techcrunch.com - 4/26/2009
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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 ...
sfgate.com - 5/2/2009
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sfgate.com —
But Google failed to judge how its offering
would be received, as it has often done in...
Japan. The company is now facing inquiries from the Justice Ministry and angry accusations of prejudice because its maps detailed the locations of former low-caste ...
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Old Japanese maps on Google Earth unveil secrets
t3.com - 4/27/2009
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t3.com —
Peering at the pyramids is just a finger
swipe away The virtual globe makes its first outing...
into the mobile world as the popular Google application arrives for the iPhone and the iPod Touch. Far from a scaled down young pretender to the desktop ...
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Google Earth lands on iPhone and iPod Touch | T3 magazine
earth2tech.com - 4/27/2009
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earth2tech.com —
There are two types of ideas out there.
The baby-shaking-iPhone-game type (bad). And the add-cherry-syrup-to-Coca-Cola kind (good)....
Here’s a really good idea that Google can use that could make a serious dent in climate change: add carbon ...
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Why Google Should Add Carbon Emissions Data to Google Maps
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... - The search engine, which computes responses from a pool of curated expert data, is not a "Google killer" though. It is very different. • Google Earth Helps Solve A Plane Crash Mystery - It helps find the wreckage of plane that went down more than two years ago. • ...
Roundup: Pleo is dead, Twitter spreads swine flu, Google earth solves plane crash and more
VentureBeat —
... Google Earth solves plane crash mystery — A Google Earth user spotted satellite images of a forest fire taken the same day as a plane disappeared, helping to locate the wreckage and provide, albeit not happy, closure for the families of its two passengers. TechCrunch has the story. ...
Google Earth Used To Find Downed Airplane
Maximum PC all RSS Feed —
... Google Earth has already been used to find Atlantis (sort of), help British looters, and even allow you to explore Mars. But, thanks to a determined rescuer, it’s now been used to track down previously hidden airplane wreckage. ...
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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 ...
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