contribute to the popularity of Google Earth. The only thing that is missing to achieve a r... |
25 July 2008
07:20 GMT |
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The children of Google employees spent this past week in the "Geo Camp," a place where they could get in touch with Google Earth, Maps and Docs. These applications are probably the most appealing for kids between 9 and 12 years old, whose passion for all things science, nature and gadgets is vivid. After a week of ha... |
22 July 2008
05:47 GMT |
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Google Earth has been offering, for over three years now, a close view of the places that a few people only dream of seeing in reality. A new layer has been added to the platform, and we're talking about a 3D projection of some of the major cities in the world, but also of ambitious towns. Until now, only U.S. L... |
15 July 2008
11:43 GMT |
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Following the recent integration of the New York Times layer into Google Earth, an addition which allows users to read news straight from the mapping application, the Mountain View-based company has made another move to bring even more news to Google Earth fans: a brand new layer providing content powered by the Aust... |
2 June 2008
14:37 GMT |
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Since its release in 2005, Google Maps has become something that Internet users can really benefit from - an online mapping solution that allows them to get more information than just the usual directions to the nearest Mall. Prior to the Google Maps release, online maps only offered basic information. Google thought... |
29 May 2008
05:04 GMT |
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Since Google rolled out the 4.3 version of Google Earth, users have been discovering new imagery updates which simply allow them to enjoy different corners of the world straight from the desktop. Although I'm not sure whether this is something new or it has also been integrated into the 4.3 release, a 3D version... |
27 May 2008
08:16 GMT |
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If you are a developer and you find yourself in San Francisco between 28-29 this month, you might want to add a very important event to your agenda. Google is going to hold its annual developers' meeting, where developers using Google's products are expected to arrive in large numbers. This year, the meetin... |
27 May 2008
02:59 GMT |
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Google Earth provides support, yet again, for victims of another disaster that struck in the United States this time, in Santa Cruz Mountains. This time around, the disaster came in the form of a large fire, the likes of which Santa Cruz Mountains has never seen before. It appears that the area was full of flammable ... |
23 May 2008
10:35 GMT |
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The Google Earth application has had some impressive success over the last period. The Mountain View company has brought its product a number of important upgrades, which made feature more options for its users. We have also seen Google Earth being used as a rescue tool providing satellite imagery of the recently aff... |
22 May 2008
10:50 GMT |
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Google Earth, Google's mapping solution, is turning into a database of user generated content. At the Where 2.0 conference that took place last week, Google held a tutorial entitled "Searching the Geoweb: Exposing Your Geo Data to Search Engines". The tutorial was presided by Lior Ron, Google Maps Product Manage... |
21 May 2008
03:03 GMT |
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Google takes no shortcuts when it comes to offering its users the stamp of high quality for its products. Over the past few weeks, we've seen a number of updates released for the Google Earth application. Google's mapping solution can provide users with satellite imagery of various locations and landmarks f... |
20 May 2008
09:19 GMT |
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The damages caused by the earthquake that hit China on May 12 can now be seen on Google Earth, Google's downloadable mapping solution which provides satellite imagery of the entire world. The Mountain View-based company rolled out a new KML file for Google Earth, which shows the first scenes after the 7.9 magnit... |
16 May 2008
05:52 GMT |
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Nokia, the largest mobile manufacturer, has recently announced an alpha version of their Maps on Ovi. The announcement, or better yet, the showing, was made yesterday at the Where 2.0 conference. The alpha version of Maps is said to allow Nokia phone users to share photos, videos, music and much more, directly from t... |
14 May 2008
09:34 GMT |
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This is another update regarding the news on the victims of Cyclone Nargis in the state of Burma. By know, most of you probably know about Google's actions towards helping the Burmese people deal better with the disaster. Besides making the general public aware of the extent of the damage Nargis left behind, Goo... |
9 May 2008
08:55 GMT |
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It was only a matter of time until the Mountain View-based company started looking for new worlds to explore so, after reaching the earth and the sky, Google gets ready for the ocean. Elinor Mills of CNET reports that Google may be interested in developing a 3D version of the ocean which would be integrated into Goog... |
6 May 2008
05:52 GMT |
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The Mountain View-based company released an updated version of Google Earth a few days ago, a new edition of the downloadable mapping tool which is supposed to correct several glitches spotted in the 4.3 beta version rolled out some weeks ago. As you probably remember, Google has recently released Google Earth 4.3 be... |
