Archives Tag: Google Earth
Not so Happy Pi Day
Today is Pi Day, but Google is not celebrating it. Instead, Google is celebrating Giovanni Here’s the excerpt from their website, In 1890, Italian astronomer Giovanni Schiaparelli drew this map of Mars. Today, on his 174th birthday, we are excited to include his work with many other new features for Mars in Google Earth. I’m [...]
Full StoryGoogle Earth 5.0
Today, a new version of Google Earth was announced. There are some great new improvements with the new version though. Historical Imagery: Until today, Google Earth displayed only one image of a given place at a given time. With this new feature, you can now move back and forth in time to reveal imagery from [...]
Full StorySurf Google Earth Using the Wii Balance Board
Coming straight from VentureBeat, they discuss how a Google engineer used some open source drivers to create your very own Google Earth surfing experience. Code Used Google Earth Browser Plug-in Javascript API Google Earth API Open source drivers for the Wii Remote Here’s the video of how to surf. Another great invention using conventional tools [...]
Full StoryGoogle Earth Plugin for Mac
Just a few days ago, Google announced the launch of the Google Earth Plugin for Mac [release notes]. This is a great plugin because it will now give Mac users the same functionality as Windows users, when viewing and using a Google Earth-powered application. Recent products have seen Mac releases come later than most, but [...]
Full StoryGoogle Earth Now on the iPhone
Google has announced that Google Earth is now available for the iPhone. The Earth team has created a short video explaining how Google Earth for the iPhone works. Languages available: 18 Countries supported: 22 Where can you get it? iPhone App Store
Full StoryGoogle Breaks the Web
A rule of thumb I try to live [my webmaster life] by is one described by the W3C. What makes a cool URI? A cool URI is one which does not change. What sorts of URI change? URIs don’t change: people change them. So, with that in mind, what is the best practice for URIs [...]
Full StoryTop 10 New Google Earth Features 2007
Frank Taylor of the Google Earth Blog brings us this one. Here’s a small recap of what he suggests are the top 10 new Google Earth features of 2007. SpaceNavigator Support Google Sky mode Flight Simulator mode PhotoViewer New Imagery New Layers Panoramio Layer YouTube/Flash Support Weather Layer KML Standard This is just the brief [...]
Full StoryGoogle Beats Skyline Software in Patent Wars
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – A U.S. judge ruled that Google Inc.’s 3D modeling software, which gives Web users an astronaut’s view of the earth and allows them to zoom down to street level, does not infringe the patent of a rival. Judge Douglas Woodlock of the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts in Boston denied a complaint by Skyline Software Systems Inc. that the Google Earth mapping
Full StoryFedex Premieres Package Tracking Through Google Earth
From what ZDNet.com writes on this one, Fedex has come to agreements with Google to create a package tracking tool using the latest Web 2.0 tools which includes Google Earth. Right now, the program is still in the pilot phase to test it and see how functional it will be long term. Fedex will be including small radio devices on high-end packages such as diamonds as part of the pilot to see how effective it will be. Adding this kind of functional tracking to their platform will definitely make them stand out from all of their competitors. Right now, the standard is delayed reporting on possibly anywhere from 2-5 hours of what the actual status of the package is. Providing this kind of almost “real time” status reporting should be much more effective and beneficial for consumers, but that’s only if the pilot is successful and is pushed out into production.
Full StoryThe Official Santa Tracker
Google Earth has become the official Santa Tracker of the world as it unloads it’s plugin to track Santa and his toys for little kids.
Full StoryGoogle Earth Beta6 Released
The RC4 Beta6 of Google Earth is out. Here are a couple of the highlights for the new release: Faster performance for 3D models Improved caching of models Support for compressed textures New icons and icon management for easier navigation New icons for pushpins and user palette Coincident placemarks/icons now expand into a ‘star-formation’ for disambiguation when you click on them. Read all the details and download the beta here.
Full StoryGeorge Bush & “The Google”
Last week, George Bush gave a private interview and touched on how he uses Google. thinkPress.org
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