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February 8, 2010
Where 2.0 2010 coming in March; Discount for GEB Readers
For the past few years (2009, 2008, 2007, 2006), Frank has attended the Where 2.0 conference. I had the pleasure of attending with him in 2007 and we had a great time. Now that he's busy sailing around beautiful places like Bonaire, I'll be taking his place this year.
Where 2.0 happening March 30-April 1, 2010 at the San Jose Marriott in San Jose, California. Where 2.0 brings together the people, projects, and issues building the new technological foundations and creating value in the location industry. Developers, technologists, CTOs, researchers, geographers, academics, business developers, and entrepreneurs come together to debate what's viable now, and what's lurking just below the radar. Register before February 9 and save $300. Take an additional 25% off when using discount code: whr10ge
I recently had a chance to speak with Brady Forrest, Program Chair for Where 2.0, to talk about some of what we can expect at this years event.
You can find the full list of speakers on this page, but here are a few that he felt were worth pointing out:
• Dennis Crowley from FourSquare, Josh Williams from Gowalla and Jeremy Stoppelman from Yelp will all be there. Many people expect location-based services to explode in 2010, and these three companies are leading the way. Increasingly interesting game mechanics are expected to be developed this year, as turning these services into a more game-like experience will help to draw in more casual users.
• Speaking of Twitter, Elad Gil, Raffi Krikorian and Othman Laraki will be there. Of note is Ryan Sarver, formerly of Skyhook Wireless, who will be speaking on the "Increasing Usefulness of Location Data Geostreams".
• John Hanke of Google will be there. In the past, Google has been known to release some major developments at Where 2.0, such as the release of StreetView in 2007. No word on any big announcements, but it's always a possibility.
• Blaise Agüera y Arcas, the "Architect of Bing Maps" and the creator of Photosynth will be there to discuss user-generated and crowdsourced maps.
• Sean Askay, who created the very impressive "Map the Fallen" KML will be discussing his work on that project.
There are literally dozens of other speakers and events, and it should be a great week. If you plan on attending, leave a comment or send me an email and we can try to meet up. Hope to see you there!
Posted by mickmel at 7:21 AM | Comments (0)
February 4, 2010
Some parts of the ocean are now high-resolution
We mentioned it briefly a few days ago, and Google has now released some of that new data for the ocean in Google Earth.
As Google explains in their blog, most of the underwater terrain is generated use satellite extrapolations of water surface height. This technique has allowed them to create the undersea terrain for most of the planet, but it's rather low-resolution.
However, a handful of organizations are able to collect high-resolution data using other techniques, and some of that data is now available in Google Earth. This data is collected using echosounding sonar from ships, and it much more detailed than the standard ocean terrain in Google Earth.

This new data has come from a variety of sources, including:
- The Center for Coastal and Ocean Mapping - Joint Hydrographic Center
- The Living Oceans Society
- The California State University at Monterey Bay
- Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI)
Google has produced a short undersea tour to show off some of the new terrain. Download it
and check it out. They'll continue to add more data as time goes on, so the data and imagery will keep improving over time.
Posted by mickmel at 8:15 AM | Comments (1)
January 13, 2010
Imagery Layer for Haiti Earthquake has been released
Google has been working with GeoEye over the last 24 hours to get fresh imagery from Haiti to help aid relief efforts. They've just released a KML file
for it, which you're encouraged to download. The file is actually a network link, so Google can push additional imagery to you without having to release another KML.

The imagery is remarkably sharp, and shows some amazing scenes such a a soccer field turned into a make-shift camp (shown above), and smoke continuing to billow out of some buildings.
Google has done similar things in the past, with events such as the Myanmar Cyclone or Hurricane Katrina.
In addition to the KML file, Google has set up a crisis response page for the earthquake with lots of information. Specifically, those that are able are encouraged to give donations to help rebuild lives and communities.
