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November 3, 2009

Links: Seero for sale, i-gotU GPS logger review, Best of Building Maker expands

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 projects. The site would be a serious investment, with a starting bid close to $50K. A good example of Seero's capability can be seen in this Steve McQueen video.

i-gotU GPS: The folks at @trip have a nifty new GPS device to help you put your activity into Google Earth. I've been playing with it for a few days and I tend to agree with them -- it's a great little device. It's tiny, waterproof and can be used for 80 hours non-stop; quite impressive!

The only big problem I had with it is that it's not very compatible with Windows 7. My primary desktop and my primary laptop are Windows 7, and my netbook doesn't have a CD drive. That meant I had to dig out my old XP laptop and fire it up. To their credit, it worked reasonably well on there. However, they need to solve the insane Windows 7 directions as quickly as possible. As neat as the device is, having to boot Windows in a special manner each time just to use the device is a bit too much. Also, there is no Mac version of the software available; they simply recommend Windows 2000, XP or Vista.

If you have a computer that can handle it, the cost isn't too bad (under $100 for both models) and would probably be excellent if you do a lot of travel and/or hiking. I'll keep an eye on it and let you know when they finally release decent software for Windows 7 and/or Mac. In the meantime, I'd hold off on this purchase unless you have an older Windows machine with no intention of upgrading to Win 7. Here's a short sample video from their site to show what a track looks like:

Best of Building Maker: We've mentioned this collection before, but felt it was worth showing off again. With all of the Building Maker models that are arriving in Google Earth, the Best of Building Maker collection is a great way to see some of the best. None of my models have made it in there -- have yours?

Posted by mickmel at 9:16 AM | Comments (4)

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September 22, 2009

Fresh Update to the Ocean Expeditions layer

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 this kml file .

Once opened, a variety of ship icons will appear in the ocean. Ships with a yellow shaded background represent live or recent expeditions (such as the National Geographic expedition to Cocos Island), while ships with a blue shaded background represent expeditions older than six months (such as various expeditions by the Cousteau Society). As you zoom in, more details will appear. Also, if you select a placemark for a particular expedition, it will load tracks and other placemarks for more details on that expedition.

Hopefully you'll find the Tahina Expedition in this layer in the not too distant future. :-)

Posted by FrankTaylor at 2:11 PM | Comments (1)

August 7, 2009

Cat 4 Storm Felicia Headed for Hawaii - See in Google Earth

Google Earth is a great tool for checking on weather - tropical storms in particular. Right now a category 4 storm is in the Pacific Ocean making a bee-line for Hawaii. The good news is that current forecasts have it losing strength before it reaches the islands. But, you can view the storm's track, forecasted path, satellite photos, and much more using the Storm Tracking Tools for Google Earth collected by Google Earth Blog. These tools are collection of great weather resources from a variety of organizations and individuals using data from NOAA, the US Navy, and many other weather providers.

In the screenshot below, you're seeing storm forecast and tracking data from iMapWeather.com and NOAA satellite imagery from just a few minutes ago showing category 4 storm Felicia:

Read the GEB storm tracking post for more details on how to use Google Earth to perform storm tracking.

Posted by FrankTaylor at 10:36 AM | Comments (0)

July 25, 2009

Google Marries Panoramio Lookaround to Street View

Google has announced an update to Street View that further marries Panoramio features into the Street View experience. In June of last year, Google added a feature in Panoramio called "Look Around" - it includes an interface that lets you see outlines, in perspective of the angle they were taken, of other photos available of the same scene. In March of this year, Google added Panoramio user photos into the Street View interface. Now the look around feature has also been married into Street View. Here's a video showing what it looks like:

Here is a link to view Street View with the new interface for Big Ben - which Google refers to as "Photo Zoom". Note: if you click on the link of the title of each photo (in the upper left of Street View's interface), you can fly to that photo in Panoramio. Find the link to "Look Around" below the photo and you can use the Panoramio interface (which may make it easier to find even more photos).

Earlier this year, I discovered you can include the Panoramio Look Around interface into a Google Earth placemark. It works pretty well. But, the interface needs some tweaking to work properly within a placemark. (I suggested that to Panoramio, but it hasn't been changed yet.) It should be possible to make a network link to view Look Arounds for any popular location inside Google Earth. Unfortunately, you can't embed the Street View "photo zoom" interface at all apparently. Otherwise I would try putting that in a placemark.

