Google Earth

Link Roundup: Mid-July Edition
Facebook app whereyougonnabe? gets an upgrade focusing on integration with other platforms (previously). Diana Eid takes a look at map art, focusing on three artists we’ve seen before: Matthew Cusick, Elisabeth Lecourt and Susan Stockwell (via GeoCarta). On the… »
Posted on Saturday, July 19, 2008 at 8:43 AM
Categories: Art, Blogs, Copyright, Facebook, Geotagging, Google Earth, Map Projections, Triangulations (Links), Video
More Nautical Charts in Google Earth
Another collection of nautical charts for use within Google Earth, this time from Navimatics (KML link). The marine maps cover the coastline of the lower 48, and are derived from NOAA’s Electronic Navigational Charts. Via Ogle Earth and Free… »
Posted on Friday, July 18, 2008 at 2:56 PM
Categories: Google Earth, Nautical
51 Things You Aren’t Allowed to See on Google Maps
Blurred Out: 51 Things You Aren’t Allowed to See on Google Maps, a compilation of locations whose aerial imagery has been obscured in Google Earth and Maps. Categories range from government and military facilities to power generation sites; the list… »
Posted on Friday, July 18, 2008 at 10:23 AM
Categories: Censorship & Security, Google Earth, Online Maps, Satellite & Aerial
Google Earth Imagery Updated
Google Earth Blog has a roundup of the latest imagery updates to Google Earth. Update, 7/16: Google LatLong post…. »
Posted on Monday, July 14, 2008 at 7:36 AM
Categories: Google Earth, Satellite & Aerial
Three Blogs
Google Earth Design has been around for more than a year, but I’ve apparently missed it until now; the subject of good map design within Google Earth seems a laudable one. Ryan Strynatka writes about his blog, The Fiducial… »
Posted on Wednesday, July 9, 2008 at 9:27 AM
Categories: Blogs, GIS, Google Earth
Holographic Google Earth
This is interesting: a video demonstrating a touchless, holographic interface using Google Earth. The projection is 2D, not 3D; think of it as a screen projected in midair, not a fully rotatable virtual globe in three dimensions. Via Google Earth… »
Posted on Wednesday, July 9, 2008 at 9:21 AM
Categories: Google Earth
Google Earth in a Web Browser
Google has announced a new plug-in and API that will allow Google Earth to be run from within a browser, once the plug-in has been downloaded. Windows-only so far (but most browsers on Windows), so I can’t add to what… »
Posted on Wednesday, May 28, 2008 at 8:11 PM
Categories: Google Earth, Hacks & Mashups
Cyclone Nargis in Google Earth
Links to Cyclone Nargis-related data viewable in Google Earth are available at Google Earth Blog, Google LatLong and humanitarian.info. Via Ogle Earth. Previously: Cyclone Nargis; More on Cyclone Nargis and Burma…. »
Posted on Monday, May 12, 2008 at 7:39 AM
Categories: Current Events, Google Earth
More on Cyclone Nargis and Burma
More on the devastation wrought on Burma (Myanmar) by Cyclone Nargis: UNOSAT has maps of the affected regions (as PDF files); the maps show the extent of flooding and the villages that have been completely submerged or flooded. Via Glenn…. »
Posted on Saturday, May 10, 2008 at 11:02 AM
Categories: Current Events, Google Earth, Satellite & Aerial
The Media and Google Earth’s Satellite Imagery
What drives Glenn nuts about media coverage of Google Earth “is that most of these ‘writers’ refer to the imagery as being ‘Google’s’ as if a big bird is circling the Earth capturing high-res imagery almost daily. Hey man, the… »
Posted on Sunday, April 13, 2008 at 6:37 PM
Categories: Google Earth, Satellite & Aerial
Google and Disputed Place Names
How does a global mapping provider like Google deal with disputed map names? (Think, for example, of Iran’s campaign in favour of the Persian Gulf instead of the Arabian Gulf, or South Korea’s on behalf of the East Sea instead… »
Posted on Tuesday, April 8, 2008 at 8:00 PM
Categories: Google Earth, Toponyms
Contour Lines and Other Stories: A Google Roundup
Contour lines have been added to Google Maps’s terrain map layer, which adds its their usefulness (especially, for example, in a mountain context). But it has some way to go before it’s a suitable replacement for a topo map;… »
Posted on Friday, April 4, 2008 at 9:31 AM
Categories: Blogs, Google Earth, Hacks & Mashups, Mass Transit, Online Maps, Topo Maps & Trails
Google Sky Lawsuit
A contractor is suing Google for allegedly stealing the idea for Google Earth’s Sky feature. Stefan argues that the lawsuit is “demonstrably frivolous,” citing evidence that the contractor was not the first person to moot the idea. From my perspective,… »