Posted by mickmel at 11:06 PM | Comments (3)
January 4, 2010
Deforestation of the Amazon is uncovering Geoglyphs
700 years ago, for reasons that are still unknown, ancient people sculpted hundreds of geoglyphs in the Amazon. One of the most famous geoglyphs is the Nazca Lines
in Peru. Recently, a combination of deforestation and high-resolution satellite imagery is beginning to expose many more of them.

Because of their huge size, geoglyphs are almost impossible to discover from ground level. It's only when you get high in the air can you begin to see the shapes coming together in a pattern. A quote from TreeHugger:
One of the factors that contributed to so many geoglyphs being undetected prior to the aid of satallites is their enormous size. According to leading geoglyph scientist Alceu Ranzi, his latest discoveries -- five sets of geometric shapes, with circles, squares and lines -- can measure more than a mile from one extreme to another.
As Ogle Earth noticed, the TreeHugger article didn't actually point out the exact location of any of the geoglyphs. However, GloboAmazonia found some of them, which you can view below, or download the KML file
to view directly in Google Earth.
View Amazon geoglyphs in a larger map
While discovering more of them may help to eventually find out why they were created, further deforestation may be the only way to reveal them. To again quote TreeHugger, " if it takes more clear-cutting in the Amazon rainforest to find out the answer, hopefully it will always remain a mystery."
Posted by mickmel at 8:50 AM | Comments (7)
December 30, 2009
The year 2009 in Google Earth
We've already showed you the 10 most popular stories on our site for 2009, but we thought it'd be fun to look back through the year at the newsworthy stories for each month.
It's been quite a year for Google Earth, with tons of new features, imagery, 3D buildings, StreetView releases and much more. Here's a look back at 2009:
January
- New view of the Ocean Floor
- New imagery in Washington, DC
- Obama Inauguration in 3D
- Vancouver in 3D in Google Earth
February
- Google Earth 5 Released
- Google Chrome supports the Google Earth Plug-in
- Imagery Update (February 28)
March
- New 3D cities (Lucerne and Santa Rosa)
- Update to Google Mars
- Historical Imagery Update
April
- Google Earth 5 Plugin Released
- Imagery Update (April 11)
- Updated terrain
- Great Lakes Underwater features added to Google Earth
May
- Imagery Update (May 9)
- 3D Buildings Update; 11,000 new models
- New Business Layer for Google Earth and iPhone Google Earth
June
- Major StreetView Upgrade - 3D features
- New Imagery (June 6)
- New 3D cities (Tokyo, Osaka, Kobe, Kyoto)
- New 3D cities (Warsaw, Prague, Oslo, Toronto, Indianapolis)
July
- Imagery Update (July 11)
- Look at the Moon in Google Earth
August
- Imagery Update (August 2)
- 3D buildings added to Helsinki, Finland
- StreetView released in Switzerland, Portugal and Taiwan
- Imagery Update (August 26)
September
- New 3D Cities (Dublin and Cardiff)
- Google Earth 5.1 Released
- Imagery Update (September 23)
- New 3D Cities (Copenhagen, Marseilles)
October
- New StreetView Releases: Canada, Prague
- Google unveils the "Building Maker" tool
- New 3D cities (Antwerp and Portage)
- New 3D cities (Melbourne and Lyon)
- Imagery Update (October 20)
- New 3D buildings
November
- Imagery Update (November 3)
- New historical imagery (November 6)
- New 3D cities (Milwaukee and Indianapolis)