Posted by FrankTaylor at 7:57 AM | Comments (4)

July 17, 2009

Links: Google Moon Monday, Tax Evasion, Panoramio Winners, Canada Wins

• Google Moon Monday - As reported here on GEB a week ago, Google sent out invitations for a "Special Announcement" on July 20th (the 40th anniversary of the Apollo 11 landing), with Buzz Aldrin speaking. Google will almost certainly be introducing a 3D moon for Google Earth (just like the 3D Mars already available). Google has now invited anyone to come to the Newseum in Washington, DC to see the event. Read the details. GEB's Frank Taylor will be there reporting.

• Tax Evasion - Google Earth has been used again to help investigate a tax evasion case. This time, reports of a evader having sold a house in a posh neighborhood in Porto Rotondo, Italy was the first clue. Next, it was heard the house had a "phallic"-shaped pool. Italy Mag reported on the case and speculates on which house it could have been. But, apparently there are a number of pools that might be a candidate. The article makes for an interesting read as it turns out the evader amassed tax omissions totalling 7 million Euros.

• Panoramioa winners - The May winners of the monthly Panoramio photo contest have been announced.

• GeoClusters - Barry Hunter has been experimenting with clustering and regionating placemarks for Geograph (a database of millions of photos of the UK). His techniques are definitely of interest if you are interested in developing geo-clustered data. Barry has released the source code. Read more about Geograph. [UPDATE: See review of this at Google Earth Design blog.

• Canada Wins National Geographic Contest - In the world championship of National Geographic's geography contest, Canada came in first place. US was 2nd place, and Poland 3rd.

Posted by FrankTaylor at 7:30 AM | Comments (0)

