Google has made yet another weekend update to the Google Earth imagery. I'm expecting a lot of GEB readers will start reporting new imagery they find during the weekend. Please leave a comment … [Read more...]
NASA Doing Robotic Recon with Google Earth
June 30, 2009
NASA is conducting research from their Ames Research Center in California with a robot called "K10", located in northern Arizona, to simulate tele-operations for exploring the moon. They are using … [Read more...]
Links: Michael Jackson Neverland, Amnesty International, New Placenames, GE Outreach
June 26, 2009
Michael Jackson Neverland - Yesterday the King of Pop passed away. People will remember him in many ways, but mostly for his amazing musical and performance talents. Google Sightseeing recalled … [Read more...]
Current Positions of 10,000+ Ships World-wide in Google Earth
May 8, 2009
In the past few years, commercial shipping vessels have been required to broadcast a vessel position "transponder" similar to those used by aircraft. The system used is called AIS (Automatic … [Read more...]
Rowing Around the World with Google Earth
February 11, 2009
Google posted yesterday about a guy who is attempting to be the first to row around the world. Oliver Hicks has left his home country of Australia and will be headed down toward Antarctica and … [Read more...]
News: Gibraltar Terrain, Earth Surfer Code, Naval Observatory, Dutch Geography Animation, Earthpoint, Eclipse
January 27, 2009
Gibraltar Terrain - Got an Email from GEB reader named Will who points out when Google updated the 3D terrain for Google Earth last month with new NASA SRTM data, it included better terrain for … [Read more...]
New View of Ocean Floor in Google Earth
January 17, 2009
Google has released a new rendering of the ocean floors around the world. The ocean floor is colored to reflect the terrain features of the sub-sea surface. The new rendering is a bit higher … [Read more...]