No More Squinting: Google Maps' First High-Res Satellite Images
ReadWriteWeb — Using services like Google Maps and Google Earth have changed the way people interact with geography, compare notes with neighbors, and find their way from here to there. Still, for all the beauty of Google's directions, "street view," and "search nearby," the top-down views of our world have always been a bit fuzzy and squint-inducing. Until now. Thanks to Google hitching a ride on GeoEye-1, that's all about to change. And today, we saw the first example of what's to come. Sponsor ...

Google Maps, Now With Text Ads
Wired: Epicenter — ... introduced last month and the satelitte images that went live today), it will be interesting to see where Google takes this.     ...

Google Earth…Now in Convenient iPhone-Size Form
Technologizer — [image] I still remember the first time I saw Google Earth –back when it was known as Keyhole Earth viewer and wasn’t yet owned by Google–and how its intensely graphical virtual portal to the real world’s geographic richness knocked my socks off. Last week, Google gave me a sneak peek at Google Earth for iPhone and iPod Touch, which is live in the iPhone App Store in Australia now and due in the U.S. store soon And once again, I was dazzled. The iPhone version of Google Earth is dazzling because…well, because it feels just like Google Earth, but it’s also very much an iPhone ...

Is that a planet in your pocket, or Google Earth for iPhone?
TechBlog — ... , a program for the iPhone that mimicked much of what the wonderful Google Earth does on traditional computer. Unfortunately, I found it to be a disappointment - it was slow and hard to use. It left me pining for a real Google Earth on the iPhone, and I deleted it. Sunday, my desire for the real thing was fulfilled. Google Earth was released ...

First Look: Google Earth for iPhone
The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) — Google Earth for iPhone / iPod touch Google has ported Google Earth to the iPhone or iPod touch, and it's such an impressive app that it deserves an Apple ad of its own. The interface for Google Earth will be familiar instantly to anyone who has used an iPhone for more than a couple of hours. Upon launching the app, you see a photo of the Earth from space. To zoom in, you can either double-tap or use the "reverse-pinch" gesture on the screen. Swiping a finger left, right, up, or down moves the display in the chosen direction, and a two-finger rotation turns the display ...

Google Earth Lands On Apple's iPhone
InformationWeek - All Stories And Blogs — Proving that it is a small world after all, Google Earth now fits in the palm of one's hand. Google on Monday made Google Earth , its 3D geospatial viewing application, available for the iPhone and iPod Touch through Apple's iTunes Store. It is free, like Google Earth for desktop computers, but it's not entirely free of issues. It requires network access to load satellite imagery, so using Google Earth on parts of the Earth where one is subject to data roaming charges could be a costly proposition. Google Earth on the iPhone can be used in airplane mode, ...

Exploring the History of the Future with Google Earth
WebProNews Feed — ... ...in fact, I kind of want to watch that now). What Google Earth and its partners are doing shows the potential for a fascinating way of recreating history as we move into the future. Wouldn't it be cool to see any place in known history and virtually navigate through it three-dimensinoally? Ancient Mesopotamia and the beginnings of civilization. The 13 colonies. Very interesting stuff. Almost like virtual-time travel. ...

Google Opens Interactive Ancient Rome 3D Experience
The Inquisitr » Technology — Google Earth has rolled out a neat new feature that lets you explore Ancient Rome in 3D. The aptly named Ancient Rome 3D, announced this morning, lets you zoom around the city as it stood in 320 AD. You can get inside numerous ancient structures such as the Colosseum to see up-close detail of their interiors, and pop-up bubbles give you historical insight into what you’re viewing. In all, Ancient Rome 3D has 6,700 detailed buildings. “Users can visit the Roman Forum, stand in the centre of the Colosseum, ...

Exploring Old Rome Without Air (or Time) Travel
NYT > Technology — ... ’s Institute for Advanced Technology in the Humanities. Google had planned to activate the feature on Wednesday morning, but a spokesman said there would be a short delay because of technical difficulties. (Web visitors in the United States can watch a video demonstration of the feature at earth.google.com .) For nearly three decades Professor Frischer has been the driving force of an effort to bring ancient Rome to virtual life. The Google Earth feature is based on his Rome Reborn 1.0, a 3-D reconstruction first developed in 1996 at the University of California, Los Angeles, ...

G1 Great for Everything but Video
Contentinople: — ... , and I even use Google Earth to track the best fishing spots I've hit on charter boats, using my phone to record the GPS coordinates (don't tell the fishing boat captains). Google applications are available with one click of the G1 touch screen. You can use the touch screen in portrait mode, or slide out the large QWERTY keyboard under the touch screen and view content in portrait mode. I do miss being able to record videos with a mobile phone. I also own a digital video camera, but it's not something I carry with me often. The G1 does contain a 3 megapixel still ...

Estonian Innovation of the Year: 50.000 People Cleaning the Country
The Next Web — ... Before the actual cleanup work started, the campaigners used special software based on Google Earth, positioning software for mobile phones and mobile phones with GPS to map and photograph 11.000 illegal garbage dumps across all 45.227 square kilometers of Estonia. The soft can be used in much larger and dirtier countries, such as India. ...

360 Cities Brings Stunning Spherical Panoramas To Google Earth
TechCrunch — ... Note: this only works with the latest version of Google Earth (4.2), which features the new PhotoOverlay format. You can download the KMZ file ...

Ancient Rome 3D and The LIFE Photo Archive
Technology - Channel Feed — ... The Ancient Rome 3D project includes more than 6,700 buildings of Ancient Rome (1,688 years ago) rebuilt in 3D. You will need Google Earth to view these 3D models. A virtual camera allows you to go inside and observe the architectural details of varoius monuments including the Colosseum, the Ludus Magnus, the Forum Caesar, the Arch of Septimius Severus, the Rostra and the Basilica Julia. You may want to watch the ...

