From the monthly archives:

September 2007

54 new countries added to Google Maps

September 16, 2007

As posted on the Google LatLong blog, 54 new countries have been added to Google Maps. They vary in their level of detail, but they’ve got much more coming. In the coming months, they’ll be “working tirelessly to add more detail to the existing countries in Google Maps” and “adding new countries to the list“. [...]

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Neat way to waste some time with Google Maps

September 14, 2007

Here is an interesting take on the idea behind sites like Google Earthing. This one is called PlaceSpotting. It shows you a zoomed in map via Google Maps and you have to figure out where it is. A few cool things they’ve done, though: You solve it by adjusting a world map (zooming, panning, etc) [...]

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EPA chooses Virtual Earth

September 13, 2007

The Environmental Protection Agency in the U.S. has a large number of geospacial apps for things such as oil spills, beach water quality, etc. Today they announced that they’ll be using Virtual Earth as the platform for these applications. The reasons for choosing Virtual Earth over Google Earth weren’t clear, but two things stuck out: [...]

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Updates to Google Moon

September 13, 2007

As reported in the Google Lat-Long blog, a new version of Google Moon has been released. Included is text search, higher-res imagery, and stories and photos from every Apollo landing. They even included a few Street Viewish images of the moon’s surface (taken by the Apollo astronauts) and some scientific charts. It’s a nice update. [...]

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