We told you in July about the Chrome team's announcement last year that they planned to remove NPAPI support from Chrome by the end of 2014. This includes the Google Earth plugin that uses … [Read more...]
The TARDIS in Google Earth
August 27, 2014
The popular British TV Series "Dr Who" Series 8's premiere episode aired on Saturday, August 23, 2014. The series features a blue British police box known as the TARDIS (Time and Relative Dimension in … [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...]
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...]
45th anniversary of the Apollo 11 mission
July 18, 2014
This Sunday 45 years ago, July 20, 1969, Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin became the first humans to set foot on the moon. One great way to experience the landing is by viewing … [Read more...]
London goes 3D
July 18, 2014
Google has finally added 3D imagery to London, and it appears they've done a great job with it. As with other recent cities, it appears that their techniques for creating this imagery continue to … [Read more...]
The 2014 World Cup Stadiums in Google Earth
June 23, 2014
The 2014 World Cup is well underway, being played in 12 beautiful stadiums across Brazil. All 12 stadiums have awesome 3D models in Google Earth, so we thought we'd show them off to you. Here is an … [Read more...]
YoubeQ adds new languages, vehicles, places and more
June 17, 2014
We first told you about YoubeQ nearly three years ago, and they've been hard at working continually adding features. You can try it all for yourself at youbeq.com or read below for their list of … [Read more...]
Christchurch, New Zealand now features 3D Imagery
June 9, 2014
Thanks to a tip from GEB reader 'Anthony', we see that Christchurch, New Zealand is now shown in full 3D thanks to Google's "3D Imagery". As with all 3D cities (a list of which can be found on … [Read more...]
Middle school students in Bluffton, South Carolina, build their town in 3D
May 28, 2014
Over the years we've seen a handful of schools integrate SketchUp to showcase their campus in 3D, such as Paragould and Hartford High Schools a few years ago. The latest example comes from McCracken … [Read more...]