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Google Resources Help With Myanmar Cyclone Relief

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

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

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

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

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

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?

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

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

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

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.