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April 2008

Virtual Earth Imagery Update

April 30, 2008

Microsoft has apparently just added 22TB worth of new imagery to Virtual Earth. The only nice tidbit we know so far is that Australia finally has some Birds Eye imagery. Assuming this is accurate, I expect a detailed announcement from Microsoft shortly.

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Google Ocean coming soon?

April 30, 2008

According to an article on CNET News, Google is in the process of building a tool known as “Google Ocean” to map the terrain of the ocean floors. Similar to Google Earth and Maps, Ocean will provide the base data (depth mesh and some imagery), and allow users to populate it with data for things [...]

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Driving directions in StreetView

April 29, 2008

Google has added a neat feature that combines Google Maps driving directions with StreetView. When you’re looking at your list of directions, look for the little camera icon next to each item. If you see one, then you can view those directions in StreetView. It draws a blue line with large arrows inside of the [...]

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Creative tool added to Yahoo Local Maps

April 23, 2008

Yahoo has just added a simple, innovative “search circle” tool to their Local Maps, which help you quickly narrow down the geographic area that you’re searching. If you click on “expand map” after a search, you’ll see a blue circle appear on the map.  The results are only shown for locations within that circle.  You [...]

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StreetView coming to Italy

April 20, 2008

Google StreetView cars have been spotted in Italy, indicating that StreetView data will be coming soon. The interesting part is that these don’t seem to be normal StreetView cars.  These come equipped with a handful of SICK laser scanners.  What for?  Educating Silicon does a good job of breaking down the question.  From their post: [...]

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Google Maps can predict traffic conditions

April 17, 2008

As reported by the Google Operating System blog, Google Maps now includes traffic predictions. Simply pick a day of the week and a time, and Google will color the map to show typical traffic conditions on that day/time.  There are a few oddities I found in it, but it’s a neat idea.  For example, here [...]

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Google Earth vs. Virtual Earth in Denver

April 16, 2008

Denver has emerged as one of the flagship cities for both Google Earth and Virtual Earth. Google Earth has built a ton of 3D models in the city, and Virtual Earth has already converted it to “version 2.0″ with over 100,000 3D models (as well as 300,000 trees). Therefore, I thought it’d be a good [...]

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Google Earth 4.3 thoughts, screenshots and a video

April 16, 2008

Google Earth 4.3 is just starting to become available. You probably won’t find it through the normal pages yet, but the Google Earth Blog found a clever loophole to allow you to get it now — simply visit this page and you can grab it. My initial thoughts: StreetView is neat, but not very useful. [...]

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Google Earth 4.3 coming later today

April 15, 2008

The download isn’t available yet, but Google Earth version 4.3 will be out later today. We’ll let you know when it starts to become available. Some of the notable features: StreetView – As we predicted a few weeks ago, StreetView will finally arrive in Google Earth. The images will be shown using the “Photo Viewer”. [...]

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Google Maps now has YouTube videos

April 15, 2008

Last October, Google Earth got a new layer that showcased YouTube videos.  Starting today, those videos are now available in Google Maps as well. When viewing an information bubble, simply click on the “Photos & Videos” tab.  More information about this release can be found on the Google LatLong blog.

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