Most Popular Google Subdomains
Digital Inspiration - Technology Blog — ... Google Docs 3,350,849 13 translate.google.com Google Translate 2,894,445 14 earth.google.com Google Earth 2,569,757 15 ...

Heart of Darkness: Internet-Enabled Terrorism
Internet Evolution: — ... , Google Earth , etc. But this is already terrorism of the past. The future of terrorism includes sabotaged electronic devices, killer "hobbyist" drones, superior satellite imaging, and even government/terrorist-controlled flash mobs. Today's military products are tomorrow's commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) hardware and software, says Gordon Housworth, head of the management consulting and technology services firm ...

Google Earth Updates 3D New York
Google Blogoscoped — ... Desktop app Google Earth has seen an update to its New York 3D buildings, Frank Taylor of the Google Earth Blog reports. Frank compares ...

Google downloads now offer Chrome by default
SEO and Tech Daily — ... While a huge majority of Internet users now use Google as their primary search, it appears Google is bundling the new Chrome browser with individual, popular Google free downloads. Honestly, I have no problem with this at all and see it as another very smart move by the gang at MountainView. The latest version of Google Earth can be found here. The individual (stable, no public) version of Google's Chrome browser (Windows platform only) is here. ...

New York goes photorealistic in Google Earth
Tech Digest — ... Now isn't that pretty? It's how New York looks in Google Earth. Every building on Manhattan Island has now been meticulously mapped out and covered with photographic textures. It joins LA, San Francisco, and Berlin. When's London due, eh? Want to fly around the Big Apple yourself? Simply download Google Earth, fly to New York City, and turn on the 3D buildings layer. Then give it a minute to download the data, and Bob's your uncle. You'll need to buy him a Christmas present. Click over the jump for a 'before' picture of how the city looked in January last year. ...

New York City Now Officially Looks Awesome in Google Earth
Mashable! — ... Have you checked out New York City in Google Earth lately? You should, because Google added a layer of photorealistic building textures which make the city look like something from a decent flight simulator. Or, in one word: awesome! ...

New York City Gets a Google Earth Makeover
The Inquisitr » Technology — Google Earth has given New York City a major makeover, and the difference is impossible not to notice. The newly updated Big Apple images boast hundreds of new fully textured buildings — nearly every building in Manhattan Island, the Google Earth team says. BEFORE: AFTER: Not quite the same as a real, in-person tour — but not too shabby for a virtual view. The Google Earth program, of course, lets you tilt up and down to check out all the details. You can even fly around the buildings ...

Chrome Undone
Google Operating System — ... to install an entire office suite when you update JRE, why shouldn't Google use a popular software like Google Earth to drive adoption to Chrome? When you try to download Google Earth from Windows XP or Windows Vista, Google shows this completely unrelated page: ...

Draw Your Curtains - Google's Filming
Internet Evolution: — ... (Nasdaq: GOOG) from displaying Google Earth information. To many people, this seems ridiculous. After all, everything Google shows is publicly available information. Why then should it be wrong to consolidate the information to everyone in the world? Well, Google actually goes out of its way to collect data that is not otherwise available, primarily to be cool. That is not cool. For those people not familiar with Google Earth , it is basically an enhancement to map applications. When you go to ...

Google Earth helps scientists find lost forest, undiscovered species
Obsessable News Feed — ... Google Earth — an interactive 3D globe made up of satellite imagery, road maps, and other information — is a great educational tool, and a fun passtime for evenings when you're bored but curious. Its applications go far beyond that, though. The latest: a scientist ...

Alps Ski resorts layer in Google Earth
D' Technology Weblog — Google launched a new “Ski resorts in the Alps” layer in Google Earth with bergfex to check the latest snowfalls in ski resorts in the Alp regions of Austria, Germany, Italy, and Switzerland. You can find it in the Gallery folder of the layers panel under “Travel and Tourism”. The icons represent the average snow depth of that area; the whiter the icon, the more snow you can expect. Every balloons displays useful information such as the fresh snow depth from ...

Google Earth delivers miracle on 34th Street, and 65th Street, and...
Betanews — ... , BetaNews December 23, 2008, 7:00 PM It may not cover all of the good boys and girls in Manhattan, but Google Earth's 3-D option has bulked up enough to make a virtual traveler feel a little like an airborne Santa. The 3-D-layer option in Google Earth is old news, but it wasn't very thickly populated in its early incarnation. However, a data increase earlier this month adds thousands of photo-textured buildings to the original set, which included pretty landmarks such as the Empire State Building and the Woolworth Building, but not more prosaic locales such as, say, the ...

Santa Tracker 2008: Track Santa with NORAD and Google Earth
The Inquisitr » Technology — ... Earth and NORAD have teamed up to let you track Santa this Christmas Eve, and you can do it from plenty of places. Where Is Santa Claus: Online Options If you’re looking for the big guy online, head over to noradsanta.org to see a real-time Santa finder map. You can also catch some videos and photos of his journey across the globe. Google Earth Santa Tracker Want to see Santa in 3D? Grab the NORAD Tracks Santa utility for Google Earth and you’ll be ready to roll. You can also add a gadget to your iGoogle ...

