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Google Resources Help With Myanmar Cyclone Relief
By David A. Utter - Fri, 05/09/2008 - 8:03am.
The company organized some of its resources to assist the humanitarian efforts going on in Myanmar, where thousands have died or are missing after a cyclone tore through the country.
Google Products Used To Track Nevada Earthquakes
By Doug Caverly - Tue, 04/29/2008 - 5:03pm. 1 comment
WebProNews is based in Kentucky, where we're relatively safe from many types of natural disasters. We felt something between a large rumble and a small rattle following Illinois's earthquake, however, which makes it more interesting on a personal level that Google Maps is being used to track other recent quakes.
Extreme Places On Google Earth
By Mike Sachoff - Tue, 03/11/2008 - 12:10pm.
Frank Taylor points out on his Google Earth Blog that a member of the Google Earth Community has put together an interesting collection of extreme places on Earth.
Google Announces Cities In 3D Program
By Doug Caverly - Thu, 03/06/2008 - 6:03pm. 2 comments
It may be necessary to stop using words like "neat" and "cool"; it's possibly time to put on a tie. A new push involving Google Earth stresses all the practical (and somewhat implausible) reasons cities should create 3D models of themselves.
Google Earth Roundup: School Uses, Static Maps API
By Doug Caverly - Fri, 02/22/2008 - 4:23pm.
As students everywhere will agree, repetition is one of the best ways of learning something (or at least stuffing it into your short-term memory). And Google's picking up on that fact by not letting students' teachers forget Google Earth's usefulness.
Sky Is The Limit For Suit Against Google
By David A. Utter - Mon, 02/18/2008 - 7:37am. 1 comment
A Google contractor thinks the search ad company stole his idea for Google Sky, a popular addition to the Google Earth product.
Are Google Earth Images In Real-Time?
By Mike Sachoff - Fri, 02/08/2008 - 3:07pm. 26 comments
Images on Google Earth are highly detailed but do not show imagery in real-time.
Many people according to Frank Taylor at his Google Earth Blog believe the images are in real time. He believes that is because of weather satellite photos that are a few hours old or because of live weather radar. He goes into detail how Google collects its images for Google Earth.
Google Earth Introduced To Teachers
By Doug Caverly - Wed, 01/30/2008 - 6:05pm.
Celebrities and star athletes endorse products; why not teachers? Granted, young boys may not be in a rush to imitate Mr. Oldman's turkey neck or Mad Hatter hair, but he still spends a lot of time with the lads. Hence (we believe) Google's new move to introduce educators to Google Earth.
Google Earth Looks At New Sky
By David A. Utter - Wed, 01/09/2008 - 7:12pm.
Updated features for Sky in Google Earth arrived for the popular application, with more content added to the platform.
Feedback for the Virtual Earth Team
By Robert Scoble - Tue, 12/18/2007 - 4:02pm.
The Virtual Earth team wants our feedback. Wonderful. Kudos to any company that wants its customers’ feedback and offers a participatory approach. So, here’s my feedback… Microsoft added a LOT of whizbang features to its maps.live.com maps (3D, lots of photos, and such) but they didn’t focus on the basics.
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