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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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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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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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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 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 high.
France – [...]

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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 an [...]

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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 that [...]

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Big update to Google Earth coming in 8 days?

January 25, 2009

According to a few sources, Google is releasing a new version of Google Earth at the California Academy of Sciences on February 2nd.  Because the location of the event happens to be an aquarium, planetarium and natural history museum, that’s leading many to think that we may finally see the long-rumored “Google Ocean”.
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