Google Earth Used To Track Bird Flu Evolution
InformationWeek - All Stories And Blogs — Google Flu Trends has helped medical researchers track flu outbreaks. Now scientists have used Google Earth to understand how the avian flu virus is gaining resistance to antiviral drugs through evolutionary selection. Researchers from the University of Colorado at Boulder recently found that the avian flu, a subtype of Influenza A known as H5N1, is evolving resistance to adamantanes, one of two classes of antiviral medications used to treat the flu. The study , "Evolution of drug resistance in multiple distinct lineages of H5N1 avian influenza," was ...

Google Earth gets ultra-high-resolution artwork
Webware.com — The digital globe app Google Earth (download) is getting new imagery from inside buildings. One, at least: A new layer gives viewers gigapixel (ultra-high-resolution) photos of artwork from inside the Prado Museum in Madrid, Spain. The Prado project also includes detailed exterior views of the museum's buildings. See Google's blog post on the new layer. As cool as it is to be able to view the art, the Prado project presents neither a complete (or even close) catalog of art from the Prado, nor an immersive 3D experience. There are 14 images of ...

Art Historians Rejoice: Google Earth and The Prado Bring Masterpieces Up Close - Really Close
ReadWriteWeb — It's a well-known fact that Google is working to capture high-resolution images of the landscape for its mapping products. What might come as a surprise is that they're also pursuing a similar challenge within the walls of one of the most famous museums in the world - The Prado Museum in Madrid, Spain. Now, thanks to this groundbreaking project, you can get closer to the masterpieces of The Prado than you ever imagined - using Google Earth. Sponsor How close is close? "The paintings have been ...

Stark relief: White House, VP's residence now visible in Google Maps
Webware.com — ... Vice President's residence, the United State Naval Observatory, were obscured in Google Earth and Google Maps. The outlines of the White House were visible, but the roof of it and of the nearby Old Executive Office Building were replaced with featureless grey slabs. The grounds of the VP's house were even more obscured: pixelated so much you couldn't really tell what you were looking at. Under the Obama administration, clarity and openness has returned to these buildings in Google Earth and Google Maps. The White House and surrounding buildings have regained ...

Google Earth's Virtual Prado Museum
TidBITS: Mac News for the Rest of Us — ... To view the works, you must first download the Google Earth application. Upon installing and launching the program, check the 3D buildings layer on the bottom left panel, then enter "Prado Masterpieces" in the search bar. When the Prado Museum result appears, click it to fly the museum, where a white tile appears. Click that to view the paintings. If nothing else, it's astonishing to zoom into a picture and not have it pixelate or get fuzzy until you're so far in that you can't tell what you're looking at anyway. (The screenshot is an eyeball from Rogier van der Weyden's ...

Imagine there’s no Google (Part 1)
The Next Web — ... I can’t work out if I can walk from the station, or see what the roads are like. And there are my own special maps and markers and photos I’d added into Google Earth too. All gone. ...

Google to map Oceans to find unique corals and fishes
Tech Ticker —   Google has allowed users to travel across the globe, Mars, Space and even Moon. Now it looks like they are going to expand their wings by mapping the vast oceans. The underwater imagery will allow users to have different views of the oceans, seabed, corals as well as give info on the climate change and so on. To make things a bit more fun, Google will also offer a virtual dip at famous diving spots like the Bahamas, Red Sea, Great Barrier Reef etc. Google is expected to announce this service ...

Google Earth adds Ocean, Mars layers
Web User | News — ... and the polar ice caps. Google Earth has also added another dimension, going further into the final frontier with a new Mars layer. The Google Mars 3D layer opens up the red planet to new levels of scrutiny - you'll even be able to explore the crash site of the British-built spacecraft, the Beagle. You can also explore Olympus Mons, the tallest known volcano in the Solar System, about three times the size of Mount Everest. >> Best extras for Google Earth and Google Maps http://earth.google.com www.catlinarcticsurvey.com www.arkive.org ...

Google Earth now travels the world, and the seven seas — and beyond
VentureBeat — ... Google Earth is one of Google’s most intriguing projects. It’s a stand-alone program (not a web application) that shows our planet in 3D. But up until now, it might as well have been called “Google Dirt,” Sylvia Earle, explorer-in-residence National Geographic Society and founder of the Deep Search Foundation joked. Her point was that Google Earth, was missing some two-thirds of the world — its oceans. Not any longer. ...

Google Earth now travels the world — and the seven seas
VentureBeat — ... Google Earth is one of Google’s most intriguing projects. It’s a stand-alone program (not a web application) that shows our planet in 3D. But up until now, it might as well have been called “Google Dirt,” Sylvia Earle, explorer-in-residence National Geographic Society and founder of the Deep Search Foundation joked. Her point was that Google Earth, was missing some two-thirds of the world — its oceans. Not any longer. ...

Google Earth 5.0: Oceans, the Past…Even Mars
Technologizer — ... I’m at the California Academy of the Sciences in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park for the event at which Google is unveiling version 5.0 of Google Earth–which appears to be available for download right now. So far, the event is interesting, inspiring, and, then–but wireless connectivity here is super-spotty, so I’m going to keep this brief and tell you more later. ...

Google Earth 5 Beta available for download
9 to 5 Mac - Apple Intelligence — We'll let Google do the talking on this one...Download here New! in Earth 5.0 (beta) :   See global changes with decades of historic imagery If you've ever wondered how your neighborhood has changed throughout time, Google Earth now gives you access to the past. With a simple click, check out suburban sprawl, melting ice caps, coastal erosion, and more. Dive beneath the surface of the ocean In the new ocean layer, you can plunge all ...