- New StreetView imagery in Mexico, Netherlands and Hawaii
- New 3D cities (Valencia and Oklahoma City)
- Google Earth 2.0 for iPhone released
- More cities and options added to Building Maker
- Google Earth 5.1 no longer considered beta
- Imagery Update (November 19)
- SketchUp 7.1 Released
December
- New StreetView imagery (Singapore, Canada and others)
- More cities added to building maker
- Imagery Update (December 3)
- New 3D city (Milan)
- Aerial Perspective imagery released for Google Maps API
- New 3D city (Detroit)
- Imagery Update (December 15)
- New 3D cities (Tucson, Cleveland and Florence
- Vancouver Olympic Venues in 3D
Posted by mickmel at 7:35 AM | Comments (0)
More entries for this category:
- Links: GeoVation, Greenhouse gas world graph, Tiger Woods home - December 18, 2009
- Tracking the migration of Osprey - November 30, 2009
- Links: Trikes in South Africa, 10K museums, 10 things to know - November 24, 2009
- Track Hurricane Ida in Google Earth - November 9, 2009
- Outreach and the heroes of Google Earth - October 27, 2009
- Links: New Panaramio app, Thematic Mapping, ARsights, Disaster Relief, First Pics from WorldView-2 - October 21, 2009
- Links: Race My Race, Random Hacks of Kindness, WorldView-2 - October 13, 2009
- Data visualizations in Google Earth - October 5, 2009
- Loop Links, Biodiversity and the Law of the Sea - September 30, 2009
- Links: Iranian nuclear plant, Tuvalu, Monopoly City Streets, Video of 3D Copenhagen - September 28, 2009
- New World's Largest Optical Telescope - August 26, 2009
- Educational Uses for Google Earth - August 25, 2009
- Cat 4 Storm Felicia Headed for Hawaii - See in Google Earth - August 7, 2009
- Map of Buried City Altinum - See it in Google Earth - August 4, 2009
- What if the Eagle Landed on Earth? - July 18, 2009
- View Details on July 22 Total Solar Eclipse in Google Earth - July 13, 2009
- Google Earth Event on July 20th in DC - Expect the Moon - July 9, 2009
- NASA Doing Robotic Recon with Google Earth - June 30, 2009
- World Oceans Day, 3D Design Competition, Britain Archeological Site, New Imagery Tour Idea - June 8, 2009
- US Drought Conditions in Google Earth by NOAA - June 5, 2009
- Exoplanet Astronomy Star Trek Style - June 3, 2009
- Links: Non-Profit Resources, Featured Modelers, Poet Recognized, 3D/4D Quake Analysis - May 7, 2009
- More Discoveries with Google Earth - April 29, 2009
- Two Collections: US Coast Guard and Right Whales - April 28, 2009
- Links: Ocean Now, Michigan Earth Day, Goldman Prize, Convention Center, Queen Mary - April 21, 2009
- Wilkins Ice Shelf Collapse in Google Earth - April 17, 2009
- Introduction to Mars Tour with GE Plugin - April 7, 2009
- Touring with Google Earth Plugin - April 6, 2009
- Shaded Relief Map for Google Earth - April 3, 2009
- Google Earth Mars Update - Live Imagery from Another Planet - March 13, 2009
- US Solar Jobs Map - March 11, 2009
- Upside Down Earthquakes - March 9, 2009
- Satellite Collision Debris Tracking in Google Earth - February 23, 2009
- Google Earth 5 - The New Google Mars - February 2, 2009
- News: Gibraltar Terrain, Earth Surfer Code, Naval Observatory, Dutch Geography Animation, Earthpoint, Eclipse - January 27, 2009
- Astronomers Use Google Sky to Raise Research Funds - January 12, 2009
- Links: GE Plugin Update, KML Contest Update, Panoramio Contest, Teaching with GE, Santa Video - December 5, 2008
- Ocean Biogeographic Maps in Google Earth - November 25, 2008
