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Earlier this year, we showed you the iPhone app that we had created. We're pleased to announce that our Android app is now available too! The app is very similar to the iPhone app -- it shows you our recent entries, videos and Tweets. Once again,...
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By now, most of you have heard all about Apple's new iPad, their tablet computer. If you haven't yet, check out Apple's iPad page for some information, photos and videos. For us, the big question has been how well it'll handle Google Maps...
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New improvements and cities in Building Maker : Google continues to improve the slick (and popular) Building Maker tool . This update makes it even easier to see which other buildings are under construction by fellow modelers, which is a much-requested...
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Audi A8 with Google Earth : The new Audi A8 comes with a lot of neat toys, including integrated Google Earth! The car connects to the internet via 3G, which it uses for a variety of purposes. It pushes the 3G out via wifi for anyone in the car that needs...
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Seero For Sale : We've talked about Seero a few times in the past. They offer live video with GPS and did some cool stuff with Where 2.0 2008. Recently, the Seero team decided to sell the site ( eBay auction ) and all assets so they can focus on other...
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Google has just updated the Ocean Expeditions layer in Google Earth, and they've added some great content about expeditions around the world. To access this layer, simply check the Ocean Expeditions icon inside of the Ocean folder or you can open...
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Richard Treves writes the Google Earth Design blog where he often analyzes various Google Earth content and provides critiques and suggestions with the intent to help people understand how to improve the user experience. Richard works at the School of...
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Google has raised awareness of crop circles due to an unannounced Google doodle which showed a UFO flying over crop circles this week. See here: Alex Chitu believes the mysterious doodle and other hints are in celebration of HG Well's birthday on...
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Google has released a new version of Google Earth - version 5.1 . This version is mostly dedicated to improving performance . They have improved memory utilization, graphics performance, and even bandwidth related enhancements. They also reduced the start...
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New Earth API Docs - Google has updated the documentation for Earth API developers . Definitely worth checking out. Fire Shot - NASA's MODIS RapidFire gallery is now supporting KML file overlays of their daily satellite images. Today's image is...
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Back in mid-July the new Gran Telescopio Canarias (Grand Canairies Telescope) was formally inaugurated by King Juan Carlos I of Spain at the Roque de los Muchachos Observatory on the island of La Palma, in the Canary Islands of Spain. You can see an excellent...
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Nearly every year at this time, I make sure to remind educators - and students - that Google Earth is a great tool for education. It's not just about learning about geography, Google Earth is a platform that lets you put practically any learning into...
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Alphabet Soup - GEC member 'thomasdebruin' did some painstaking work identifying an entire alphabet (plus punctuation) in the aerial/satellite photos in the Netherlands. You can download the placemarks in GE here . This is just one of several...
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August Sightseer - The latest issue of the Google Earth Sightseer newsletter is out. You can have Sightseer delivered by E-mail by subscribing here . Become a GE Explorer - The Sightseer announced a new Google Earth Explorer program to teach tips and...
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Back in June, Google added a special Street View for Disneyland Paris . In addition to the new countries of Portugal, Taiwan, and Switzerland which got new Street View imagery on Monday night, Google also rolled out several new partner sites with Street...