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Google Earth finds Loch Ness monster
Did we mention it was still August? 5,484 reads
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VIDEO: Google Earth Goes "Live"
"Dynamic information" augments aerial mapping 5,057 reads
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Google Earth Models Climate Change
Al Gore gets involved 3,872 reads
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Google Maps For Monopoly City Streets
Using the whole world as giant board game 3,071 reads
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VIDEO: Google Earth Building Maker unveiled
As addictive as playing with Lego 13 October 2009 17:50 GMTGoogle's Earth and Maps applications are fantastic, but they have a slight problem - they're flat. The vast majority of locations have some form of terrain data - but that data comes from satellites which can't work out individual buildings. Some cities, like San Francisco,...
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VIDEO: Google Earth simulates climate change
Al Gore gets involved 30 September 2009 17:37 GMTGoogle has put together a set of maps for its Google Earth application that model and simulate the effects of climate change on the planet. In a introductory video, narrated by Al Gore, the company has outlined how the planet could change as a result of human emissions.
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VIDEO: Google Earth goes "live"
"Dynamic information" augments aerial mapping 14 September 2009 14:35 GMTClever folk at the Georgia Institute of Technology are presenting results of a recent project - "Augmenting Aerial Earth Maps with Dynamic Information".
With the title managing to make it sound quite dull - which is nothing compared to how snoozily the video... -
Google Maps team-up for online Monopoly City Streets
Using the whole world as giant board game 8 September 2009 10:01 GMTThe classic board game Monopoly has been given a tech makeover thanks to a team-up with Google.
Hasbro and Google have joined forces to make a worldwide online Monopoly game to promote the launch of Monopoly City, a modern 3D version of the board game. -
Google Earth finds Loch Ness monster
Did we mention it was still August? 27 August 2009 2:48 GMTJust like it found the lost city of Atlantis, Google Earth has now supposedly found the Loch Ness monster according to a bored security guy looking through images of on mapping software.
According to British newspaper, The Sun, "Sun reader Jason Cooke spotted... -
Google Maps gets some perspective
New features mimic Google Earth 31 July 2009 17:49 GMTGoogle's added some rather impressive new controls to its API that allows the use of 3D viewpoints and perspective. The results are pretty spectacular, as can be seen in the demo above.
Google says: "With a perspective map, the map is projected on a viewport... -
Google Earth used to find and steal Koi
Satellite imagery used by thieves to locate fish ponds 29 June 2009 11:07 GMTFirst it was pools to party in, now it's ponds with fish to steal, as another aquatically-themed nefarious use of Google Earth has been revealed.
It appears that fish thieves are using Google Earth's satellite imagery to find fish ponds that look as if they... -
Google Earth alphabet revealed
A to Z of landmarks 27 April 2009 9:11 GMTA 32-year-old Australian graphic designer has spent 6 months trawling images of Victoria on Google Earth to create a geographical alphabet.
From an A-shaped field to a Z-shaped building Rhett Dashwood has managed to find each letter of the alphabet.
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VIDEO: Explore Mars in 3D with Google Earth
See near-live footage and historical maps 16 March 2009 12:19 GMTGoogle has announced an update to Mars in Google Earth that offers both a historical perspective and a bang up-to-date view with near-live pics from NASA's Martian cameras.
Hit play now for a video overview and visit http://earth.google.com/mars/ for more.... -
Google goes underwater with Google Earth 5.0
Software gets sea and Mars maps 3 February 2009 0:55 GMTGoogle has announced that it's extended its mapping of the Earth to include the sea and planet Mars for its latest version of Google Earth.
For those of you who keep track of version numbers, Google Earth 5.0 sees a host of new features over the previous version... -
Google Earth branches out to art
Prado Musuem's paintings get gigapixel zooming 14 January 2009 13:33 GMTGoogle has launched a new layer in Google Earth that allows users to explore highly detailed images of fourteen of the Spanish Prado Museum's masterpieces.
The Prado layer sees the Prado Museum in Madrid becoming the first art gallery in the world to provide... -
VIDEO: Google Earth recreates ancient Rome in 3D
Time travel with your PC 12 November 2008 16:51 GMTGoogle has announced the launch of an ancient Rome 3D layer in Google Earth.
In conjunction with the Rome Reborn Project, everyone in the world can now travel through time and discover Ancient Rome as it was 1688 years ago.
The project includes... -
Google Earth comes to the iPhone and iPod Touch
Available now via the App store 27 October 2008 12:38 GMTYes - Google Earth has finally come to the Apple iPhone, but online reports are suggesting already that the app's not that good.
Mobile Computer says that the 1.0 edition app is a tad on the slow side, and also quips that "control over layers and places is minimal... -
Google announces Cites in 3D
3D buildings available in Google Earth 15 July 2008 17:40 GMTGoogle has announced its first 3D cities in its Cities in 3D program that lets local governments add a three-dimensional representation of their city to Google Earth.
The web co says there's now a virtual representation of buildings in many cities, counties,... -
Google Earth used to find pools to party by
Surf the net then take the plunge 19 June 2008 16:54 GMTRaucous revellers are using Google Earth to find new venues to party in.
The police are warning people across the country, in particular those who have a swimming pool to watch out for party animals.
Revellers are organising events online, using... -
Disney brings its magic to Google Earth
A whole new world! 6 June 2008 16:54 GMTGoogle Earth members can now take a detailed 3D tour of Walt Disney World Resort.
Around 100,000 photos were taken to create the 1500 three-dimensional models that populate the virtual tour.
During the project's first phase, eight photographers... -
Google helping refugees
Google Earth used to raise awareness of world poverty 11 April 2008 11:30 GMTGoogle Maps now includes close-up views of UN refugee camps and aid projects.
The technology, which it is claimed was for first designed for use as video game backdrops, has now been adapted to show the plight of refugees around the world.
And it...
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