Google Earth can be great for planning trips of any kind, including those by boat. More than seven years ago Frank was showing us 3D cruise ship tracking, and there have been other great cruising … [Read more...]
Using Google Earth imagery in real estate guides
August 14, 2014
Since the early days of Google Earth, people have looked for ways to use it to enhance real estate searches and information. You can go all the way back to 2005 to see an example that Frank posted, … [Read more...]
DigitalGlobe launching their WorldView-3 satellite today
August 13, 2014
DigitalGlobe, one of the leading providers of imagery for Google Earth, is launching their new WorldView-3 satellite in a few hours. It is scheduled to launch at 11:29am PDT today from Vandenberg Air … [Read more...]
Geology in Google Earth
August 12, 2014
We've shown you a lot from George at MyReadingMapped over the years, and he's back with another one. This project is called the "Google Map of Geology", and George describes it as follows: My … [Read more...]
The Forts of Liege in World War I
August 11, 2014
With the 100th anniversary of the start of World War I occurring a few weeks ago, I expect we'll see various recreations of events from the war in Google Earth as those individual 100 year … [Read more...]
Using Google Earth to track environmental impact
August 8, 2014
We have discussed the amazing work that Google Earth Outreach does quite a few times on here, and they continue to assist with amazing projects around the world. They recently released a video that … [Read more...]
Exploring the possibilities of a new dam using Google Earth
August 7, 2014
In British Columbia there is a proposal to build a new dam at "Site C" to help generate affordable clean energy to the region. It sounds like a wonderful idea, but with any project of this size there … [Read more...]
The tallest statues in the world
August 6, 2014
Ian Brown at Google Sightseeing recently posted a great blog entry that took a look at the ten tallest statues in the world. Most of the statues are of Buddha or Guanyin, many located in … [Read more...]
Mapping the Ebola outbreak in Google Earth
August 5, 2014
A few months ago we showed you some great maps that showed the spread of Ebola and MERS, but given the continued spread of Ebola we felt it'd be a good time to dig into them again. George at … [Read more...]
Heading back to school with Google Earth
August 4, 2014
Many people are gearing up the end of summer break and the start of school. In fact, our daughters will be heading out for their first day of school in a few hours, as will thousands of others from … [Read more...]