Posted on Sunday, February 17, 2008 at 10:13 PM
Categories: Astronomy, Google Earth
Light Pollution Maps
Light pollution is the bane of astronomers worldwide. Cities generate so much light that their glow can be seen from great distances; that sky glow interferes with astronomical observations, reducing what can be seen, both with the naked eye and… »
Posted on Sunday, February 3, 2008 at 11:46 AM
Categories: Astronomy, Google Earth
Google Sky Updated, API Supports Astronomy Layers
I still find the Google Sky interface less appealing than some dedicated planetarium software I’ve tried, but I’m still interested in the most recent updates, including, among other things, imagery from space-based telescopes and imagery layers from 17th-century celestial… »
Posted on Sunday, January 20, 2008 at 9:56 AM
Categories: Astronomy, Google Earth, Hacks & Mashups
Our Dumb World Online
Catholicgauze points out that some content from The Onion’s Our Dumb World (reviewed here) is being put online, a bit more each week, both as a Google Maps mashup and a Google Earth layer; brief bullet-point-sized excerpts in each case…. »
Posted on Sunday, January 20, 2008 at 7:43 AM
Categories: Google Earth, Hacks & Mashups
Google Updates: Imagery and Transit
A couple of quick updates about Google’s mapping stuff — quick updates seem to be all I have time or energy for at the moment, what with the full-time contract and the resulting lengthy commute. Google Transit’s features have been… »
Posted on Wednesday, October 3, 2007 at 7:43 PM
Categories: Google Earth, Mass Transit, Online Maps, Satellite & Aerial
Sky in Google Earth
Google Earth 4.2 was released overnight. Perhaps you’ve heard about one of its new features — and I don’t mean support for KML 2.2. Sky in Google Earth: click on the Sky button and the program transforms itself from an… »
Posted on Wednesday, August 22, 2007 at 7:09 PM
Categories: Astronomy, Google Earth
Google, Censorship and Washington, D.C.: An Update
Nikolas Schiller writes: The other day you featured my analysis concerning Google’s censorship of downtown Washington, D.C. I am contacting you with two updates concerning this research. 1. I discovered that the area in question is the exact same area… »
Posted on Monday, July 30, 2007 at 9:31 PM
Categories: Censorship & Security, Google Earth, Satellite & Aerial
A Cryptic Imagery Update
Google announces the latest Google Earth imagery update with a cryptic blog entry inviting us to guess from the clues; those with less patience can turn to Digital Earth Blog for the answers. (Update: Google’s official answers.) If the Ottawa-area… »
Posted on Monday, July 30, 2007 at 8:09 PM
Categories: Google Earth, Satellite & Aerial
Google, Censorship and Washington, D.C.
Nikolas Schiller writes to point out an article in today’s Washington Post about Google’s updated imagery of Washington, D.C., and how Google massaged the fact that the most recent imagery available — 2005 imagery from the USGS — censored several… »
Posted on Sunday, July 22, 2007 at 7:51 PM
Categories: Censorship & Security, Google Earth, Satellite & Aerial
How Google Earth Really Works
Don’t miss this article if you’re at all curious about how Google Earth works on a technical level — how data measured in terabytes and terapixels get sent over a relatively straitened Internet connection and processed by a relatively limited… »
Posted on Wednesday, July 4, 2007 at 12:16 PM
Categories: Google Earth
Wired’s July Issue: Google Maps and the Hyperlocal Future
Google Maps Is Changing the Way We See the World, from Wired’s July issue, is a far-reaching state-of-the-topic article that looks at Google’s mapmaking ventures and the tremendous amount of amateur mapmaking it’s stimulated. Covers all the bases. Noteworthy: “Today,… »
Posted on Friday, June 29, 2007 at 1:30 PM
Categories: Google Earth, Hacks & Mashups, Online Maps
Censoring Satellite Imagery at the Source
Even though the new street-level imagery from Google is getting all the attention lately, the issue of censoring satellite and aerial imagery has not gone away. Not by a long shot. Via Ogle Earth: Henri Willox noted yesterday that French… »
Posted on Monday, June 4, 2007 at 1:58 PM
Categories: Censorship & Security, Google Earth, Satellite & Aerial
Google Earth Imagery and Terrain Update