5 May 2008
10:16 GMT |
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Just like Softpedia, Google Earth seems to an application supposed to be constantly updated and, since the 4.3 version was release, the "Updated one minute ago!" motto may fit Google Earth, too. According to Cris Castello, GIS Data Engineer, the Mountain View-based company has struggled to integrate more and more dyn... |
21 April 2008
05:49 GMT |
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Since Google's Street View technology was published on the web, there were lots of speculations concerning the cars used to shoot pictures around the world. As you probably know, the Mountain View-based company has used multiple cars equipped with all kinds of high-end equipments in order to take high-resolution... |
17 April 2008
03:34 GMT |
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As many of you know, KML (Keyhole Markup Language) is the format compatible with Google Earth that allows both the Mountain View-based company Google and users to create and import layers into the downloadable mapping tool. But starting today, KML no longer belongs to Google Earth as the Open Geospatial Consortium an... |
15 April 2008
03:26 GMT |
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Google Earth has received lots of updates lately and the Mountain View company seems to enjoy this campaign of improvement so, today, it offers us one new thing: the possibility to read news in Google Earth thanks to a partnership with the New York Times. What's interesting is that the two companies aimed to pro... |
8 April 2008
03:17 GMT |
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Since the Olympic games are quickly approaching, people are always interested to find out the latest news concerning the upcoming competition. Not to mention the Olympic torch, which started its world tour a few days ago in order to visit certain locations on the world. As you know, this is quite a tradition and peop... |
4 April 2008
02:28 GMT |
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Yesterday, Dr. Arthur Hickman, a government geologist, announced the discovery of a rare meteorite crater somewhere near Australia, in Pilbara. According to various sources, the scientist managed to discover the crater using Google Earth, the software application provided by Google that allows you to view satellite m... |
26 March 2008
06:36 GMT |
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The one who says that Google Earth is not useful is surely wrong. And today's piece of news comes to support this statement. Dr. Arthur Hickman, a government geologist, has spotted an impressive meteorite crater while using Google Earth and, as he sustains, he wasn't looking for such a thing on the download... |
25 March 2008
17:31 GMT |
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The people of the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) have found a pretty remarkable way to lure people into buying trees and plant them in Indonesia. In fact, all the users have to do is to donate money and wait for the tree to be planted in the Sebangau National Forest in Central Kalimantan, Indonesia. What's interestin... |
25 March 2008
15:31 GMT |
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Google Earth has always surprised us with the innovative functions implemented in it and it seems like the mapping solution will keep up the good work for a long time from now on. Although it doesn't belong to the folks working at the Mountain View company, a new database is now available on the web, allowing Go... |
25 March 2008
06:25 GMT |
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They've kept a low profile so far, but when they came up with it, it was well worth it. The Google Lat Long Blog comes with a post from Wei Luo, a senior GIS Specialist detailing all of the changes and updates that have happened. In decreasing order, based on the level of how exciting the additions are, here the... |
28 January 2008
12:06 GMT |
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There are little secrets left in the world and with Google Earth and Microsoft's Virtual Earth mapping every nook and cranny of the planet's surface, items that might have catalyzed an arms race during the Cold War become more and more everyday commodities. Top secret nuclear submarines for example are no l... |
31 August 2007
09:59 GMT |
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Google is stargazing... from Microsoft's own backyard. The Mountain View search giant today introduced an updated version of Google Earth, enabling users to explore not only the planet but also in excess of "100 million individual stars and 200 million galaxies" via the Sky option. With Sky, Google Earth virtual... |
22 August 2007
13:15 GMT |
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Microsoft continues to evolve the content of Virtual Earth, and the August update introduced to the service is an illustrative example in this context. Following on the path of older mammoth updates, the new content made available this month on Virtual Earth offers users new imagery across the United States and Europ... |
22 August 2007
11:14 GMT |
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The downloadable application Google Earth received a major update for its imagery as several locations included in the program are now offering high-resolutions pictures. First, it seemed like Google updated only the UK but there is an impressive amount of photos for numerous locations all over the world. As it is me... |
4 June 2007
14:06 GMT |
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