Google Earth 5.0 Lets You Plumb The Ocean's Depths
InformationWeek - All Stories And Blogs — ... us mere mortals) and travel back in time by looking at older and older pictures of the same spot. For example, I centered Google Earth over the Meadowlands complex in Earth Rutherford, N.J. It has a fairly current image that includes the new structures of the Xanadu complex. Using a slider, you can zoom back in time as far back as 1995 and see what Giant Stadium and the IZOD Center looked like back in the day, surrounded by all that marshy swampland rather than acres of new buildings. Google Earth 5.0 is a free download for Windows and Apple computers. ...

Google Earth 5 Maps Oceans
Google Blogoscoped — ... that the latest version of Google Earth maps the oceans in much more detail*. To view the ocean imagery, tick the Ocean layer in Google Earth. ...

Google Respins Globe With Earth 5.0 Beta
InformationWeek - All Stories And Blogs — ... , explorer-in-residence at the National Geographic Society. Google Earth 5.0 includes several significant new features. The biggest change is that Google's globe now includes the world's oceans, an addition prompted in part by Earle's suggestion several years ago that Google rename its then soil-centric geo-application Google Dirt. Ocean in Google Earth allows users to navigate beneath the waves, view videos of ocean life, and see data layers that reveal information about how oceans function. "When you think about Google Earth, you're missing the majority of earth, which ...

Google Earth takes a deep dive into the world's oceans
L.A. Times Tech Blog — ... Anyone can download the latest ocean-enabled version at the Google Earth home page. Earle said the program brings the ocean to life: Users can swim like a dolphin along the Monterey Canyon (deep in the Monterey Bay), discovering critically endangered prehistoric fish called coelacanth and descending seven miles into the abyss known as the Marietta Trench. ...

Google Earth 5.0 goes underwater, back in time and to Mars
DVICE Atom Feed — ... Other improvements in Google Earth 5.0 include the ability to upload your own GPS tracks to map your favorite hike, and an "Historical Imagery" option that lets you see the progress of big construction projects, like the growth of the Las Vegas strip, over time. Also new: Google Mars 3D, a virtual tour of the Martian surface that lets you see where various Red Planet-bound landers crashed and surface rovers roved. Via Google

Hands on: Google Earth 5.0 goes under the sea, back in time
Ars Technica — ... Google Earth 5.0 (beta) is available for Mac OS X, Windows, and Linux users, though we should note that Google has become even more aggressive with the installation of its software update mechanism. Instead of covertly installing the software like it has in the past or offering the option to disable said updater like it should, Google now presents a dialog that forces the user to agree to the software license and installation of a phantom software update tool that ...

Down into the depths with Google Ocean
T3.com All — ... Not enough for you? Well, Google has even more in Earth 5.0, including 'virtual time travel', which offers you the chance to view past satellite photography, so you can see how an area has changed and a 3D tour of Mars, space tourism for a credit crunch if you like. Lots more to see too, but if you really want to get the lowdown, we suggest you head on over to Google and upgrade right now. Perfect for killing time in your lunch hour - or if you happen to be snowed in at home. Link: Google Earth (via ...

Google Earth Enterprise Maps historical imagery of Oceans
D' Technology Weblog — ... are available for your current view. You can move the slider back and forth along the timeline or use the arrow buttons in the upper left corner to step from one date to the next. If there are just too many ticks marks grouped together try using the zoom in and zoom out buttons to expand or contract the timeline. That’s all there is to it! Now you can fly around to different spots in the world and explore our archives to see what imagery we have to show of the location. Download ...

Google Earth 5 Plus the Ocean
Google Operating System — Google Earth 5, the latest version of Google's 3D geo-browser, brings an important feature from the discontinued Google Earth Plus, which used to cost $20/year. You can now read tracks and waypoints from a GPS device like Magellan and Garmin and you can import GPS files in GPX and LOC format. ...

Google Earth 5 gets wet and goes back in time
The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) — ... After a while you just stop doubting the power of Google. Now for your planetary voyeuristic pleasure the big G has released version 5 of the eponymous Google Earth, bringing with it the power to turn back time and plumb the ocean depths. Or something like that. ...

Chat With a Martian in Google Earth 5
Google Operating System — Open the latest version of Google Earth, switch to "Mars" and search for "Meliza". Click on the small robotic icon and you'll be able to chat with Meliza*, a friendly A.I. chatbot Martian created by Google. A message informs Earthlings that "Meliza is using an account on a different planet. There may be translation errors." ...

Google Earth for Martians - Chat, explore Mars
D' Technology Weblog — ... The rover panoramas are displayed in Street View style, allowing you to both pan around and zoom all the way in to see details. So download the latest version of Google Earth, and check out the new “planets” button on the toolbar to see Mars in all its 3D glory. ...

Google Earth 5.0 Adds Oceans, Mars, and Time Travel
TidBITS: Mac News for the Rest of Us — ... Google Earth 5.0, the latest version of the popular 3D earth visualization tool, unleashes several major new features and loads of additional content. New additions include the capability to view 3D bathymetric maps of the ocean's floor, thumb through historic maps and satellite imagery, explore the surface of Mars, and record journeys within Google Earth to share with other users. ...

The Fate of Google Earth: 5.0 and Beyond
Technologizer — ... I’m not quite sure if I’m ready to declare Google Earth as Google’s most amazing product. But this seems safe to say: It’s the one with the most potential. Version 5.0, which Google unveiled on Monday with an ...

Fun with Google Earth Walt Disney World 3D
Gadgetell — ... down the street. To view other Disney parks including Animal Kingdom, Epcot, and Hollywood Studios, zoom out and follow the colored Mickey Mouse icons.  Or, click the yellow Walt Disney World in 3D Mickey Mouse icon to display the Disney 3D main window. If you want to take a trip to Disney World in Orlando, Florida but can’t afford the cost right now, a virtual trip using Google Earth Walt Disney World 3D is your next best thing. Site: [Google Earth] Full Story » | Written by Daniel ...

