From the monthly archives:

November 2007

Location information in Google Maps for mobile — without GPS

November 28, 2007

Google has just released a new version of Google Maps for mobile today.  This version includes a new feature called “My Location”.  By using cell tower triangulation, it can pinpoint your location to within a few hundred meters.  It’s not as accurate as GPS, but it’s pretty darn good.
In addition, it can assist with your [...]

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Sandio 3D Mouse

November 28, 2007

I’ve had the opportunity to play with the Sandio 3D O2 mouse for a few days and I thought I’d share my impressions of it with you.  Before I saw the mouse, I was expecting something similar to the SpaceNavigator, but it’s not very similar at all.
To start with (and I think this is its [...]

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New “Terrain” mode in Google Maps

November 27, 2007

Google Maps has just added a very nice new feature – terrain view.   This isn’t satellite images, but rather it is map-ish terrain views.  It’s very pleasing to the eye.
To make room for this new feature, the “hybrid” button has been removed and you now are given a “Show labels” checkbox when viewing in Satellite [...]

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Massive update to Virtual Earth imagery

November 20, 2007

It’s been more than a month since their last update, but Microsoft has just put out an insane update that measures more than 33TB!
They’ve updated:

3Di/Boulder hi-res Orthos/Aerial Imagery in various places in North America (and in Saitama, Japan)
Obliques/Bird’s Eye for 36 locations in the US and 49 locations in Europe.
GloveXplorer Orthos for 13 locations in [...]

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Fix address locations in Google Maps

November 19, 2007

Google has just added a feature that allows you to move the marker for your address to better show exactly where you home (or business) is located.
To do it, just search for your address in Google Maps, click “edit” and then “move marker” and drag the marker to the proper location
This only works in the [...]

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Finally – a real sky when you’re in Google Earth

November 8, 2007

For a while now, people have been trying to come up with a good way to be able to see the sky in Google Earth — not the night sky, but the clouds. Over the Google Earth Blog, some interesting workarounds have been used, but they weren’t ideal.
However, with the new weather layer, it’s [...]

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New weather layer in Google Earth

November 8, 2007

It’s about time!  Google has finally added a weather layer to Google Earth.  The layer consists of three sub-layers:

Clouds
Radar
Conditions and Forecasts

Complete details can be found in a nice write-up in the Google Earth Blog.

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Google Earth will run on Android, Google’s mobile platform

November 6, 2007

As reported in the New York Times (and detailed on Ogle Earth), the new Google mobile platform will run Google Earth!
Stefan seems to cover the big questions that result from the article:
- Is it just on a phone, or on a larger device?
- Is it possible that the reporter is confusing Google Earth and Google [...]

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A minor update to the Planets Layer

November 2, 2007

The Google Earth Blog points us to a minor update with the Planets Layer in Sky Mode.
From GEB: “These layers use the time slider to show you the positions of the moon and planets in the night sky. The only problem is that the layers only included three months worth of prediction. So, on October [...]

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