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New Google Earth imagery/3D, Bing StreetView coming soon

November 20, 2009

A couple of quick links today:
Imagery update in Google Earth: Just two weeks since their last one, Google has pushed out another imagery update.  It’s not a huge one, but it covers small parts of many countries.
New 3D imagery in Google Earth: Google has started using StreetView imagery in some cities to create lifelike facades [...]

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Big imagery releases for Google Earth and Bing Maps

November 5, 2009

We’ve seen a couple of big imagery releases in the past few days:
Google Earth has updated various imagery all over the world.  You can read details on the Google Earth Blog, or view this page to see the updated areas via the Google Earth Plug-in.  Here are some neat things that users have already found [...]

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A ton more 3D buildings in Google Earth

October 24, 2009

As reported by the Google Earth Blog, a ton of new 3D buildings have been released into Google Earth.  They include, among other things, thousands of building generated by people using their new “Building Maker” tool.
If you find any other major cities that have been updated as well, please let us know.

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Major imagery update for Google Earth

September 24, 2009

Details are still coming in, but there’s been a significant imagery update for Google Earth.  The Google LatLong Blog has their usual quiz, and the Google Earth Blog is filling in the details.
So far, updated areas include Argentina, Canada, New Zealand, South Korea, Ukraine and various parts of the United States.  Stay updated to the [...]

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Google Earth just got faster: Version 5.1 released

September 9, 2009

Google has just released Google Earth version 5.1.  According to the LatLong blog, the focus of this update was speed.
According to Google:
We’ve made a lot of adjustments under the hood, like improving memory utilization so we can show more buildings, layers, and user content. We improved our shaders (that’s graphics-speak for small programs that run [...]

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College Football, Monopoly and Towson University

September 4, 2009

A handful of cool things today:

College Football Stadiums: The Google LatLong blog has posted a KML that flies you to all of the NCAA football stadiums — 246 in all!  You can read about the file on their site, or download the KML here.  I did something similar on EarthSwoop last year and built a [...]

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Two new 3D cities added to Google Earth

September 3, 2009

Google has just released two new 3D cities into Google Earth — Dublin, Ireland and Cardiff, Wales.
Make sure your “3D Buildings” layer is turned on inside of Google Earth, then fly over and check them out.  Below is a short video showing them off.  They look great!

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New imagery in Google Earth

August 27, 2009

The Google Earth Blog is reporting new imagery arriving in Google Earth.  The extent of the update isn’t yet known, but people have found new images in Argentina, Poland, Germany, Chile, France and the USA.
As with most updates, this one is live in Google Earth but not in Google Maps.  This means you can compare [...]

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Nessie found in Google Earth?

August 26, 2009

The Sun is at it again.  First they claimed to have found the lost city of Atlantis in Google Earth, now they think they’ve found the Loch Ness Monster.  Or maybe it’s a boat.
It’s obvious they’re just trying to (successfully) draw attention to their site, but they sure look stupid.  I love the response that [...]

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A ghost town from space

August 24, 2009

Earth is Square has a neat post today about viewing Centralia, Pennsylanvia using fresh Bird’s Eye imagery on Bing Maps.  Centralia was an active town of about 1000 residents back in the early 1980’s, but now is home to only nine people.  The reason is due to an underground coal fire that’s been burning since [...]

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