- Links: Where 2.0, Weather Buoys, Argentina, Earthscape, MapMyPage, and more - November 19, 2008
- Virtual Globes at AGU 2008 - Science Applications of Google Earth - November 11, 2008
- Links: Bioneers, Science Apps, Ogle Catchup, Google Ocean, GreenPeace, Geocoding - October 24, 2008
- Links: A Million Photos, Wii Jogging, Transportation, Argentina Roads, KML Contest, Ryder Cup - September 26, 2008
- More Detailed Arctic Ice Melting Animation in Google Earth - September 19, 2008
- See Large Hadron Collider in Google Earth - September 10, 2008
- Google Earth News Roundup - September 5, 2008
- Google Earth Shows Cows Magnetic? Really? - August 27, 2008
- Google.org Visualizes US Geothermal Data in Google Earth - August 21, 2008
- Watch Arctic Ice Melting in Google Earth - August 11, 2008
- Links: Walking, Havana, Eclipse, Oil, Follow the Boat - July 23, 2008
- Live Hurricane Hunter Missions in Google Earth - July 21, 2008
- Storm Tracking With Google Earth - July 3, 2008
- 2008 August 1st Total Eclipse in Google Earth - June 23, 2008
- Popular Science Highlights Scientific Applications of Google Earth - June 20, 2008
- Visualizing China's Sichuan Earthquake in Google Earth - May 17, 2008
- NASA Time Animation of Ionosphere For Google Earth - May 5, 2008
- Links: Science Uses, Compass, GM vs VE, Healthy Planet, and more - April 28, 2008
- Google Earth For Earth Day - April 22, 2008
- Links: GE Lesson, GETools, Microsoft KML, 3D Bridges, Royal Australian 3D, EPA Award - April 18, 2008
- Links: GE/SketchUp Classes, Sea Ice Update, Bergen Terrain, Waldo - April 11, 2008
- Links: Digital Urban Booklet, GE OSX UI Tweak, Peru Meteor Strike - March 31, 2008
- Wilkins Ice Shelf, Sea Ice Extent Animation - March 28, 2008
- Brightest Object Ever Observed in Google Sky - March 25, 2008
- Global Temperature Trends for Google Earth - March 24, 2008
- Sir Arthur C. Clarke - R.I.P. - March 19, 2008
- Australian Geologist Accidentally Discovers Meteor Crater in Google Earth - March 18, 2008
- Links: SR22 Cockpit, Jane Austen, Magnetic Pole, Taiwan GE Bonanza, Tutorial, VE3D on Mac - March 17, 2008
- Google Sky Wavelength Slider Mashup - March 13, 2008
- Links: Games, KML, Data, and more - March 4, 2008
- Live Orbit Tracker in Google Earth - March 3, 2008
- WorldWide Telescope vs Google Sky - February 28, 2008
- UK Earthquake - View Data in Google Earth - February 27, 2008
- Links: Outreach Showcase, Spreadsheet mapping, Geo Test, KML Lesson Talk - February 26, 2008
- NOAA Weather Data in Google Earth - February 25, 2008
- Predict Tonight's Lunar Eclipse with Google Earth - February 20, 2008
- Dinosaurs Once Again Walk the Earth - February 4, 2008
- New Layer Goodness for Google Earth - January 2008 - January 25, 2008
- Links: KML Wrap-up, New Orrery, Zip Scribble, South China Sea - January 23, 2008
- Links: Zillow News, Virtual Volcanology, Design in GE, GearthHacks News, Ski Time, VE Geocoding - January 18, 2008
- Google Sky - The Next Generation (Updated) - January 9, 2008
- Top 25 Stories of Google Earth 2007 - December 27, 2007
- AGU Fall Meeting - Day 2 Highlights - December 20, 2007
- Links: Daily Earth Imagery, Antarctica Photos, Panoramio Searchable, Santa Sleigh - December 18, 2007
- Montserrat Volcanic Island in Google Earth - December 17, 2007
- Google Sky with a Maps API - December 16, 2007
- AGU Fall Meeting - Day 1 Highlights - December 13, 2007
- Earthquake Activity Time Animation - December 12, 2007
