From the monthly archives:

June 2008

A ton of new imagery for Virtual Earth, and a few more updated cities

June 5, 2008

To go with the new “version 2″ 3D data for Miami, Microsoft has updated Vienna and Seattle.  In addition to that, they’ve added a ton of new imagery. I normally like to list all of the updated areas, but it’s simply too much.  You can view it all on this page. The total amount of [...]

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Disney World 3D has finally arrived in Google Earth

June 4, 2008

It’s a few weeks later than we expected, but Disney World is now 3D in Google Earth — and it’s impressive!  They’ve included the Magic Kingdom, EPCOT, Disney Hollywood Studios, Animal Kingdom and Disney Resorts. There are actually two parts to this: The normal 3D buildings layer will add all kinds of visual goodness, such [...]

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Another cute game using the Google Earth Plug-in

June 4, 2008

Here’s another fun game using the Google Earth plug-in, based heavily off of the Monster Milktruck demo.  It has quite a few limitations (the biggest being no altitude adjustment), but it’s another step in the right direction. The plane simply hugs the ground, and it runs in a pretty small window.  The small window is [...]

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Miami is now “version 2″ in Virtual Earth

June 3, 2008

About two months after the first four “version 2″ cities were released, Microsoft has just unveiled Miami 2.0.  Like the other four cities, it features a massive increase in the number of buildings, along with a whole bunch of 3D trees.  According to the Virtual Earth 3D blog, Miami now has 46,344 3D buildings (up [...]

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Panoramio brings a new way to view photos

June 3, 2008

Well, new to them at least.  Panoramio has brought out a new feature to allow you to “Look Around” some landmarks using a very simple, intiuitive interface.  As Google Earth Blog points out, this feels very similar to Microsoft’s Photosynth.  In addition, as Google System points out, it’s not nearly as cool. I’m a bit [...]

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Minnesota city demands removal of StreetView images

June 1, 2008

The 4,500 resident city of North Oaks, MN has demanded that Google remove StreetView imagery of their town.  However, they’re not a typical town, in that all of their roads are owned by the residents (meaning they’re private) and the city enforces a trespassing ordinanace. While it’s certainly unique, since no other city has made [...]

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