A big update to Google Earth’s imagery and terrain layers on Saturday that includes Canadian, German and French cities, U.S. counties, Japanese cities/regions, 50-cm-resolution imagery for England, 60-cm imagery for many areas including Antarctica and Greenland, and 10-metre terrain for… »
Posted on Monday, June 4, 2007 at 7:12 AM
Categories: Google Earth, Satellite & Aerial
Google Finally Gets a Map Blog
Yahoo and Microsoft have had mapping blogs for a while, but not Google — at least not until today, when the Google Lat Long Blog, which covers Maps, Earth, Local and the mapping API, made its debut. Now where’s the… »
Posted on Wednesday, May 9, 2007 at 8:00 PM
Categories: Blogs, Google Earth, Hacks & Mashups, Online Maps
Google Earth 4.1 Beta
Frank and Stefan report on a new beta version, version 4.1, of Google Earth. Improvements include SpaceNavigator compatibility in the Mac version, more languages, tips and a feature allowing you to view the same thing in Google Maps. Previously: Google… »
Posted on Wednesday, May 9, 2007 at 11:04 AM
Categories: Google Earth
Google Earth’s Source Images
From last year, a brief article on Google’s Librarian Central on the sources of Google Earth imagery. We collect it via airplane and satellite, but also just about any way you can imagine getting a camera above the Earth’s surface:… »
Posted on Monday, April 30, 2007 at 8:28 AM
Categories: Google Earth, Satellite & Aerial
Matt Fox’s Google Earth Library
Matt Fox, whose work we’ve seen before, has started a new blog about Google Earth content — Google Earth Library — which already has a ferocious amount of material posted. Via Google Earth Blog…. »
Posted on Monday, April 9, 2007 at 6:28 PM
Categories: Blogs, Google Earth
Google Updates New Orleans Imagery
Google has updated its New Orleans imagery in response to the outcry over its decision — made last September — to update that imagery with higher-quality images that were unfortunately, and impolitically, before Hurricane Katrina. The Official Google Blog: [I]n… »
Posted on Monday, April 2, 2007 at 11:37 AM
Categories: Google Earth, New Orleans, Satellite & Aerial
SF Chronicle on Google Earth
A major feature on Google Earth from yesterday’s San Francisco Chronicle, on the front page of the opinion section. Quotes Frank from Google Earth Blog and everything. Covers all the usual bases, from privacy implications to the way it empowers… »
Posted on Monday, April 2, 2007 at 7:45 AM
Categories: Google Earth
Nautical Charts in Google Earth
The data for NOAA’s nautical charts is free and available for download, but not necessarily usable in your software application. EarthNC has taken more than 600 NOAA charts and converted them into something Google Earth can use. They’re selling… »
Posted on Saturday, March 31, 2007 at 4:55 PM
Categories: Google Earth, Nautical
Google Imagery Updates for March 29
Yet another imagery update for Google Earth: updates to Spain, Connecticutt and Austin, Texas; high-resolution imagery for a number of English locations, a number of U.S. counties, the French cities of Poitiers and Rennes, and downtown Vancouver, B.C. Via Ogle… »
Posted on Thursday, March 29, 2007 at 8:51 AM
Categories: Google Earth, Satellite & Aerial
Google Earth Banned in 15 Countries?
A post on Valleywag, which I will quote here because I’m guessing most of you missed it, about Google Earth: “We’re hearing a rumor that the service, which overlays satellite imagery over a map grid, is actually forbidden in no… »
Posted on Thursday, March 29, 2007 at 8:01 AM
Categories: Censorship & Security, Google Earth
UTM Flyer: UTM in Google Earth
UTM Flyer is a small, free program that lets you zoom to a location in Google Earth by entering UTM coordinates; it also converts between UTM and lat/long. Windows-only, so I haven’t tested it. Via Free GeoTools. Previously: New Google… »
Posted on Wednesday, March 28, 2007 at 12:08 PM
Categories: Google Earth, Software
Matt Fox’s Topographic Map Archive as Google Earth Layer
Matt Fox, who georectified the Great Salt Lake bathymetric maps for use as Google Earth overlays, has made available his entire collection of maps through a Google Earth network link. The collection includes topo maps of the western U.S.,… »
Posted on Tuesday, March 13, 2007 at 11:09 AM
Categories: Earth Sciences, Georeferencing, Google Earth, Topo Maps & Trails
Google Earth Layer Updates
Google Earth is updating its content faster than CN is derailing trains nowadays: yesterday’s updates include New Zealand roads and an Appalachian mountaintop removal layer, as well as many updates to many existing layers and folders. Google Earth Blog, Ogle… »