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6. View Details on July 22 Total Solar Eclipse in Google Earth - July 13, 2009
7. NASA Doing Robotic Recon with Google Earth - June 30, 2009
8. Tour de France 2009 in Google Earth - June 29, 2009
9. Huge Waste of Energy Visible in Google Earth - June 2, 2009
10. Links: North Korea, Network Links, National Geographic - June 1, 2009
11. 3D Flight Tracking in Netherlands with Google Earth - May 28, 2009
12. Astronomers Use Google Sky to Raise Research Funds - January 12, 2009
13. Links: Santa Tracker Popular, Volvo Ocean Race, Lost World Discovered, Cold War KML - December 26, 2008
14. Upgrade to EveryTrail GPS Trails Layer in Google Earth - December 17, 2008
15. Top 10 Games With Google Earth - September 24, 2008
16. Update on Using GPS for Tracking in Google Earth - September 19, 2008
17. Google News Layer for Google Earth Next Week - May 15, 2008
18. Where 2.0 - Day 1 - May 13, 2008
19. NASA Time Animation of Ionosphere For Google Earth - May 5, 2008
20. Space Debris Viewed in Google Earth - April 23, 2008
21. Links: GE Lesson, GETools, Microsoft KML, 3D Bridges, Royal Australian 3D, EPA Award - April 18, 2008
22. Links: SR22 Cockpit, Jane Austen, Magnetic Pole, Taiwan GE Bonanza, Tutorial, VE3D on Mac - March 17, 2008
23. Iditarod 2008 Dog Sled Race Live in Google Earth - March 10, 2008
24. Super UK Photo Project geograph Turns Three - March 6, 2008
25. Live Orbit Tracker in Google Earth - March 3, 2008
26. UK Earthquake - View Data in Google Earth - February 27, 2008
27. Links: Star Viewer, Green Screen, World Hockey, European Pollution, Golden Shadow - January 29, 2008
28. New Layer Goodness for Google Earth - January 2008 - January 25, 2008
29. Links: KML Wrap-up, New Orrery, Zip Scribble, South China Sea - January 23, 2008
30. Top 10 New Google Earth Features 2007 - December 31, 2007
31. Top 25 Stories of Google Earth 2007 - December 27, 2007
32. Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race 2007 - December 26, 2007
33. Links: Daily Earth Imagery, Antarctica Photos, Panoramio Searchable, Santa Sleigh - December 18, 2007
34. AGU Fall Meeting - Day 1 Highlights - December 13, 2007
35. Earthquake Activity Time Animation - December 12, 2007
36. Links: Maps Terrain in GE, GPS Trip Planning, Geo Lessons, and more - December 11, 2007
37. Tropical Cyclone Sidr in Google Earth - November 16, 2007
38. San Francisco Oil Spill in Google Earth - November 12, 2007
39. Big Layer Update - Weather Layers in Google Earth - November 8, 2007
40. Caribbean 1500 Sailing Cup in Google Earth - November 5, 2007
41. X PRIZE Cup Photos Mapped - November 1, 2007
42. Trip Status, Links: PhotoOverlay tool, CIA World Factbook, Another BMNG - October 29, 2007
43. Links: Chinese Cop Catches Crook, Malibu Fire, EveryTrail Update, CIA WorldFactbook, Hungary Weather - October 22, 2007
44. Improved KML Support for Google Maps - October 17, 2007
45. 2007 Wirefly X PRIZE Cup - October 8, 2007
46. Links: Ohio Class Sub, Galactic Delight, Constellation Drawings - October 5, 2007
47. News Roundup: Poles Overlays, Rocket Garden, Army Topos, Astronomy, Roads - September 20, 2007
48. Sky News Roundup: New Horizon, SpaceNavigator, Google plans for Sky - September 12, 2007
49. FlashEarth Mashup with Google Earth 4.2 - August 28, 2007
50. News Roundup: Peru Earthquake, Virtual Earth Update, Stefan's Alps Hike - August 16, 2007
51. Best Storm Tracking and Weather Tools for Google Earth - August 15, 2007
52. Scientific Ocean Drilling Database in Google Earth - August 14, 2007
53. R/C Planes and Camera Fun with Google Earth - August 12, 2007
54. Improved International Polar Year Content for Google Earth - July 30, 2007
55. Population Data for Mexico - July 27, 2007
56. Energy Production Information for Western US - July 17, 2007
57. Google Finds Matt in Google Earth - July 11, 2007
58. 3D Dresden in Google Earth - July 9, 2007
59. Quasi-global Near real-time Rainfall in Google Earth - July 3, 2007
60. News RoundUp: Football Game, VesselTracker, Antarctic Bases, Egyptian Digs, 3D Cities Help, Chimps, Gallery - June 12, 2007
61. ISDE Day 3 Summary - June 8, 2007
62. News Roundup - France Censors, Flickr, Seabeds, Live tracking - June 4, 2007
63. Weather and Storm Tracking Tools for Google Earth - June 2, 2007
64. PhotoFlyr - A Google Earth 3D Flying Photo Viewer - May 23, 2007