Getting close up and personal with marine life in Google Earth
Gadgetell — ... Learning about the endangered species of our world is important, and Google Earth’s new undersea adventures using the ARKive Endangered Ocean layer is both entertaining and educational. Read: [http://earth.google.com] Full Story » | Written by Daniel J. Gansle for Gadgetell. | Comment on this Article » ...

Google Earth 5.0
Tech Blog — ... Google Earth 5.0 lets users "fly anywhere on Earth to view satellite imagery, maps, terrain, 3D buildings, from galaxies in outer space to the canyons of the ocean." Continue reading for a video demonstration. You can explore rich geographical content, save your toured places, and share with others. [via Google]

Google Earth: Tour 3D models in Ocean layer
D' Technology Weblog — ... a series of 3D models to highlight the new Ocean layer. Just install version 5.0, turn on 3D Buildings layer, and  ...

Make contact with First Contact
The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) — ... The game is rendered in beautiful 3D and the inferface takes some cues from Google Earth. You can rotate your planet and zoom in or out with finger gestures. You'll need to be doing that, because the incoming nasties can hide behind your planet and you have to keep things moving to protect your colonies. You touch all the targets, and your defense system launches missiles to prevent them from finding their targets. Of course, as the game progresses, you'll be moving pretty fast to keep up with the increasing threat. ...

Google Earth's 'Atlantis' Just A Data Glitch
TechWeb — ... effectively rebuts The Sun 's story, the growing importance of geospatial applications like Google Earth and Google Maps for scientific, cultural, social, and security endeavors shouldn't be discounted. Thanks to the widespread access to satellite imagery made possible by tools like Google Earth, people have discovered new species , hidden marijuana fields , a suspected shipwreck site , and an old Roman villa . And they're using geo-applications to protect human rights and the environment , and locate ...

Google Earth's 'Atlantis' Just A Data Glitch
InformationWeek - All Stories And Blogs — ... effectively rebuts The Sun 's story, the growing importance of geospatial applications like Google Earth and Google Maps for scientific, cultural, social, and security endeavors shouldn't be discounted. Thanks to the widespread access to satellite imagery made possible by tools like Google Earth, people have discovered new species , hidden marijuana fields , a suspected shipwreck site , and an old Roman villa . And they're using geo-applications to protect human rights and the environment , and locate ...

Google Ocean watchers may have found Atlantis
TG Daily - All News — Chicago (IL) - A Google Ocean image of an underwater section of the Atlantic ocean at 31 15'15.53N 24 15'30.53W is drawing wide attention as a possible location of the lost city of Atlantis. The location is about 700 miles off the coasts of Morocco and Portugal and fits in very nicely with the whereabouts of Atlantis, as described by Plato. Image Image taken from Google Ocean , a feature of Google Earth -- an interactive 3D view of the globe as seen from space. Google Earth allows viewers to go on virtual aerial tours of many famous ...

UPDATED: Google Ocean watchers may have found Atlantis
TG Daily - All News — Chicago (IL) - A Google Ocean image of an underwater section of the Atlantic ocean at 31 15'15.53N 24 15'30.53W is drawing wide attention as a possible location of the lost city of Atlantis. The location is about 700 miles off the coasts of Morocco and Portugal and fits in very nicely with the whereabouts of Atlantis, as described by Plato. Image Image taken from Google Ocean , a feature of Google Earth -- an interactive 3D view of the globe as seen from space. Google Earth allows viewers to go on virtual aerial tours of many famous ...

Google Ocean
New Mobilities: Ce-more about what's happening in the mobile world — ... The tool will allow users to fly beyond the beach and, in place of the flat seabed image of previous versions, see a shimmering, semi-transparent sea. Dive beneath it and the oceanic mountain ranges, trenches and abyssal plains are there for all to see. To try all that for yourself, download the latest version of the Google Earth software. ...

Google Chrome, Bundled with RealPlayer
Google Operating System — If you try to install RealPlayer, a media player available at real.com, you'll notice that the setup downloads Google Chrome. The option to install Google's browser is enabled by default and I assume that most people will not bother to disable it. RealPlayer seems to be first third-party application used to promote Google Chrome. The browser has replaced Firefox in Google Pack and it's installed along with Google Earth if you're not paying attention. ...

The Bill To Blur Google Earth
InformationWeek - All Stories And Blogs — ... , Mar 12, 2009 07:01 PM [image] The satellite imagery in Google Earth and Google Maps is the equivalent of yelling fire in a crowded movie theater, which is to say that it's not protected by the First Amendment right to free speech. That loopy bit of pseudo-logic comes from California Assemblyman Joel Anderson who is ...

Top 9 Tech Updates: Photosynth, Geocaching, Google Earth, and More
Xconomy — ... , I wrote about Google Earth 4.3, which featured improved navigation and a larger crop of 3-D buildings. The latest version of the world’s most popular geo-browser, Google Earth 5.0, came out in the middle of last month. The coolest improvements: a fantastic view of the ocean floor, the ability to delve back in time and see aerial imagery from the 1980s and earlier, and imagery for Mars as well as Earth and the Moon. ...

Why are there canals on (Google) Mars?
VentureBeat — ... Not satisfied with exploring the 3D version of our planet in Google Earth? Well, you can check out the red planet, too, with ...

Google Earth Used For Crimes: Pretend You're Surprised
InformationWeek - All Stories And Blogs — ... , Mar 16, 2009 06:09 PM [image] When a thief uses a tool to commit a crime, the tool usually isn't featured prominently in the story unless it's particularly odd. "Car Used To Help Robbers Escape" would make a poor headline. Yet Google Earth , used by hundreds of millions worldwide, always shows up in headlines when used for ill. The U.K.'s Telegraph, for example, is ...