Posted on Sunday, March 11, 2007 at 10:13 AM
Categories: Google Earth
More Google Imagery Updates
Recent updates to the satellite and aerial imagery in Google Maps and Earth include 50-cm resolution imagery for Switzerland and Denmark, high-resolution (10 m) terrain for Switzerland, several French cities, full coverage for Utah and Wyoming, and a number of… »
Posted on Thursday, March 1, 2007 at 1:39 PM
Categories: Google Earth, Online Maps, Satellite & Aerial
A Book Roundup
Much book-related news has been accumulating over here; past time I shared it. Surveying, Mapping and GIS reviews Dava Sobel’s Longitude, a book about John Harrison, who discovered how to determine longitude. I think I need to read this book…. »
Posted on Tuesday, January 23, 2007 at 2:57 PM
Categories: Antique Maps, Astronomy, Books, Cartography, Google Earth, Historical Maps
High-Resolution Satellite Photos of Europe in Google Earth
Stefan broke the news this morning that Spot Image’s 2.5-meter-per-pixel imagery had been added to Google Earth; this is apparently a substantial improvement over the 15-meter-per-pixel base layer. More from Spot Image itself; the countries affected include Belgium, France, Belgium,… »
Posted on Monday, January 22, 2007 at 1:35 PM
Categories: Google Earth, Satellite & Aerial
Two More Blogs
Stefan has discovered two brand-spanking-new blogs that have started up this very month: the Google Earth Hacks blog accompanies the site of the same name; MapWrapper.com is a GIS blog with an interest in earth sciences and remote sensing. Previously:… »
Posted on Monday, January 22, 2007 at 10:11 AM
Categories: Blogs, GIS, Google Earth, Satellite & Aerial
Old Stockholm in Google Earth
Maps of Stockholm from 1625 to 1922 are available as downloadable Google Earth layers; the file sizes can be quite substantial. It’s of interest to me that Google Earth is being deployed as a platform to distribute scans of… »
Posted on Wednesday, January 10, 2007 at 8:27 AM
Categories: Antique Maps, Google Earth
Google Earth 4 Out of Beta
Google Earth 4.0 — or, to be precise, version 4.0.2722 — is now out of beta, Frank and Stefan report. The version 4.0 beta was first released last June…. »
Posted on Tuesday, January 9, 2007 at 2:57 PM
Categories: Google Earth
The Truth About Google Earth
A funny little video about Google Earth from Tais Toi Donc: Via Urban Cartography. Previously: Ground-level Google Maps…. »
Posted on Friday, January 5, 2007 at 8:51 AM
Categories: Google Earth, Video
A Complaint About Google Earth 4’s User Interface
Brian refuses to use Google Earth 4; he’s using version 3.x instead. “Why? Not for any technical reason. No; it’s purely a matter of user interface. It used to be, if not good, at least passable. Now, it’s a pain… »
Posted on Wednesday, December 20, 2006 at 9:26 AM
Categories: Google Earth
More Google Earth Terrain and Imagery Updates
Yet another round of terrain and imagery updates for Google Earth; Stefan and Frank pass along the details. The updates include, among other things, a terrain upgrade for Mt. Saint Helens. Previously: Google Earth Terrain and Imagery Upgrades; Another Google… »
Posted on Monday, December 18, 2006 at 2:24 PM
Categories: Google Earth, Satellite & Aerial
EWG U.S. Mining Database
There has been an explosion in mining claims lately; the Environmental Working Group’s U.S. Mining Database uses the Google Maps API to show active mines and claims on federal lands in the western United States. (There’s also a Google Earth… »
Posted on Sunday, December 17, 2006 at 7:04 PM
Categories: Energy & Resources, Environment, Google Earth, Hacks & Mashups, Satellite & Aerial
Google Earth Layers Roundup
A few new Google Earth layers to tell you about. Data from several web communities — Wikipedia, Panoramio and the Google Earth Community — are also available in a new “Geographic Web” layer. The “London: A Life in Maps” exhibition,… »
Posted on Monday, December 11, 2006 at 12:21 PM
Categories: Google Earth
Google Earth Terrain and Imagery Upgrades
Ogle Earth reports on terrain and imagery upgrades in Google Earth; locations updated include 12 German cities, six British regions, the island of Oahu, and the troubled Sudanese region of Darfur…. »
Posted on Thursday, November 23, 2006 at 8:02 PM
Categories: Google Earth, Satellite & Aerial
Google Earth Roundup: Automator, Rumsey
