Google has released a free new version of Google Earth on a totally different computing platform: Virtual Reality (VR). Google imaginatively calls it Google Earth VR. Specifically, for now, this … [Read more...]
Malaysia and Tunisia get 3D
September 20, 2016
Malaysia and Tunisia have recently received their first 3D imagery. Tunis and Sfax in Tunisia and Sungai Petani in Malaysia. The interesting upside down triangle architecture of the Hôtel du Lac, … [Read more...]
4D Gondola in Google Earth
August 24, 2016
Steven Ho, whose work we often cover has recently updated a Google Earth animation he first created back in 2007 showing the Maokong Gondola of Taipei. We covered his original 2007 version in this … [Read more...]
Space Engine – to Infinity and Beyond
February 17, 2016
I still remember the first time I used Google Earth and how my sense of wonder grew as I realized the amazing capabilities of the program to portray our planet Earth at new levels of detail with a … [Read more...]
New Google Earth Flight Simulator Tips and Video 2015
December 15, 2015
Did you know Google Earth has a free built in flight simulator and you can fly all over the world? It has been there since 2007, and in the meantime computers have gotten way faster and the data has … [Read more...]
Explore Mars in Google Earth
October 2, 2015
This has been a big week for Mars with the new NASA discovery of flowing water on the red planet, and the release of a blockbuster movie "The Martian" based on the New York Times best seller of the … [Read more...]
Google Rolling out 3D at an Extraordinary Rate
May 12, 2015
As we mentioned in our month-end post, over the last couple of months, Google has stepped up the rate at which they are releasing 3D imagery. Most notably in the last week Google has added areas in … [Read more...]
The flag on Devil’s Peak
March 12, 2015
While looking around Cape Town, South Africa in Google Earth recently, we noticed a 3D model of a large South African flag on Devil's Peak. It is the old type of 3D model from the Sketchup 3D … [Read more...]
3D Fireworks in Google Earth
December 31, 2014
By the time you read this, it will already be 2015 in the Line Islands of Kiribati, as it is the first location on Earth to celebrate the new year. It is an interesting fact about the peculiarities of … [Read more...]
Santa’s village on Google Earth
December 25, 2014
We have in the past shared our holiday greeting card in the form of a KML file you can download and view in Google Earth. This year, for Christmas, we have taken inspiration from our Halloween … [Read more...]