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| Google Earth Brings You Fresh News |  | 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 Australian Broadcasting Corporation, also known as ABC. The new layer, codenamed ... [read more >>] | | 02 June 2008, 14:37GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Google Earth for Browsers |  | 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 to go a step further and created its Google Maps and Google Maps API, which allow users to fully benefit from all the applic ... [read more >>] | | 29 May 2008, 05:04GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| 3D Dallas in Google Earth |  | 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 of Dallas is now available in Google Earth, the folks at The Dallas Morning News wrote. As usual, the 3D imagery a ... [read more >>] | | 27 May 2008, 08:16GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Google I/O Is Just around the Corner |  | 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 meeting will be held at the Moscone Center in San Francisco.
This upcoming edition is entitled I/O and, unlike in previous ... [read more >>] | | 27 May 2008, 02:59GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Google Map Showing Santa Cruz Mountains Wildfire |  | 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 items such as downed trees and leaf litter, which accumulated over the years and provided the fire with enough fuel ... [read more >>] | | 23 May 2008, 10:35GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Google Earth Gets Scientific |  | 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 affected areas in Myanmar and Sichuan. As you probably known, Google tries to improve the quality of its products and ... [read more >>] | | 22 May 2008, 10:50GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| More User-Generated Content on Google Earth |  | 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 Manager and Mano Marks, Google Developer Programs Engineer.
It appears that Google has been working on comi ... [read more >>] | | 21 May 2008, 03:03GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Google News - Now on Google Earth |  | 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 found on Earth. All of the recent updates are meant to increase the quality of Google's products and even provi ... [read more >>] | | 20 May 2008, 09:19GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Google Brings High-Res Chinese Earthquake in Google Earth |  | 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 magnitude earthquake assaulted China. According to Wei Luo, Technical Lead Manager, Google Earth, the search company has ... [read more >>] | | 16 May 2008, 05:52GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Watch Out Google! Nokia Is Just around the Corner. |  | 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 their mobile phones.
It appears that the new Nokia Maps are something to be expected, being an experience that is ... [read more >>] | | 14 May 2008, 09:34GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Google Earth Working on a 3D Ocean? |  | 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 Google's downloadable tool, Google Earth.
A few weeks ago, Google rolled out Google Earth 4.3 beta, a brand ne ... [read more >>] | | 06 May 2008, 05:52GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| One More Google Earth Release Available for Download |  | 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 beta version of the downloadable tool which includes many improvements from the previous release.
Here are the rel ... [read more >>] | | 05 May 2008, 10:16GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Google Earth - Updated One Minute Ago! |  | 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 dynamic data in Google Earth, in a move meant to provide new content every time the user opened the applicat ... [read more >>] | | 21 April 2008, 05:49GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Is This the Real Google Street View Car? |  | 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 photos around the globe. The cars were driven in a certain city all day long while the cameras mounted on the roof ... [read more >>] | | 17 April 2008, 03:34GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| KML No Longer Belongs to Google Earth |  | 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 announced that KML is now an international standard which means the body will maintain and expand the format, as Mich ... [read more >>] | | 15 April 2008, 03:26GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Read News in Google Earth |  | 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 provide geo-coded news, which means you are able to view a certain location in Google Earth, plus the news available f ... [read more >>] | | 08 April 2008, 03:17GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| The Olympic Torch Goes Live on Google Earth |  | 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 people celebrate the arrival of the torch in their city/country, so tracking its route is somehow important for some us ... [read more >>] | | 04 April 2008, 02:28GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Yet Another Meteorite Crater Spotted on Google Earth? |  | 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 maps straight from your desktop. Although nobody knows for sure if it’s a fake or not, a new report comes from Dakar ... [read more >>] | | 26 March 2008, 06:36GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Google Earth Reveals Rare Meteorite Crater |  | 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 downloadable mapping application.
According to ... [read more >>] | | 25 March 2008, 17:31GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Buy a Tree, Save the World and Get Free Google Earth Goodies |  | 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 interesting is that after buying the tree you also get a KML file that lets you import a new location in Google Earth. The coordin ... [read more >>] | | 25 March 2008, 15:31GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Global Temperature in Google Earth |  | 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 Google Earth users to view the warming trend for certain cities around the world.