A couple of Google Earth items that made me happy. First, via Ogle Earth, the Google Earth Automator Pack, a (still-in-development) collection of Automator actions for the Macintosh version of Google Earth. Second, maps from the David Rumsey collection are… »
Posted on Sunday, November 12, 2006 at 10:40 AM
Categories: Antique Maps, Georeferencing, Google Earth, Macintosh
New Features in New Google Earth Beta
A new beta of Google Earth 4 adds previously pay-for features (drawing paths and polygons) to the free version, brings altitude to image overlays (critical for weather, among other things) and includes other refinements, Google Earth Blog reports. See previous… »
Posted on Thursday, November 2, 2006 at 8:40 AM
Categories: Google Earth
Paleogeography and Google Earth
Missed this earlier. Google Earth’s time animation feature is now part of the free version, and Google Earth user Valery Hronusov has taken global paleogeographic data put out by geology professor Ron Blakey — whom we last met thanks… »
Posted on Wednesday, November 1, 2006 at 8:48 AM
Categories: Earth Sciences, Google Earth
Press Freedom in Google Earth
Declan Butler has made a Google Earth layer from Reporters Without Borders’s Annual Worldwide Press Freedom Index. I’m surprised they don’t put out a cartogram themselves. Via La Cartoteca (which just celebrated its first anniversary)…. »
Posted on Monday, October 30, 2006 at 8:44 PM
Categories: Current Events, Google Earth
Ogle Earth on Google Integration Opportunities
Stefan speculates on some of the potential ways that Google’s mapping products could be integrated into its other services and products, as per a recent company directive to make their stuff work together better…. »
Posted on Monday, October 30, 2006 at 8:38 PM
Categories: Google Earth, Online Maps
Google Earth U.S. Election Layers
Google has added election guide and congressional district layers for the 2006 mid-term elections to Google Earth, Google Earth Blog and the Washington Post’s tech blog report (the latter via Ogle Earth). I love electoral maps in general, so of… »
Posted on Monday, October 23, 2006 at 8:11 AM
Categories: Electoral Maps, Google Earth
Google Blogs Google Earth
Google itself is getting into the Google Earth blogging action, but Using Google Earth is a bit more basic, more introductory in its coverage than Stefan and Frank are. It’s written by Google Earth team member John Gardiner. Via Ogle… »
Posted on Tuesday, October 17, 2006 at 6:47 PM
Categories: Blogs, Google Earth
Google Earth in the Classroom
Google for Educators, a web site about using Google’s stuff in the classroom, includes a section on using Google Earth in teaching, including some lesson plans. Via Ogle Earth. There’s also a page on using Google Maps in the classroom,… »
Posted on Thursday, October 12, 2006 at 8:23 AM
Categories: Education, Google Earth
Another Google Imagery Update
Another update to Google’s satellite imagery today, Maps and Earth at the same time. Here’s an announcement. Via Google Earth Blog; I expect Frank Taylor will be adding to the list as more updates are discovered. See previous entry: Google… »
Posted on Tuesday, October 3, 2006 at 3:49 PM
Categories: Google Earth, Online Maps, Satellite & Aerial
Choropleth Map of Flickr Photos
A choropleth map of Flickr photos as a KMZ file for Google Earth; it shows how many photos from each lat/long grid have been uploaded to Flickr. I was intrigued to see that unexpected places like St. Helena and… »
Posted on Tuesday, September 26, 2006 at 8:34 PM
Categories: Geotagging, Google Earth
New Google Earth Beta
Concomitant with yesterday’s update of Google Earth’s layers, a new beta of Google Earth 4 has been released. New features include Japanese-language and timestamp support, but what caught my eye was a new UTM grid overlay (I’m big on UTM)…. »
Posted on Thursday, September 14, 2006 at 10:27 AM
Categories: Google Earth
Onions Have Layers, Google Earth Has Layers
Following on last week’s imagery update, Google Earth today saw a major update to its layers, including new “featured content” layers such as, I was delighted to learn, trail data for U.S. national parks. Also, 3D buildings for Japanese cities…. »
Posted on Wednesday, September 13, 2006 at 1:42 PM
Categories: Google Earth
The Trainspotters of Google Earth
The Trainspotters of Google Earth is a slideshow from Slate on the phenomenon of Google Earth users finding all sorts of arcane locations and caught images: “As a simulacrum of the Earth, Google Earth provides a safe space for unlimited… »
Posted on Friday, August 25, 2006 at 2:00 PM