65. Watch Weekend Boating Live in Google Earth - May 18, 2007
66. FlickrVision - And Now for Google Earth - May 15, 2007
67. 3D Warehouse Map Mashup for Collections - May 4, 2007
68. Yahoo! Pipes Supports KML - May 3, 2007
69. Globe Glider Video Demonstration - May 2, 2007
70. Super Mapping Mashup -> Globe Glider Next Generation - May 1, 2007
71. Dynamic Map Showing AIM Chatters in Google Earth - April 30, 2007
72. News Roundup: Tour de France, Tasmania Logging, Somalia, GE-Sharing, More Biking - April 23, 2007
73. The Google Earth Network Link - April 19, 2007
74. Continuous Flow of New 3D Buildings - April 17, 2007
75. Google Earth Classified Ads by Safarri - March 26, 2007
76. News Roundup - Fixes for Windows Vista, Airshows, FBOWeb update, Photos with Search - March 19, 2007
77. Dig a Hole Through Google Earth - March 16, 2007
78. gCensus - US Census Data for Google Earth - March 14, 2007
79. Skype + Unype = Multi-User Google Earth - March 10, 2007
80. Topographical Maps and Other Goodies for Google Earth - March 6, 2007
81. News Roundup: KML Standardization, Cruise ship tracker, IGiGLE, 3D Printing - March 3, 2007
82. New Real-time Traffic in Google Maps for USA - February 28, 2007
83. Planes in Flight Hobby - February 13, 2007
84. Using Satellite Photos to Document Human Rights Violations - February 7, 2007
85. Google Street Maps Overlay for Google Earth - February 2, 2007
86. High Res Photos from an Aerial Drone in Google Earth - January 26, 2007
87. Track Cruise Ships in 3D in Google Earth - January 22, 2007
88. Daily NASA MODIS Satellite Imagery for Google Earth - January 20, 2007
89. NOAA Voluntary Observing Ship (VOS) Weather Feed for Google Earth - January 13, 2007
90. Shaded Relief Map of US Terrain in Google Earth - January 12, 2007
91. Upper Green Valley Environmental Issues Illustrated with Google Earth - January 10, 2007
92. New Layers - Yelp Reviews, Textured 3D Buildings, Brazilian Roads, and more - January 7, 2007
93. Watch Remote Control Plane with Camera Capturing Real-time Images for Google Earth - January 5, 2007
94. Using GPS in Real-time with Google Earth - January 2, 2007
95. Play "Mars Sucks" Game in Google Earth - December 29, 2006
96. Multilingual Wikipedia Project Linking to Google Earth - December 28, 2006
97. Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race in Google Earth - December 27, 2006
98. Amazing Implementation of Marine Charts for Google Earth - December 21, 2006
99. Avian Flu Tracker Updated - December 12, 2006
100. NOAA's Great Lakes Environmental Research Lab Publishes Google Earth Content - December 8, 2006
101. Plazes.com Does Google Earth - Social Network - December 6, 2006
102. Beautiful Blue Marble and Clouds Add-on for Google Earth - November 16, 2006
103. CBS News Does Google Earth - November 9, 2006
104. Earth on Fire - November 4, 2006
105. Route du Rhum - Live Sailing Race in Google Earth - November 1, 2006
106. News Roundup - Animated 3D, EmerGeo, Altered Oceans, Virtual Airlines - October 29, 2006
107. National Weather Service Releases Radar Loops for Google Earth - October 26, 2006
108. Global Paleogeographic Time Animation - October 16, 2006
109. Watch UK Autumn Leaves Changing Colour - October 13, 2006
110. Space Atlas for Google Earth - October 10, 2006
111. More Space Content for Google Earth from Wirefly X PRIZE Cup - October 8, 2006
112. RoboGEO 5 Released - Geotag Photos with Google Earth - September 27, 2006
113. Google Earth Las Vegas - September 22, 2006
114. Roundup - Pillows, redtrails, earthpoint, Robogeo 5, libferris, virtual land rush - September 20, 2006
115. Anousheh Ansari Blasts off to Space - September 18, 2006
116. Track Hurricane Helene and Hurricane Lane in Google Earth - September 16, 2006
117. New Storms - Track Hurricane Gordon, Typhoon Shanshan - September 13, 2006
118. CBS News Does Google Earth - Missing Last Step - September 8, 2006
119. Track Tropical Storm Florence in Google Earth - September 6, 2006
120. News Roundup - RoboGeo, PhotoModeler, Trippermap, EditGrid - September 5, 2006
121. Global Clouds with Altitude for GE 4 - September 3, 2006
122. British Airways Uses Google Earth to Improve Online Sales - September 1, 2006
123. Track Hurricane Ernesto in Google Earth - August 27, 2006
124. World's Largest Cosmic Ray Detector Shown in Google Earth - August 16, 2006