- Links: Maps Terrain in GE, GPS Trip Planning, Geo Lessons, and more - December 11, 2007
- Space Shuttle STS 122 Ascent Profile in Google Earth - December 6, 2007
- Large Hadron Collider Visible in Google Earth - November 28, 2007
- Arctic Ice Melting Animation in Google Earth - November 26, 2007
- Earth at Night from Rosetta - November 21, 2007
- Links: Virtual Globes at AGU, Your Town in 3D, MGD Monitor Layer - November 2, 2007
- Links: Mac Leopard, Earthquakes, 3D Warehouse, MODIS SuperOverlays - November 1, 2007
- Comet Holmes Gets Bright - October 25, 2007
- Astronomy Picture-Overlay of the Day in Google Sky - October 10, 2007
- World's Largest Radio Telescope May Close - October 9, 2007
- 2007 Wirefly X PRIZE Cup - October 8, 2007
- Links: Ohio Class Sub, Galactic Delight, Constellation Drawings - October 5, 2007
- Links: GE for scientists, Human body, Burma, Census Explorer, Virtual Earth, Cleanup Weekend - October 2, 2007
- Volcano Eruption Kills 8 - Jabal al-Tair, Yemen - October 1, 2007
- Beautiful Sky in Google Earth - September 26, 2007
- Links: Planet Orbits, SuperOverlay 2.0, GEC 1 million, Google Social Network - September 24, 2007
- News Roundup: Poles Overlays, Rocket Garden, Army Topos, Astronomy, Roads - September 20, 2007
- Planets Add-on for Google Earth's Sky - September 19, 2007
- Supernova Explosion in Google Earth Sky - September 17, 2007
- New Google Maps Moon Update - September 13, 2007
- Sky News Roundup: New Horizon, SpaceNavigator, Google plans for Sky - September 12, 2007
- Back to School - Educational Uses with Google Earth - September 11, 2007
- Sky Goodies: Hubble Tracker, Sky KML Guide, Horizon Add-on - August 30, 2007
- Google Earth 4.2 Roundup - August 27, 2007
- Video Showing New Google Sky Feature of Google Earth 4.2 - August 22, 2007
- Video Showing Storm Tracking Tools for Google Earth - August 20, 2007
- News Roundup: Peru Earthquake, Virtual Earth Update, Stefan's Alps Hike - August 16, 2007
- Scientific Ocean Drilling Database in Google Earth - August 14, 2007
- Virtual Globes at AGU 2007 - Call for Papers - August 8, 2007
- Rising Water Effects for Buenos Aires or Rio de Janeiro - July 31, 2007
- Improved International Polar Year Content for Google Earth - July 30, 2007
- Herbarium Data of Chile in Google Earth - July 26, 2007
- The Solar System in Google Earth - July 18, 2007
- Solar Eclipses in Google Earth - July 17, 2007
- Solar System Moons in Google Earth - July 15, 2007
- Quasi-global Near real-time Rainfall in Google Earth - July 3, 2007
- Visualizing LIDAR with Google Earth - July 2, 2007
- Google Earth Outreach Announcement Video - June 28, 2007
- Notes from the Google Earth Outreach Announcement in NYC - June 27, 2007
- Gallery Update - June 18, 2007
- News RoundUp: Football Game, VesselTracker, Antarctic Bases, Egyptian Digs, 3D Cities Help, Chimps, Gallery - June 12, 2007
- ISDE Day 3 Summary - June 8, 2007
- International Symposium on Digital Earth - Day 1, Part 1 - June 5, 2007
- Rising Water Effects for NYC in Google Earth - Part III - May 25, 2007
- News Roundup - Nokia N95, gCensus US, Greensburg Radar Animation - May 14, 2007
- News Roundup 2 - Science Visualization, Netherlands GIS, Flu Map, Nokia SportsTracker - May 6, 2007
- News Roundup - Chile Border Crisis, Caribou, Gumball Rally, Emotions - April 30, 2007
- Stephen Hawking Flies in Zero G - April 27, 2007
- Maverick Waves Explained - Illustration in Google Earth - April 23, 2007
- New California Marine Protected Areas in Google Earth - April 20, 2007