Microsoft building a bridge. Use Google SketchUp to make it and win!
ithinkdifferent — ... model the world. Are you in awe of the engineering that goes into designing a bridge? Do you have a favorite local, famous, or historical bridge you’d like to see in Google Earth? Now you have a chance to show off your modeling skills and make that dream a reality by entering the Google SketchUp International 2009 Student Bridge Modeling Competition. Simply model the bridges of your choice in Google SketchUp, geo-reference them in Google Earth and submit them by uploading to the Google 3D Warehouse to earn lasting online glory and, for the ...

Inspired by Google Earth - teenager paints 60ft penis on his roof
Gadling — ... When 18 year old Roy McInnes watched a TV show about Google Earth, he decided to play a little prank on the photo snapping satellites. ...

UnPirate: Free map app alternatives to Microsoft Streets and Trips
Gadgetell — ... Get around with Google Earth Google Earth has been one of the mostly wildly popular free map software applications for some time now.  You can explore maps in 3D imagery as well as find local addresses and businesses with real imagery.  You can record your tour as well as hear an audio guide walk you through the different maps. [Google Earth] ...

Spanish students beat NASA
MAKE Magazine — ... 'Meteotek was our experiment to see if we could accurately measure the Earth's atmospheric conditions at 30,000 metres, take pictures to prove the experiment and then recover the instruments attached to the balloon after its deflation,' said team leader Paretas, 18. 'We were overwhelmed at our results, especially the photographs. To send our handmade craft to the edge of space is incredible.' Their use of Google Earth was integrated into the project and provides some nice mashups of their data. It's ...

Celebrate Earth Day with these 5 Amazing Google Earth Tricks
Maximum PC all RSS Feed — ... Dust off your Google Earth application (or download it, if you don’t already have it) as we’re going to show you five amazing things Google Earth can do to celebrate Earth Day. ...

English alphabet found on Google Earth
Techradar - All the latest technology news — ... Dashwood achieved this, in his own words, by "just pressing the cursor up, up, up" with the letter K being the hardest one to find. Easy as 1-2-3 "I found them exactly as you think I might have," he said. "Slowly moving from page to page over the maps and visually scanning. "I did it in my spare time — it was better than doing a sudoku," he added, somewhat dryly. "I set a little puzzle for myself." If you find anything of interest in Google Earth that you think we should be aware of, be sure to let us know! ...

Google Earth Helps Solve A Plane Crash Mystery
TechCrunch — ... The idea behind Google Earth has always been a powerful one: It allows users to explore places that they either can’t or won’t go. But with its vast amount of maps and topographical data, it also is a very powerful tool for combing the Earth — and that can be very useful when you’re searching for something. Which is exactly how it helped a grieving family find a plane that crashed, and took the lives of loved ones, that had been missing for over two years. ...

Google Earth helps solve a plane crash mystery
CrunchGear — The idea behind Google Earth has always been a powerful one: It allows users to explore places that they either can't or won't go. But with its vast amount of maps and topographical data, it also is a very powerful tool for combing the Earth -- and that can be very useful when you're searching for something. Which is exactly how it helped a grieving family find a plane that crashed, and took the lives of loved ones, that had been missing for over two years. Despite countless time spent searching all the areas in Arizona that authorities and the family thought the plane ...

Macs on the front lines tracking Influenza A(H1N1) virus
The Apple Core — ... mostly because of the fact that they have both a nice user interface and a Unix based OS.  We work both with graphics ( Google Earth ) and command line applications ( ...

VisualGPS releases BeeLineGPS v1.90
Mobility Site — ... apps I used (successfully, I might add…) on my pocket PCs was BeeLineGPS by VisualGPS.  Now updated to version 1.90, this handy piece of software can be a geocacher’s all-in-one outdoor tool and is perfect for hikers, fishermen, hunters  and other outdoor enthusiasts, providing a convenient paperless solution to managing waypoints. Feature-rich, BeeLineGPS  offers the following: Tracks Export Tracks to Google Earth KML files (learn more… ...

App Mapping War Casualties Debuts for Memorial Day Weekend
ReadWriteWeb — ... East over the past eight years; as of today, one memorial offers perhaps the most comprehensive and deeply detailed picture of the human cost to date. A new app, Map the Fallen, gathers and aggregates information on war casualties in the Middle East from U.S. and coalition nations, giving dead servicemembers' names, ages, pictures, hometowns, places of death, and the cause or incident of death. Sponsor The app mashes up data from Google Earth 5.0, the Department of Defense's Statistical Information Analysis Division, ...

Map the Fallen: Honoring U.S. Troops Through Google Earth
The Inquisitr » Technology — ... the way through March of this year. “I recognize that this map is just a slice of the story in these conflicts,” its creator says. “The Iraqi and Afghani people have incurred substantial civilian losses through these wars; there are also U.S. and Coalition civilians, contractors, and reporters who have died as well.” You can read more about the Map the Fallen project here and can download its software here. Note that you need to have Google Earth 5.0 installed for the program to work. ...

Google Earth Is Now Open For Businesses
TechCrunch — Google Earth has proven to be a powerful and useful tool for combing the Earth.  The virtual-earth application has helped solve a plane crash mystery, was used for a marijuana bust and lets you explore Disneyland Paris. Now, Google Earth is adding something more practical It will let you see businesses and related information on both its desktop and iPhone apps. By adding a “Businesses” layer to Google Earth, you’ll be able to see businesses by default when you start the application. Google Earth will list ...

