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Google creates a more generic “Hurricane Season 2008″ layer

September 5, 2008

Either Google was listening to our suggestion, or it was just pretty obvious — they’ve replaced the “Gustav” layer with a more genric “Hurricane Season 2008″ layer, under which they list individual layers.
The data isn’t overly comprehensive. It’s essentially just a forecast track for each storm and any advisories that have been put out for [...]

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Many layers updated in Google Earth

March 15, 2008

It’s not a much-loved imagery update, but this one is still pretty useful. This update for Google Earth/Maps includes:

New road data in 94 countries
New business listings in Russia and Brazil
Support for Russian Cryllic or latin translated addresses
New Zealand tourism layer
Updates to the geographic web layer, such as wikipedia and Panoramio. In addition, it [...]

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Big layer update for Google Earth

January 26, 2008

As reported in the Google LatLong blog, the first big layer update for 2008 is out. Included in it:

Improved Earthquake layer, with a fresh look and more information.
Expanded National Geographic layer, now covering Europe, Asia and South America.
Updated roads in 26 countries:

Russia, Malaysia, Thailand, Aruba, Bahamas, Belize, Bermuda, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador, [...]

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New layers in Google Sky

January 9, 2008

As reported by Ogle Earth, Google Sky now has a handful of new layers. They include:

Featured Observatories
Current Sky Events
Education Center
Historical Sky Maps

Good stuff. Go check em out.
Update: Some commentary from Google Earth Blog and the official announcement from Google.

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10 best new features in Google Earth since its release

October 10, 2007

When Google Earth was first released, there was talk about it everywhere and they were overwhelmed with downloads. Since then, it’s become more and more popular. However, I’m sure there are a lot of folks that downloaded it two years ago, checked it out a little bit, and then haven’t gone back in. Here’s what [...]

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