Categories: Google Earth
Google Earth: Flickr Browsing Tools; Enterprise Blog
If you have a Flickr account and are interested in geotagging, don’t miss Frank’s roundup on Google Earth Blog: Three Flickr Photo Browsing Tools for Google Earth — the point of which is to allow you to browse geotagged Flickr… »
Posted on Friday, August 4, 2006 at 8:20 AM
Categories: Blogs, Geotagging, Google Earth
Forthcoming Books
Two forthcoming books on the horizon: A to Z GIS: An Illustrated Dictionary of Geographic Information Systems (Amazon), a terminology guide from ESRI Press (press release); and Google Earth for Dummies, which is self-explanatory (via Google Earth Blog)…. »
Posted on Wednesday, August 2, 2006 at 3:37 PM
Categories: Books, GIS, Google Earth
DigitalGlobe Imagery Exclusive to Google
Ben has posted an e-mail exchange to the Geowanking mailing list that confirms that, according to a DigitalGlobe representative, “Google has signed an exclusive agreement with us to display our full-resolution imagery on the web,” which means that Google Maps… »
Posted on Tuesday, August 1, 2006 at 5:54 PM
Categories: Google Earth, Hacks & Mashups, Satellite & Aerial
Google Awarded for Katrina Help
Google has received an award for its work — by the Google Earth team and others — during the Hurricane Katrina crisis. Think back to that time and recall how so many people absolutely relied on imagery imported into Google… »
Posted on Tuesday, August 1, 2006 at 7:43 AM
Categories: Google Earth, Hurricanes 2005
An Israel-Lebanon Roundup
A black-and-white graphic from the Globe and Mail (direct link to image). A map-intensive Flash presentation from the Guardian. A Google Earth layer (KMZ format) showing the attacks on both sides — now, of course, it can be viewed… »
Posted on Thursday, July 20, 2006 at 9:00 PM
Categories: Google Earth, Hacks & Mashups, Israel-Lebanon Conflict
Google Roundup: Geo Developer Day Recap; Geotagging in Picasa
A look back on Google’s Geo Developer Day on Monday, with some additional links on the subject. For summaries of the event, look at these reports from MacWorld and Search Engine Watch. The Google Maps API Blog discusses the… »
Posted on Wednesday, June 14, 2006 at 10:29 AM
Categories: Conferences, Geotagging, Google Earth, Hacks & Mashups
Breaking News: Google Earth 4.0
News from Google’s Geo Developer Day, reported by Google Earth Blog, Ogle Earth and The Unofficial Apple Weblog: Google Earth version 4.0 (beta) is now available, with a new interface for all platforms. I say “all platforms,” because there is… »
Posted on Monday, June 12, 2006 at 5:24 PM
Categories: Google Earth, Macintosh
Google Earth Imagery Update
Google Earth Blog and Ogle Earth report that more areas of the planet now have high-resolution imagery in Google Earth, many of which are low-population areas like South Georgia Island, Siberia, the Australian interior and — wow — the Himalayas…. »
Posted on Friday, June 9, 2006 at 8:06 AM
Categories: Google Earth, Satellite & Aerial
17th-Century London in Google Earth
Old meets new: Google Earth layers for London in 1666 and 1690. Suddenly the purpose behind e_Perimetron becomes clear. Via Things Magazine…. »
Posted on Tuesday, June 6, 2006 at 11:54 AM
Categories: Antique Maps, Georeferencing, Google Earth, London
Indonesian Earthquake in Google Earth
Via Kathryn Cramer, Google Earth overlays for last weekend’s earthquake in Indonesia. See previous entry: Indonesian Earthquake…. »
Posted on Friday, June 2, 2006 at 6:56 PM
Categories: Current Events, Google Earth
Severe Weather Imagery for Google Earth
Real-time data (or at least near real-time data) exists in the online mapping world, just not the real-time satellite and aerial imagery that uninformed people get exercised about — take traffic congestion data, for example. Weather data is another possibility… »
Posted on Wednesday, May 31, 2006 at 8:11 PM
Categories: Google Earth, Satellite & Aerial, Weather & Climate
Google Earth vs. World Wind
Via Ogle Earth, a comparison of Google Earth and World Wind. Though I detect a distinct preference for World Wind’s open/free terms of use (it is, after all, a page on World Wind Central’s wiki), it’s quite positive about both… »
Posted on Wednesday, May 31, 2006 at 9:55 AM
Categories: Google Earth, Satellite & Aerial, World Wind
Google Earth Will Be Ported to Linux
Mentioned in passing during coverage of the Linux release of Google’s Picasa photo software is the news that a Linux port of Google Earth has been in the works. From the Linux Today article: [Google Open Source Program Manager Chris]… »
