We told you about the Street View "trekker" a few months ago; the amazing backpack-based camera system for adding Street View imagery from remote locations. The folks from TechCrunch have been … [Read more...]
SketchUp 2013 released
May 23, 2013
Trimble (the company that purchased SketchUp last year) has just released SketchUp 2013 with a variety of upgrades and enhancements. Extension Warehouse The new Extension Warehouse is designed to be … [Read more...]
Moore, Oklahoma in Google Earth
May 22, 2013
As Google often does after horrible events like the tornadoes in Oklahoma this week, Google has created a Crisis Response Page to assist with the relief effort. The map includes a wealth of … [Read more...]
Old Trafford Stadium in Google Earth
May 21, 2013
Home of Manchester United, Old Trafford is a historic stadium in England that can hold over 75,000 spectators. Manchester has been playing there for more than 100 years, starting when the stadium … [Read more...]
How the new Google Maps redesign came together
May 20, 2013
Last week Google unveiled a new version of Google Maps, which includes native Google Earth support without the need for a plugin. One of the other big pieces Google is working to include is a map … [Read more...]
How underwater Street View works
May 17, 2013
Last September we showed you the first set of amazing underwater Street View images that Google had released. They were absolutely stunning, as you can see in the example here: TechCrunch … [Read more...]
Google Earth arrives in the browser with no plugin required
May 16, 2013
The Google Earth Plugin has been an amazing tool to help bring Google Earth into the browser, but with the upcoming release of Google Maps you'll be able to view Google Earth in your web browser … [Read more...]
10 things you didn’t know about Google Earth
May 15, 2013
PC Advisor recently published an article that discussed the "10 things you didn't know about Google Maps and Google Earth" and I thought we'd take a look at it. Some of these won't be surprises for … [Read more...]
Reconstructing a lightning bolt in 3D
May 14, 2013
Thanks to sheer luck, two people in the Denver area captured a photo of the same lightning bolt from very different locations. Richard Wheeler to decided to try and use those two images to … [Read more...]
Tracking down Star Wars in Google Earth
May 13, 2013
Roughly 35 years ago, the original Star Wars movie was filmed in a variety of locations around world. The opening of the first movie features Luke complaining about having to work at his uncle's … [Read more...]