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Improved traffic info on Google Maps: See the side streets and contribute

August 25, 2009

Google has just announced that arterial traffic is now available on Google Maps.  I’ve noticed more and more roads showing traffic data over the past few months, but today seems to be the day of the big announcement.  In fact, there are certainly more roads in my area with traffic data, which could be very [...]

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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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Swiss want StreetView Disabled

August 23, 2009

It’s only been up for a few days, but the Switzerland Data Protection office is asking Google to remove the StreetView imagery they’ve shot in the country.  Their primary concern seems to be that “many faces and vehicle number plates had not been covered up or were insufficiently blurred”.  If memory serves, that’s not even [...]

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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 launches new StreetView site

August 4, 2009

To help people better understand how StreetView works, Google has launched a new site that has a lot of information about the service.  The site explains how they collect the imagery, how long it takes to process it, the areas of the world that are covered, etc. It’s probably not overly exciting for most readers [...]

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New “Smart Navigation” in StreetView

June 4, 2009

Google has just released a new feature for StreetView that looks pretty simple, but it actually quite complex and intuitive.  When viewing anything in StreetView, you’ll notice your is in the shape of an oval or a rectangle.  When it’s an oval, you can double-click to quickly move to that location. When it’s a rectangle [...]

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StreetView now in full-screen

April 9, 2009

This certainly makes StreetView even better — full screen mode!  When viewing anything in StreetView, simply click the small grey icon in the upper-right corner (next to the “x”) and it will go full screen. There’s really not much else to say but go look at it yourself.  Go check out the Golden Gate Bridge, [...]

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Mob of people run Google StreetView car out of town

April 3, 2009

There’s some confused people in Broughton, a Buckinghamshire village.  According to the Times: So when the Google Street View car trundled towards Broughton with a 360-degree camera on its roof, villagers sprang into action. Forming a human chain to stop it, they harangued the driver about the “invasion of privacy”, adding that the images that [...]

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StreetView now in the UK and the Netherlands

March 18, 2009

Google has just released a major update to StreetView, covering large areas in the UK and the Netherlands. Google Maps Mania has already found a bunch of great locations.  Check them out, and then add your other finds to the GEH StreetView database.

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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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