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New StreetView and 3D cities released

August 17, 2009

It’s been a busy day for Google. Earlier in the day they unveiled Helsinki, Finland in 3D, and the coverage is quite comprehensive. Google Earth Blog has the details. Also, as pointed out by Google Maps Mania, StreetView imagery has been released for a few countries. This update includes a few major cities in Portugal [...]

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Google Earth Imagery Update for August

August 2, 2009

Google has just pushed out a significant imagery update for Google Earth, although the precise scope of it is not yet know. According to the Google Earth Blog, updated countries include: China, USA, Africa, Bahamas, Italy and many others. It seems to be quite a large update. If you think you’ve found some updated imagery, [...]

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Google Earth Imagery Update for May, 2009

May 9, 2009

According to the Google Earth Blog, there has been another imagery update for Google Earth. The full list of updated areas is still coming in, but so far they’ve found updates in Scotland, Brazel, USA, Englad, Norway and Spain. Keep an eye on the GEB post for more updates.

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Google Ocean comes to the Great Lakes

April 14, 2009

I was wondering if Google would be adding their “ocean” features to other bodies of water, and it turns out they are! You can now dive into the five Great Lakes just as you can with the oceans. From the LatLong Blog: Users will be able to explore features such as the canyons and shoals [...]

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Google Earth imagery update

April 11, 2009

Google has just pushed out an imagery update, though the extent of it is still unknown. According to Google Earth Blog, the following areas have been updated: United States – Broad coverage in in about a dozen states that used to have low-res imagery. India – Re-colorized, so it looks much better from way up [...]

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Lots of new goodies from Google

March 16, 2009

Sorry for being so quiet lately. I’ve got a few big projects going on and I’ve been away from the Google Earth scene for a few days. However, things have been very active and there’s quite a lot to see! More Historical Imagery — Google has added more historical imagery to Google Earth. This is [...]

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New Google Earth imagery

February 28, 2009

As reported by Google Earth Blog, some new imagery seems to have arrived in Google Earth. Some of the updated areas include portions of: Scotland China Africa A few US states South Korea Mongolia Iceland You can get more details at GEB, and we’ll be updating this post with more locations as they become known.

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Finally! The Google Earth Plug-in now works in Google Chrome

February 20, 2009

It was over five months ago that support for Chrome was “coming soon”, and it’s finally here — the Google Earth plug-in now works in Google Chrome. You likely need the latest version of Chrome for it to work. To update, just click the wrench icon and choose “About Google Chrome”. The bottom line of [...]

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Google Earth 5.0 is released — WOW

February 3, 2009

This is simply one of the biggest releases ever for Google Earth. Some of the goodies: Historical Imagery: You can now activate a slider. I’ve seen a lot of imagery from the early 90′s, and there’s plenty from even before then. I’ve been very impressed with the quality of the older imagery. It’s mostly black [...]

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Some new 3D goodness in Google Earth

January 30, 2009

A couple of interesting 3D updates in the past few days. First we have the Vancouver update. They added 1400 textured 3D buildings to the city and it looks great. According to the Google Earth Blog, they also expanded 3D coverage in New York City, Portland and Seattle. Another post from the Google Earth Blog [...]

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