- News Roundup: My Maps/YouTube, Nokia N95, Census, Arc2Earth, Show-n-Tell - April 13, 2007
- New Blog - Google Earth Library; Moon and Mars Overlays - April 9, 2007
- Utah Geo Sightseeing in Google Earth - April 4, 2007
- NSF Science and Engineering Visualization Challenge - March 27, 2007
- New Snow and Ice Data for Google Earth - March 5, 2007
- Happy International Polar Year! Google Earth Presentation - March 2, 2007
- NASA Releases More Earth Data for Google Earth - February 22, 2007
- News Roundup - FreeGeoTools, Sprol, Subsurface, conferences, Magnalox - February 12, 2007
- Underwater Roman Village? - February 8, 2007
- Google Earth Critical Tool in Fight Against Logging Plan - February 6, 2007
- News roundup: Google vs. Microsoft, 3D San Jose, Endurance, Weather, Off the Map - January 23, 2007
- Daily NASA MODIS Satellite Imagery for Google Earth - January 20, 2007
- NOAA Releases Estuarine Bathymetric Data for Google Earth - January 12, 2007
- Upper Green Valley Environmental Issues Illustrated with Google Earth - January 10, 2007
- News Roundup: GlobeXplorer Acquired by DigitalGlobe, Conferences, Google Telescope - January 8, 2007
- Update on NASA/Google Press Briefing - December 18, 2006
- Interesting Satellite Visualizations for Google Earth - December 15, 2006
- Virtual Globes Sessions at AGU - Day 1 - December 13, 2006
- Avian Flu Tracker Updated - December 12, 2006
- NASA Goddard Publishes Huge Google Earth Time Animations - December 10, 2006
- NOAA's Great Lakes Environmental Research Lab Publishes Google Earth Content - December 8, 2006
- The Malaria Map Project in Google Earth - December 6, 2006
- View Melting Glaciers in Google Earth - December 3, 2006
- Maplecroft Risk Analsysis Global Maps in Google Earth - November 22, 2006
- Protecting Rainforests in Victoria, Australia Using Google Earth - November 21, 2006
- Blue Marble Time Animation in Google Earth - November 15, 2006
- NY Times on New Theory of Higher Frequency of Large Meteor Impacts - November 14, 2006
- Google Supports Geography Awareness Week - November 13, 2006
- Jupiter Clouds in Motion in Google Earth - November 12, 2006
- Earth on Fire - November 4, 2006
- News Roundup - Animated 3D, EmerGeo, Altered Oceans, Virtual Airlines - October 29, 2006
- National Weather Service Releases Radar Loops for Google Earth - October 26, 2006
- Hawaii Earthquake Data in Google Earth - October 23, 2006
- Armchair Archeology with Google Earth - October 17, 2006
- Global Paleogeographic Time Animation - October 16, 2006
- Flight of Space Ship One Depicted in Google Earth - October 12, 2006
- Space Atlas for Google Earth - October 10, 2006
- News Roundup - October 9, 2006
- Wirefly X PRIZE Cup Showcases 3D Space Models for Google Earth - October 5, 2006
- Maps for Global Hunger / Poverty in Google Earth - October 4, 2006
- UNEP's New Environment Layer in Google Earth - September 21, 2006
- More Innovative Time Animation Examples for Google Earth - September 19, 2006
- Anousheh Ansari Blasts off to Space - September 18, 2006
- Google Earth 4 Time Feature Example - September 14, 2006
- Huge New Layers Update in Google Earth - September 13 - September 13, 2006
- Back to School - Educational Uses with Google Earth - August 29, 2006
- News Roundup: Tides, Scientific visualization, Geody, Movie Times - August 24, 2006
- Jane Goodall Gombe Chimpanzee GeoBlog V2.0 - August 21, 2006
- Moon Trees in Google Earth - August 10, 2006
