Google Earth has just had a makeover. Google has refreshed the global mosaic imagery that you see when zoomed out with newer, better quality imagery. When you zoom in, Google Earth transitions to … [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...]
New Content for Google Earth’s 10th Anniversary
June 29, 2015
Google blogged today about Google Earth turning 10 and announced some new content in celebration. This announcement brings out some revelations about the future of Google Earth as well. So, we are … [Read more...]
Ten Years of Amazing Google Earth Visualizations
June 29, 2015
Google Earth was first released on June 28, 2005. Now, in celebration of the 10th Anniversary of Google Earth's release, we would like to share just a few examples of the best user applications of … [Read more...]
New Google Earth layer(s) – coming soon
June 23, 2015
Last week we pointed out that some of the Google Earth weather layers were out of date. Google fixed the problem soon after, and at about the same time added a tantalizing new layer that just says … [Read more...]
Tahina Circumnavigates the Earth
June 16, 2015
My name is Frank Taylor, and I am the founder and publisher of Google Earth Blog. I also recently completed an expedition to sail around the world. One of the many reasons I was immediately attracted … [Read more...]
Panoramio Gets Reprieve from Google
June 8, 2015
In 2006, Google bought Panoramio - a fast growing user community with geo-tagged photos from around the world to add to Google Earth and Maps so people could better identify locations through photos … [Read more...]
Bringing Google Earth to VR
April 28, 2015
It was recently announced that Michael Jones, one of the original founders of Google Earth, has left Google and is now CEO of a cool new VR glasses maker called Wearality. These glasses are unlike … [Read more...]
New Version of Google Earth 7.1.4.1529
April 24, 2015
Google has pushed out a new minor update to the desktop version of Google Earth. The new version is 7.1.4.1529 dated March 30th, 2015. Thank you to GEB reader AC for letting us know first (we have had … [Read more...]
The New Google Earth Community
April 6, 2015
Last Friday, Google made an announcement that they plan to "retire" the Google Earth Community (GEC) forums starting May 1st. Google wants to continue managing the Google Earth product help forums, … [Read more...]