The Convoluted Nature of Social Media and History
WebProNews Feed — ... and Google Earth, the portrait of our world as it stands today will be far more complete and multi-experienced for historians of the future than any other age that has come before. For those of us who write blogs or upload photos, the scope of our actions are easy to forget or minimalize. But we are the new historians of our time and our content will one day be history - and probably for more than just ourselves. It's a humbling to imagine your own words on this scale ... particularly when you think of who could be reading them a long time from ...

Design It: Shelter Competition - Google Architectural Contest
D' Technology Weblog — To mark 142nd birthday of Frank Lloyd Wright, Google launched the “Design It: Shelter Competition”. To enter, design a small structure where someone might sleep and work, conform to size constraints for a specific site anywhere in the world and geo-located in Google Earth using Google SketchUp. When you're done, upload it to the Google 3D Warehouse, then fill out the submission form on the Guggenheim. ...

Store GPS coordinates in URLs in Address Book
MacOSXHints.com — Here's a tip on saving GPS coordinates in Address Book. First, it's lame that GPS coordinates are not a standard field type. Often a mailing address used for GPS will miss the mark by a mile, literally. For some contacts, I use Google Earth to drop a pin on the exact spot, then copy a URL which I save in Address Book. ...

Feeling Tweety in 'Web Site Story'
Bits — ... “Waterworld the Musical” and “Food Court Musical.” ). The music and dancing in the slickly produced piece mimic “West Side Story” almost note for note. “I was a theater nerd with a love for Sondheim ,” said Mr. Reich, who as a teenager played Action from “West Side Story” as part of a high school musical review. Instead of star-crossed romance on the streets of New York, Mr. Reich’s version follows a group of people who love Web sites, including Hulu , Google Earth and Twitter. Read more…

Bits: Feeling Tweety in 'Web Site Story'
NYT > Technology — ... “Waterworld the Musical” and “Food Court Musical.” ). The music and dancing in the slickly produced piece mimic “West Side Story” almost note for note. “I was a theater nerd with a love for Sondheim ,” said Mr. Reich, who as a teenager played Action from “West Side Story” as part of a high school musical review. Instead of star-crossed romance on the streets of New York, Mr. Reich’s version follows a group of people who love Web sites, including Hulu , Google Earth and Twitter. Read more…

Explore the Moon in Google Earth
Google Operating System — After adding the ocean, the sky, Mars, Google Earth now has imagery from the moon. Forty years after the moon landing, you can explore the Earth's natural satellite in 3D. "Each of the Apollo landing missions is chronicled in detail through pictures and stories. We've even embedded video footage from Spacecraft Films that covers the most well-known moments on the surface. There are also immersive lunar surface panoramas, composed of photos taken by the astronauts themselves, presented for the first time in a 3D Street View style ...

To the Moon With Google
Technologizer — ... Google is celebrating the 40th anniversary of Apollo 11 in the most logical way possible: It’s added the moon to Google Earth in much the same way it ...

With Google’s ongoing lack of innovation, should they return back to being resourceful?
Josh Chandler — ... and Google Earth, but we shouldn’t keep pushing Google too become this monopoly in technology when we all actively complain of it’s issues with ...

Google Earth Goes to the Moon
ReadWriteWeb — ... in Google Earth. Moon in Google Earth features a 3D model of the moon with both current and historic images, panoramic, street view-like photos, and models of numerous lunar landers, as well as guided tours with videos (one by Buzz Aldrin). Google unveiled this new layer at the ...

Google Earth adds a detailed Moon map
VentureBeat — ... On the 40th anniversary of Neil Armstrong’s first human walk on the moon, Google today released a new version of its Google Earth exploratory software that includes a map of the Moon with enough goodies to tie you up for hours. Google’s clickable data includes not only photos and videos but short stories about the Apollo missions’ activities on the Moon, and some of the more intriguing facets of the Moon’s surface. ...

Google Earth gets 3D moon maps
Betanews — ... satellite, and even an Apollo 11 guided tour narrated by Space Journalist Andrew Chaikin and former astronaut Buzz Aldrin. Google actually announced that it was mapping the surface of the Earth exactly four years ago, on the less ceremonious 36th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon mission. The Moon joins Mars in Google Earth, which was added in 2006, and 100 million known stars which were added to the program in 2007 with Sky. Google Earth is free to download. Copyright Betanews, Inc. ...

Google Earth Now Includes Moon, Lunar Landing Happening 40 Years Ago Now
OhGizmo! — ... Today is the 40th anniversary of the landing of Apollo 11 on the moon, and Google has added a new moon feature to Google Earth, allowing you to zoom around the moon and take tours of the landing sites narrated by the astronauts themselves. If you have Google Earth 5.0 installed, you can get to the moon by clicking the planet button on the top toolbar and selecting the moon. If not, you can download Google Earth for free, here. ...

Google Maps gets more landmarks, points of interest
Webware.com — ... In Google Earth (Google's globe software) this layer of information is something you can turn on and off, however for Maps, Google has decided simply to bake it in. It's definitely a logical next step, considering Google ...

Google Earth 5.1 for ‘faster, smoother experience when flying around globe’
D' Technology Weblog — ... like “speed improvement, improved memory utilization, improved shaders, reduced stuttering, compression technology now use less memory and graphics resources, improved start-up time by 25%, and alos made Google Earth API calls significantly faster.” Finally, the browser plug-in is automatically included when you install Google Earth (PC-only for now.) Download: Google Earth 5.1 ...