- Homemade Network of Real-time Lightning Data - See it in Google Earth - August 9, 2006
- News Roundup - New GE Book, GE and Science, 3D Model, GIS Day, Another Chance - August 2, 2006
- Google Saturn - July 30, 2006
- Lava Flows in Google Earth - July 27, 2006
- ReefBase - Status of the World's Coral Reefs - July 25, 2006
- Weather Symbols in Google Earth - July 18, 2006
- New Tsunami Hits Southern Java Indonesia - July 17 - July 17, 2006
- Bus Live Tracking at USC - Research Project - July 14, 2006
- News Roundup - July 4, 2006
- New Volcano Layer in Google Earth - June 20, 2006
- FCC Data Visualization in Google Earth - June 6, 2006
- Avian Flu Outbreak Map Update - Human Cases in Indonesia - June 1, 2006
- Global Volcanoes by Smithsonian Institution for Google Earth - May 20, 2006
- Decrease in Avian Flu Spread During Last Month - May 19, 2006
- Mount Merapi Volcano in Google Earth - May 15, 2006
- Real-time Stream Flow Sensor Net in Google Earth - May 14, 2006
- Kennedy Space Center Placemarks and Webcams - May 11, 2006
- Gulf Impact - Analysis of Damage to Oil/Gas Industry from Hurricanes - May 9, 2006
- Map of Projected Sea Level Rise Effects on Vancouver - May 8, 2006
- Chernobyl Radiation Visualization in Google Earth - April 29, 2006
- Near Real-time Ocean/Weather Data - April 28, 2006
- USGS Releases Geologic Maps for Google Earth - April 25, 2006
- Earth Day - Google Earth Style - April 22, 2006
- Glacier Melt in Google Earth - April 20, 2006
- Space Elevator in Google Earth - April 17, 2006
- NOAA's Coral Reef Watch Adds Google Earth Data - April 13, 2006
- State of Our Ecology in Google Earth - April 12, 2006
- Discovery Channel Releases Video Links for Google Earth - April 7, 2006
- USGS Releases Awesome 1906 Earthquake Documentary Using Google Earth - April 6, 2006
- USGS Using Google Earth for Historic Documentary on 1906 Quake - April 5, 2006
- Google Jupiter - April 3, 2006
- Enhanced Avian Flu Outbreak Tracker - March 27, 2006
- User Develops Mars Add-on for Google Earth - March 13, 2006
- USGS Virtual Tour of Hayward Fault in California - March 11, 2006
- Jane Goodall Chimpanzee GeoBlog - March 9, 2006
- Marine-related Google Earth Files - March 8, 2006
- New Crater Discovery Using Google Earth? - March 6, 2006
- Huge Crater Discovered in Saharan Desert - March 5, 2006
- Avian Flu Preparedness Using Google Earth - February 23, 2006
- Update on Nature Magazine Google Earth Stories - February 16, 2006
- Earthquake Monitoring - February 7, 2006
- More Satellite Environmental Data in Google Earth - January 31, 2006
- NASA Annual Day Land Temperatures of the Earth - January 30, 2006
- Global Fire Data in Google Earth - January 26, 2006
- Arctic and Antarctic Ice Floes in Google Earth - January 25, 2006
- Environmental Groups Leveraging Google Earth - January 16, 2006
- Solar Eclipse Paths in Google Earth - January 12, 2006
- Aurora Viewing Map in Google Earth - January 5, 2006
- Tracking Birds with Google Earth - November 25, 2005
- Nature Magazine's Avian Flu Outbreak Map - November 16, 2005
- Avian Flu Outbreak Map in Google Earth - November 3, 2005
- Impact Structures (Craters) in Google Earth Continued - October 26, 2005
- Hidden Logging in Tropical Forests Revealed - October 22, 2005
- Storm Tracking Tools - Hurricane Wilma - October 19, 2005
- Meteor Craters on Earth - October 18, 2005
- The Ants Go Marching One by One - October 1, 2005
- Asteroid Occultations - September 15, 2005