Posted on Tuesday, May 30, 2006 at 7:34 AM
Categories: Google Earth
Major Google Maps European Update
First there was a massive update of Google Earth’s satellite and aerial photography, much of which affected (and improved) the imagery for Europe. Then that imagery was carried over to Google Maps, which again had an impact on European views…. »
Posted on Tuesday, April 25, 2006 at 7:27 AM
Categories: Driving Directions, Google Earth, Online Maps, Satellite & Aerial
Triangulations: March 15
Boing Boing reports that the archive of silly Tube maps (previously mentioned here) has gotten into a spot of legal trouble and has been taken offline. As a followup on this question, have a look at Stefan’s post about… »
Posted on Wednesday, March 15, 2006 at 9:06 AM
Categories: Google Earth, Hacks & Mashups, Mass Transit, Topo Maps & Trails, Triangulations (Links)
Google Mars
Google Mars: in the same vein as Google Moon (see previous entry); with visual-spectrum, infrared and elevation imagery. Here’s Google’s FAQ. Via Cartography, amongst many others. (Update: Announcement on the Google Blog.) Also, as Stefan notes, a Mars layer is… »
Posted on Monday, March 13, 2006 at 10:16 AM
Categories: Astronomy, Google Earth
Triangulations: March 13
The Batch Geocoding Blog has a comparison of the Google, MapQuest and Yahoo! mapping APIs; it’s a quick outline of what the author sees as the pros and cons of each. Via Very Spatial. Alex Stengel says MapMemo 2.5… »
Posted on Monday, March 13, 2006 at 10:00 AM
Categories: Blogs, Collecting, Google Earth, Hacks & Mashups, Macintosh, Satellite & Aerial, Triangulations (Links)
Question: Topo Maps in Google Earth?
Evan Roberts asks, Why do you think Google hasn’t integrated USGS topographic quads as a layer in Google Earth? Not enough of a demand? Not relevant to its business model? Don’t want to step on the toes of GPS partners?… »
Posted on Thursday, March 9, 2006 at 8:35 AM
Categories: Google Earth, Hacks & Mashups, Questions, Topo Maps & Trails
Nature on Google Earth
Google Earth makes the cover of this week’s issue of Nature: inside, an article by Declan Butler on the uses of virtual globes by scientists, available free; an editorial and a commentary on the use of Google Earth during natural… »
Posted on Wednesday, February 15, 2006 at 10:27 PM
Categories: Google Earth
Google Earth Roundup
Macworld takes a second look at Google Earth; meanwhile, Google Earth, which was previously Tiger-only, has been quietly made available for OS X 10.3.9. And finally, the first book about Google Earth is finally out — but it’s in German…. »
Posted on Sunday, February 12, 2006 at 10:00 PM
Categories: Books, Google Earth, Macintosh
Google Earth Basics
Our friend Frank Taylor of Google Earth Blog has put together a page of Google Earth Basics for people new to Google Earth. That’s basically me: while I’ve been reporting what I could about Google Earth since its launch, I… »
Posted on Thursday, January 12, 2006 at 4:36 PM
Categories: Google Earth, Satellite & Aerial
Google Earth for Mac Officially Released
A busy day for Mac users, and not just because of the Macworld keynote. Google Earth for the Mac is now officially available (via GPS Review). Key system requirements: OS X 10.4 (Tiger), a 400-MHz processor, and 16 MB of… »
Posted on Tuesday, January 10, 2006 at 3:41 PM
Categories: Google Earth, Macintosh, Satellite & Aerial
Early Reviews of Google Earth for OS X
Frank Bisono and Jaron Brass have managed to take a look at the Google Earth OS X preview that seems to be making the rounds; both have dual or quad G5 Power Macs, so naturally they report good performance. Commenters… »
Posted on Friday, December 9, 2005 at 8:28 AM
Categories: Google Earth, Macintosh, Satellite & Aerial
Google Earth for OS X Being Developed: AppleInsider
Mac rumour site AppleInsider claims that a long-hoped-for OS X version of Google Earth is under development: “Earlier this month, a pre-release version of Google Earth for Mac OS X that uses OpenGL rendering reportedly began making the rounds overseas…. »
Posted on Thursday, December 8, 2005 at 6:49 PM
Categories: Google Earth, Macintosh, Satellite & Aerial
Google Earth: Indian Reactions
Once more into the breach. India is the latest country where concerns are being expressed about the high-resolution imagery in Google Earth, now that several Indian cities have had their photos updated. As usual, the concern is about sensitive installations… »