125. Homemade Network of Real-time Lightning Data - See it in Google Earth - August 9, 2006
126. Three Flickr Photo Browsing Tools for Google Earth - August 3, 2006
127. Tropical Storm Chris - August 1, 2006
128. New Tsunami Hits Southern Java Indonesia - July 17 - July 17, 2006
129. News Roundup - July 15, 2006
130. Bus Live Tracking at USC - Research Project - July 14, 2006
131. Tour de France Live Tracking Enhancements - July 12, 2006
132. Traffic Cameras for Quebec/Montreal, Canada in Google Earth - July 10, 2006
133. FSEarth 3.0 - MS Flight Simulator and Google Earth - July 8, 2006
134. Magnalox Provides Live Tracking Interface for Google Earth - July 7, 2006
135. Tour de France by Google - July 6, 2006
136. Weather and Storm Tracking Tools for Google Earth - July 3, 2006
137. Live Tracking of Tour de France in Google Earth - July 2, 2006
138. Tour de France 2006 Starts Tomorrow - June 30, 2006
139. Aeronautical Information System - June 26, 2006
140. Project Thin Ice - Expedition to North Pole in Google Earth - June 7, 2006
141. FIFA World Cup Football Stadiums in 3D - June 3, 2006
142. Avian Flu Outbreak Map Update - Human Cases in Indonesia - June 1, 2006
143. Near Real-time Severe Weather Data for the US from NOAA - May 31, 2006
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145. Tour de France 2006 in Google Earth - May 25, 2006
146. Integrating Calendar Events to Location in Google Earth - May 23, 2006
147. See More Recent Aerial Photos in Google Earth - May 22, 2006
148. Decrease in Avian Flu Spread During Last Month - May 19, 2006
149. Volvo Ocean Race Leg 7 in Google Earth - May 18, 2006
150. Mount Merapi Volcano in Google Earth - May 15, 2006
151. Real-time Stream Flow Sensor Net in Google Earth - May 14, 2006
152. Win a Mazda CX-7 in a Sweepstakes Contest in Google Earth - May 1, 2006
153. Near Real-time Ocean/Weather Data - April 28, 2006
154. Seattle 911 Live in Google Earth - April 18, 2006
155. NOAA's Coral Reef Watch Adds Google Earth Data - April 13, 2006
156. Wikipedia for Google Earth and WikiSearch Tool - April 11, 2006
157. Follow Volvo Ocean Race Leg 5 - April 3, 2006
158. Sydney Gold Coast Yacht Race in Google Earth - March 29, 2006
159. Enhanced Avian Flu Outbreak Tracker - March 27, 2006
160. Real-Time Sensor Net in Google Earth - March 23, 2006
161. GlobalFlyer Attempting Third World Record - March 15, 2006
162. Bed and Breakfast Locations in Google Earth - March 6, 2006
163. GolfNation.org - Courses in Google Earth - March 3, 2006
164. Emotion Map in Google Earth - February 21, 2006
165. Follow Steve Fossett/Global Flyer in Google Earth - February 9, 2006
166. Pilot World-wide Weather in Google Earth - February 8, 2006
167. Earthquake Monitoring - February 7, 2006
168. Real-time Shuttle Bus Tracking in Google Earth - February 1, 2006
169. Arctic and Antarctic Ice Floes in Google Earth - January 25, 2006
170. Real Estate for Google Earth by Re/Max - Again! - January 14, 2006
171. Aurora Viewing Map in Google Earth - January 5, 2006
172. Globe Glider - Integrated Maps within Google Earth - January 3, 2006
173. Locations for Amusement Parks/Roller Coasters in Google Earth - December 9, 2005
174. Near Real-time Flight Tracking in Google Earth - December 2, 2005
175. EarthBooker - 80,000 Hotels in Google Earth - November 7, 2005
176. Geocaching.com Uses Random Approximate Coordinates in Google Earth - November 1, 2005
177. Meteor Craters on Earth - October 18, 2005
178. The Ants Go Marching One by One - October 1, 2005
179. UK Autumn Leaves Changing Colour - September 30, 2005
180. Owners of Geocaching.com Stifle Innovation - September 24, 2005
181. Placeopedia Links Google Earth to WikiPedia - September 21, 2005
182. Storm Tracking Tools - Hurricanes Rita/Phillipe - September 20, 2005
183. Dynamic Clock - Big Ben - September 16, 2005
184. Much Improved Method for Viewing Katrina Damage Imagery - September 8, 2005
185. Up To Date Katrina Damage Imagery - September 5, 2005
186. City of Portland GIS Adds 3D Buildings - September 3, 2005
187. Real Estate Done Google Earth Style - August 29, 2005
188. Hurricanes/Tropical Data - August 26, 2005
189. City of Portland GIS - August 25, 2005
190. Geosnapper.com Photos - August 19, 2005
191. Geotagged Flickr photos on the fly... - August 3, 2005

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