Google Earth has a variety of built-in layers that give you some amazing ways to view the current weather around the world. Simply by turning on the [Clouds] and [Radar] layers inside of the main … [Read more...]
Tracking Hurricane Isaac in Google Earth
August 28, 2012
There are a lot of great tools online to help track storms such as Hurricane Isaac. Google Maps Mania listed a few, and James Fee posted a sizable list. Adding to the toolset, Google has now launched … [Read more...]
Tracking hurricane hunters in Google Earth
June 25, 2012
Over the years, we've shown you a variety of great ways to use Google Earth to track hurricanes. While much of that data comes from weather satellites, some of it comes from "hurricane hunters" that … [Read more...]
The Year 2011 in Google Earth
December 30, 2011
Google Earth had a tremendous year in 2011. Our most popular story of the year, by far, was from people searching for Osama bin Laden's compound in May. There was also quite a bit of interest in … [Read more...]
Google reorganizes the “Ocean” Layer
December 14, 2011
As Google continues to add more content to the various Layers in Google Earth, they often take time to reorganize things a little bit. This time it's the "Ocean" layer that's been somewhat shifted … [Read more...]
Tracking hurricane wind speeds in Google Earth
September 5, 2011
Back in 2006, we showed you a tool from Jeremy Cothran at the University of South Carolina that provided a ton of near real-time weather data from various sensors around the southeastern United … [Read more...]
The damage from Hurricane Irene
August 31, 2011
While Hurricane Irene didn't strike the United States with as much force as many had predicted, it was still a substantial storm that claimed 54 lives and did more than $10 billion in damage. GEB … [Read more...]
More tools to help track Hurricane Irene
August 26, 2011
A few days ago we shared some tools to help you track Hurricane Irene in Google Earth. With the storm now bearing down on the east coast of the United States, we thought we've show you a few more … [Read more...]
Hurricane Irene in Google Earth
August 24, 2011
Hurricane Irene, which has already done some serious damage to Puerto Rico, was recently captured in stunning high resolution by NASA's Terra satellite as it heads toward the east coast of the United … [Read more...]
Weather features now in Google Maps, but still better in Google Earth
August 19, 2011
Google just added some great weather features to Google Maps, which you can read about on the Google Lat Long Blog. There are some cool features in there, and I'll probably use it from time to … [Read more...]