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May 2008

Another news layer for Google Earth

May 31, 2008

Just a short note from the Google LatLong Blog.  To go along with the Google News and New York Times layers, a new layer from the Australian Broadcasting Corporation is coming soon.  Or maybe it’s already out now.  It’s hard to tell.
The layer has been announced, and they seem to say it’s out, but I [...]

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OS independent 3D map of Stockholm released

May 29, 2008

Hitta.se, a Swedish search and mapping site, has just released a 3D map of Stockholm that works in virtually any browser in any operating system.
The technology is powered in part by C3 Technologies, who explain their software as follows:
The technology is based on high-resolution aerial photography with carefully calibrated cameras. For every picture, the camera’s [...]

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Google Earth browser plug-in coming today

May 28, 2008

This sounds great!  Frank Taylor at the Google Earth Blog has just revealed that Google will be releasing a browser plug-in today that will essentially put Google Earth in your browser.
A few notes so far:

Windows only, but it should work on IE, Firefox and others.
Mac/Linux support coming later.
It’s not just Google Earth in a wrapper.  [...]

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Google imagery update underway?

May 27, 2008

It appears that a Google imagery update is happening, but it’s a bit different than the past few.  Recently, new imagery has been coming into Google Earth first, then it finds its way into Google Maps a few days later.  However, this time might be reversed.
The city of Linz, Austria has different imagery when compared [...]

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3D Earth product in the iPhone

May 23, 2008

Google Earth Blog has a story about a digital earth product called Earthscape.  Earthscape is a desktop program that aims to be similar to Google Earth (and others).  It may end up being a decent product, but that’s not the point of this post.
At Where 2.0 last week, GEB author Frank Taylor was shown an [...]

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Google News now in Google Earth

May 21, 2008

About a month ago, Google added items from the New York Times to Google Earth.  Now they’ve taken it a step further by adding Google News entries as well.  This is pretty cool.
The New York Times addition was cute, but didn’t add much.  There simply aren’t enough stories to make it especially useful.  However, Google [...]

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3D version of Disney World coming to Google Earth

May 17, 2008

According to the Google Earth Blog (via USA Today), there is a great new 3D version of Disney World coming to Google Earth.  It’s due to come out as soon as next Tuesday (May 20).
It will include 3D models of items in Epcot Center, Animal Kingdom, Disney Hollywood Studios and 22 hotels and resorts.  There [...]

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Full list of updated Google Earth imagery

May 14, 2008

We already know nine of the areas updated a few days ago — our answers were correct.  However, Google has just released a full list of the updated imagery.  Here you go:
New high resolution:
We have added a significant amount of new satellite imagery in Ecuador, Peru, Senegal, Nigeria, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, India, Iran, Bangladesh, Thailand, [...]

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Some new Google Earth imagery

May 14, 2008

Google has updated some imagery in Google Earth, and once again they’re revealing it in the form of a quiz. Frank Taylor has already posted a few answers, so I’ll add those to our list. If you know any others, post your response in the comments and we’ll try to get them all [...]

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WorldWide Telescope now available for download

May 13, 2008

Two days ago we told you it’d be here this month, and it’s out already!  As reported by Ogle Earth and the Virtual Earth Developer Blog, you can go download it right now.
Some initial thoughts:

It really is a stunning tool.
It has SpaceNavigator support (sort of), but it tends to freak out as soon as you [...]

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