Posted on Wednesday, September 28, 2005 at 8:54 PM
Categories: Censorship & Security, Google Earth, Satellite & Aerial
State Comptroller Threatens Google
Ogle Earth reports that New York state comptroller Alan Hevesi is the latest politician to freak out about Google Earth as a potential tool for terrorists. But Hevesi does it in a particularly odious manner, invoking his status as trustee… »
Posted on Sunday, September 25, 2005 at 8:28 AM
Categories: Censorship & Security, Google Earth, Satellite & Aerial
That Roman Villa Discovery Story
I’m totally the last person to be reporting this. A couple of weeks ago, Ogle Earth pointed to the story of Italian blogger Luca Mori (whose site seems to be down at the moment), who used Google Maps and Google… »
Posted on Saturday, September 24, 2005 at 3:36 PM
Categories: Google Earth, Online Maps, Satellite & Aerial
Oh No, Not Again: Tracking Hurricane Rita
There are several resources for keeping tabs on the next volley of tropical storms to hit the Gulf of Mexico and Atlantic Ocean. NOAA’s Storm Tracker page for Rita and Philippe has tracking maps and satellite photos. Google Earth… »
Posted on Tuesday, September 20, 2005 at 9:30 PM
Categories: Google Earth, Hacks & Mashups, Hurricanes 2005, Satellite & Aerial, Weather & Climate
Google and Katrina
In addition to the Forbes article I mentioned yesterday, both the BBC and New York Times (free registration required) cover the use of Google Maps and Earth by ordinary users to collect and distribute information about the disaster — i.e.,… »
Posted on Monday, September 5, 2005 at 11:50 AM
Categories: Google Earth, Hacks & Mashups, Hurricanes 2005, Online Maps, Satellite & Aerial, Weather & Climate
Google Earth Blog
Another new blog to bring to your attention: Frank Taylor’s solid and eponymous Google Earth Blog. Via Ogle Earth. Map blogging is coming on fast and furious; that’s the fifth new blog I’ve reported on this month, and I know… »
Posted on Wednesday, August 31, 2005 at 3:44 PM
Categories: Blogs, Google Earth, Satellite & Aerial
Ogle Earth
I don’t know how I missed Ogle Earth, but now that I’ve found it I’m keeping an eye on it. Written by Stefan Geens, with a mandate is to focus on Google Earth and its competitors, Ogle Earth has been… »
Posted on Thursday, August 4, 2005 at 7:31 PM
Categories: Blogs, Google Earth, Satellite & Aerial
Google Earth Roundup
I’m in the awkward position of having to write posts about Google Earth without so much as being able to download it — at least, not until their promised Mac version comes out. Until that hopefully-not-too-long-off day, I can only… »
Posted on Thursday, July 14, 2005 at 9:32 PM
Categories: Google Earth, Hacks & Mashups, Satellite & Aerial
Wired on Google Earth
Wired’s article on Google Earth examines a heretofore overlooked feature: “Google Earth’s true special sauce is the way it allows users to create markers for just about any venue or location, write a note describing it and then share it… »
Posted on Thursday, June 30, 2005 at 9:08 AM
Categories: Google Earth, Satellite & Aerial
Google Earth Downloads Halted
Google has halted downloads of Google Earth for now; it seems that their plan was to limit the number of users of the new, beta service. It’s something they’ve done before with betas — think Gmail — and is probably… »
Posted on Wednesday, June 29, 2005 at 10:00 PM
Categories: Google Earth, Satellite & Aerial
Google Maps API; More Google Links
Google has released an API for embedding Google Maps in your own web pages via JavaScript. Hacking Google Maps has just gone legit — not that Google seems to have had much complaint with the majority of the hacks out… »
Posted on Wednesday, June 29, 2005 at 3:39 PM
Categories: Google Earth, Hacks & Mashups, Online Maps
Google Earth
Google Earth is out. Requires a fast Windows PC. Three subscription levels, the basic one free. More once I’ve had a chance to look through the site; post your take in the comments. Via Google Blog. See previous entries: Google… »
Posted on Tuesday, June 28, 2005 at 11:05 AM
Categories: Google Earth, Satellite & Aerial
Google Earth Preview
Stephen DesRoches downloaded a beta of the upcoming Google Earth (see previous entry) the other day, and has a report and screenshots. Looks impressive. Update: See also Windypundit (via MAKE: Blog)…. »
Posted on Tuesday, May 31, 2005 at 3:27 PM
Categories: Google Earth, Satellite & Aerial

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