From the monthly archives:

June 2007

Details about the new 10m Terrain area in Google Earth

June 9, 2007

Frank Taylor at the Google Earth Blog has just posted a file that shows exactly which areas of the western US are now covered by the 10m 3D terrain. As he suggests, you really need to head out there, turn your terrain detail up pretty high and enjoy the view!

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Want to help model a city?

June 9, 2007

In an effort to get more cities modeled in 3D, Google has created a new category in the 3D Warehouse titled “Help Model a City“. They’re encouraging users such as yourself to go in there and help create some of these models. So far they have five cities listed — Ann Arbor, Michigan : Amherst, [...]

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Stephen Chau, product manager for Google Maps, addresses Street View privacy issues

June 7, 2007

Freakonomics has an interview with Stephen Chau, the product manager for Google Maps. Their questions all address the new Street View feature of Map. In the interview, Chau addresses some of the privacy concerns that have been raised. Some snippets: “At Google we take privacy very seriously. Street View only features imagery taken on public [...]

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Factory in Malaysia is offering ad space on its roof

June 6, 2007

Kumomo, a Malaysian company that owns a large factory, is offering up ad space that would be viewable in all of the various mapping systems (once the area gets updated again). They’ll be using a company in California, RoofAds, to do the installation. I imagine that we’ll be seeing quite a bit of this kind [...]

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New Google Earth gallery

June 6, 2007

Google has just released an updated version of their previously static gallery. The Lat Long Blog explains it well — it’s just a way to highlight a half-dozen cool KML files each week. Go check it out.

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JetBlue providing Google Maps in seatback TVs

June 5, 2007

The Google Lat Long Blog just announced that JetBlue is now providing fliers with Google Maps in their “signature seatback TVs”. On top of that, they’re asking customers to take pictures out the window during their flight, note the location with Google Maps, then send the pictures in. The top 10 photographers will win roundtrip [...]

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Transit info available in Google Earth

June 5, 2007

We mentioned yesterday that Google had created clickable transit icons in Google Maps. Frank Taylor at the Google Earth Blog is reporting the same features are available in Google Earth, apparently for some time. Plenty more details are available in the write-up on his blog.

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Clickable transit icons in Google Maps

June 4, 2007

I forgot to mention this, but the Google Lat Long Blog just posted about it and reminded me. Starting a few days ago, many of the transit icons (bus stops, etc) in Google Maps became clickable. Instead of just showing you where a bus stop is, you could click on it to get exact times. [...]

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Microsoft unveils “instant answer” for MSN.com and Live.com

June 4, 2007

Following on the heels of both Google and Yahoo, Microsoft’s “Live” search now shows an interactive map as the top result if you search for a precise location (full story on their blog). While its noticeably later than Google or Yahoo’s implementation, I must give them credit for taking it a bit further than either [...]

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