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New Gustav layer in Google Earth

September 1, 2008

Google has just added a new sub-layer to the “weather” layer titled “Gustav Data”.  This layer includes a variety of information about the storm, such as the latest advisories, webcams from around Louisiana and a forecast track.  Coupled with the existing weather layers (clouds, radar, etc), it makes for some useful information. As Google points [...]

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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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Google News now in Google Earth

May 21, 2008

About a month ago, Google added items from the New York Times to Google Earth.  Now they’ve taken it a step further by adding Google News entries as well.  This is pretty cool. The New York Times addition was cute, but didn’t add much.  There simply aren’t enough stories to make it especially useful.  However, [...]

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Hamburg 3D now in a layer

August 3, 2007

As reported by Ogle Earth, the amazing 3D buildings in Hamburg are now in the buildings layer of Google Earth. Stefan says, “You will need a graphics card from the future — unless you are really close in, flying around Hamburg is done at extremely low fps… more like fpm”.  This will become more of [...]

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3D Campus buildings are now in the default 3D layer

July 18, 2007

As reported by the Google Earth Blog, the winners of the “Build Your Campus in 3D” are now available in Google Earth.  Check them out in Google Earth, or watch the video that gives a brief tour of each campus.

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Update to the Google Earth 3D Buildings layer

June 21, 2007

Google has just pushed out their June update to the 3D buildings layer. Some cities with updates include Chicago, Christchurch (New Zealand), Karachi, Rome, Barcelona, Amsterdam and Moscow. In addition, there is a big bug in this update. There is a building in western Turkey that looks like a normal house but is about 11 [...]

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