The database was built by Ken Mankoff ... [read more >>] | | 25 March 2008, 06:25GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| First Google Earth Update for 2008 |  | 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 they come:
First, they’ve made tremendous work with the roads in 26 countries, adding and updating to have everything up ... [read more >>] | | 28 January 2008, 12:06GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Microsoft Virtual Earth Reveals Top Secret U.S. Ballistic Missile Submarine |  | 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 longer classified data, but mundane information accessible via the browser, Google and Microsoft web-based mapping services an ... [read more >>] | | 31 August 2007, 09:59GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Is Sky in Google Earth a Shameless Copy of the Microsoft World-Wide Telescope Project? |  | 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 virtually takes the users out of this world, but is it doing so by piggyback ridding on a Microsoft idea? The fact of the ... [read more >>] | | 22 August 2007, 13:15GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Microsoft Delivers New 15.65 Terabytes Update to Virtual Earth |  | 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 Europe. Chris Pendleton, Technical Evangelist ... [read more >>] | | 22 August 2007, 11:14GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| High-Resolution Goodies For Google Earth! |  | 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 mentioned in a Google Earth post, several areas from Canada, England, Germany, France, Spain, US, Japan and Austria w ... [read more >>] | | 04 June 2007, 14:06GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Google Acquires Panoramio, Prepares Major Update for Google Earth |  | Google finally acquired Panoramio, a company that was the search giant's partner for a long time, providing high-resolution photos for Google Earth. The Spain based website has a huge database of pictures from all around the world, offering information about the geographical location where they were captured. As you might know, Panoramio was an important Google Earth partner because it offered a considerable number of photos ... [read more >>] | | 31 May 2007, 03:07GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| 3D Architecture Added to Google Earth |  | Google has recently partnered with The American Institute of Architects to build two new layers that will allow users to browse and analyze the architecture of the most famous structures in the world. The two layers, America's Favorite Architecture and Blueprint for America will provide instant access to an impressive database of structures to enable users of the downloadable application view the 3D models of buildings, brid ... [read more >>] | | 25 April 2007, 03:10GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Google Earth Banned In Sudan |  | Google Earth is the downloadable application powered by Google that allows users to view maps and other satellite imagery straight from their desktop. Recently, the program was involved in an interesting case reported in Sudan, a country that is currently banned from using Google Earth. As you might know, several publications reported that Google's application was displaying shocking Darfur images that provided important evi ... [read more >>] | | 23 April 2007, 08:23GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Google Earth Plans To Help Sudan |  | Although YouTube was the Google service that used to help people publish their stories and require other members’ help, Google Earth tends to do the same thing using its powerful features. The downloadable application was updated with several high-resolution photos with Darfur, Sudan, showing numerous destroyed villages and damaged houses. Every location displays a link with more photos with the location able to present even more ... [read more >>] | | 11 April 2007, 10:07GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Google Restores Katrina Images |  | Google Earth was the subject of a recent dispute between the parent company Google and the New Orleans authorities after the application removed pre-Katrina pictures. The search giant decided to remove numerous photos captured after the Hurricane Katrina assaulted the city, the local authorities accusing the company for censorship and for refusing to show the truth. However, Google’s officials sustained the images were available ... [read more >>] | | 05 April 2007, 09:56GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Google Earth Didn’t Remove Katrina Photos |  | Last week, an interesting matter concerning Google Earth was spreading on the Internet after numerous New Orleans residents were accusing the search giant for removing Katrina images. According to the local authorities, Google removed all the photos showing damaged areas of the city just after Hurricane Katrina assaulted the city. Although there was no official statement from Google, the removal was obvious because both Google Ea ... [read more >>] | | 03 April 2007, 03:55GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Live Pictures for Google Earth |  | Google Earth recently received an impressive update that allows users to view live satellite images straight from the desktop of their computers. At this time, the feature is available only for Edinburgh, UK, but it seems like the company plans to expand it in the entire world. Google Sightseeing reported about this new and amazing feature, publishing a little add-on that must be installed to view live satellite images.
“As p ... [read more >>] | | 02 April 2007, 05:09GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
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