From the monthly archives:

May 2008

Manhattan gets a StreetView refresh

May 12, 2008

In just “a few hours” Manhattan will receive a fresh set of StreetView imagery.  I’ve checked it out, and I’m still seeing the old data.  To see which data you’re looking at head to the arch in Washington Square Park and see if it looks like this sample of the new imagery: Based on their [...]

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WorldWide Telescope to release this month

May 11, 2008

According to a few sources, Microsoft’s WorldWide Telescope is due to release sometime this month.  During a speech in Jakarta, Indonesia, Bill Gates summarized WWTS in one sentence: “This is taking data that’s very complex, gathered over many years from many telescopes, and making it accessible.” Given the great previews that people have reported, I’m [...]

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Small Facelift to Google Maps

May 6, 2008

As reported by the Google OS blog, Google Maps is getting a minor facelift.  They are replacing the tabbed search boxes at the top with a single search box that knows what you’re looking for. I’m still seeing the old version (as are many other people), but the new one is apparently being rolled out.  [...]

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Various Google Earth data about Cyclone Nargis

May 6, 2008

Google has just released a layer for Google Earth which shows some data about the path of the cyclone in Myanmar, along with some maps to display the extent of the flooding. They were built by UNOSAT, an organization working to help the people of Myanmar. Also, NASA has created a simple KML that shows [...]

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New StreetView clone in China

May 5, 2008

City8, a Chinese StreetView-like site, boasts a total of 30 cities in their database. Their interface is not nearly as nice as Google’s, and the coverage area is hard to determine (the blue lines in StreetView are very handy), but it’s not a bad little product. The site is only available in Chinese, but StreetViewFun [...]

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Google Maps API shows off vastly improved geocoding

May 1, 2008

As posted on the Google Maps API Blog, the Maps API now can geocode addresses right to the rooftop.  In particular, it will now drop the pushpin on the proper side of the street for any given location. It seems to work quite well.  I tried a variety of addresses (family members) around the country, [...]

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Minor update to Google Earth

May 1, 2008

As reported by the Google Earth Blog, Google has released a minor update to Google Earth (version 4.3.7204.0836). There don’t appear to be any new features, just a handful of bug fixes. They include: Mac version only – Whenever a balloon has enough text to require a vertical scroll bar, the horizontal scroll bar shows [...]

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More details about yesterday’s Virtual Earth update

May 1, 2008

We mentioned it yesterday, but now we have details of the imagery update in Virtual Earth, thanks VE: An Evangelist’s Blog. I had hoped to see more of their awesome “version 2.0″ 3D cities added, but no new ones were added this time.  Still, it’s a very impressive update! Here’s part of the list: Microsoft [...]

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EarthBrowser 3.0 Released

May 1, 2008

After being in beta for less than a month, EarthBrowser 3.0 has been released.  Matt was kind enough to let me play with some of the beta versions, but I haven’t had a chance to dig deep enough into it to really give a fair review. Check it out and let us know what you [...]

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