Google Earth 5.1 Is Faster
Google Operating System — Google's 3D Earth browser has been updated and the latest build, 5.1.3506.3999, loads faster and it's snappier. "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 inside your graphics processor) to make the atmosphere draw faster. We also worked to reduce stuttering (known as frame drops) to provide an even smoother experience as you fly around the globe. When we draw imagery, we now use compression technology ...

Google SketchUp Release Enables Modeling
ReadWriteWeb — If you've ever used AutoCAD, you'll know why Google's SketchUp is a pleasure to work with. The latest 7.1 release of SketchUp includes Get Photo Texture, Nearby Models and a new Upload Component. Using Google Earth, SketchUp and Google Maps, the company offers a number of quick modeling solutions. After importing a Google Earth snapshot and allowing Google's 3D warehouse to geo-locate your model you can digitally remodel almost any mapped structure. Sponsor ...

NexCAVE, visualización en 3D llevado al máximo
Gizmología — ... Este sistema 3D se puede usar para visualizar, por ejemplo, unos complicados planos. Al poder moverse en todas las direcciones se puede ver desde todas las perspectivas una casa en plano. También navegar por todo el mundo usando Google Earth. ...

Augmented Reality brings Google Earth to Life
Gadget Venue — ... Although Google Earth is a fantastic program allowing you to quickly zoom in and out of most of the earth with an excellent amount of detail, what it still lacks is life as everything you look at is static. ...

Google Launches 3D Building Maker Tool
Search Engine Journal — ... to sign in to your Google Account (so you get credit for what you contribute). Models you create with Building Maker “live” in the Google 3D Warehouse (a giant, online repository of 3D models). You can use Google SketchUp (our free, general-purpose 3D modeling tool) to edit or otherwise modify anything you make with Building Maker. Make sure you have the latest version of Google Earth installed on your computer. If you’re on a Mac, you ...

Google Building Maker arrives
Techradar - All the latest technology news — ... a three-dimensional model of every built structure on Earth?" Asked Google's official blog,. " How do we make sure it's accurate, that it stays current and that it's useful to everyone who might want to use it? "One of the best ways to get a big project done — and done well — is to open it up to the world. As such, today we're announcing the launch of Google Building Maker, a fun and simple (and crazy addictive, it turns out) tool for creating buildings for Google Earth." So how exactly does it work? Google explains: "Basically, you pick a ...

Google Building Maker Review
Gadget Venue — Google [GOOG] have created Google Building Maker which is a program that allows you to create 3D buildings for Google Earth. By using this software you become part of a world wide team that is creating a virtual planet a single building at a time (although you don’t get paid, it’s all done with a passion for wanting to create something cool). To get the software you need to load up the Google Building Maker page (link above) and click to download a 3D plugin the loads right up in your browser. After that you are presented with a ...

69 Awesomely Free Snow Leopard Compatible Apps
Mac|Life all RSS Feed — ... tasks: Create, resize, encrypt, burn disk images, and more.   Gawker - Make a video of a flower blooming or your roomate lounging around.   Uses your iSight to make a time-lapse video you can watch in QuickTime.   Gimp - I'm making purdy pictures.    Powerful open-source image editor. The Photoshop of the open-source world.   Google Earth - I ...

Clearing the Cache — Google Edition [WebWorkerDaily]
GigaOM Network — ... is an insanely addictive way to look at your city and contribute 3D building models to Google Earth. Be careful before you click, you could lose hours here. ...

Google Earth/Maps imagery updates
D' Technology Weblog — Google released November imagery update; Also announced of embedding a web-based Google Earth view of released updates, and continue to link to KML file for viewing inside Google Earth app. In addition, you also can share new imagery finds with Google using Twitter by adding #GEarthIMG hashtag to your tweets. For some added fun, point Twittersphere to precise location using EarthURL.org. ...

Google Earth updates iPhone app
Macworld — ... , and quickly rose to the top of the App Store charts. Like the ubiquitous desktop version , it allows you to “fly” across the globe, touching down at the cities and locales you’ve chosen. You can indulge in panoramic views or check out the rooftop of your childhood home, all courtesy of highly-detailed satellite images. You can tilt your iPhone to view hilly topography and take advantage of the iPhone's location services to zoom into your current position. And of course, you can tap businesses on the map to find out what’s nearby. Google Earth 2.0 improves the way you select ...

Google Earth 5.1 final for Mac and PC
D' Technology Weblog — ... so a lot of adjustments under the hood are made to make flying around the globe faster and smoother. After few more tweaks and bug fixes, Google now removed the beta tag from Google Earth 5.1. This release also includes the Google Earth browser plug-in for Mac users, all in the same installation. Both Mac and PC users can explore all of the exciting Google Earth sites that developers have made without having to mess around with another installation. More info: Download ...

Using Google’s Building Maker to Change the Face of Boston
Xconomy — ... tool, released last month. The Web-based software lets you easily create beautifully textured 3-D models of real buildings by matching up simple digital shapes with information from Google’s aerial photographs of major cities. You can store your finished models in Google’s 3-D Warehouse and submit them to Google for “publication.” If a model is well-constructed and no one else has built a better version, Google will insert it into Google Earth itself. ...

61 Free Apps We're Most Thankful For [Downloads]
Lifehacker — ... as the Ultimate Password Syncer ) Opera (see also: Opera 10.10 with Unite Media Server Released ) AVG (see also: AVG 9 Free Now Available for Download ) Digsby (see also: Five Best Instant Messengers , Digsby Sees the Light, Removes (Some) Bundled Crapware ) Google Reader (see also: Our full Google Reader coverage ) Winamp (see also: Win7shell Adds Windows 7 Jump List Support to Winamp ) Google Earth (see also: Google Earth 5.1 Speeds Up Your World Browsing ) TeraCopy ...