'Fairy Circles' are a phenomena that occurs in the Namib Desert involving circular patches of bare ground forming striking patterns visible in satellite imagery. We have looked at a number of similar … [Read more...]
Game of Thrones in Street View and Google Earth
July 19, 2017
In celebration of the season seven premiere of popular TV series “Game of Thrones”, Google has created a Street View collection of various locations used in the filming of the series. Although we … [Read more...]
Homeowner mows ‘A-hole’ message on lawn over a dispute with neighbour
July 18, 2017
A recent story in the news about a homeowner in Dungeness, Washington, USA who, as a result of a dispute with a neighbour wrote a giant message saying 'A hole' and an arrow pointing at his … [Read more...]
Planet Launches 48 More Satellites
July 17, 2017
On July 14, 2017, satellite imaging company Planet launched another 48 of their small, low resolution, satellites they call 'Doves' into orbit. They were launched on a Soyuz rocket together with a … [Read more...]
The Future of Google Earth Voyager
July 14, 2017
Google recently added some new Voyager tours titled 'I Am Amazon' featuring various stories from the Amazon. These tours are exclusively for the new browser-based Google Earth and the Android app. … [Read more...]
A Panda Solar Power Plant
July 13, 2017
A recent story in the news is about a solar plant recently completed in China that was designed in the shape of a panda. However, the images initially circulated were all artists concepts and not … [Read more...]
New Google Earth Desktop Version 7.3
July 12, 2017
[UPDATE 19-JULY-2017] Google updated the 7.3 release with a new version 7.3.0.3830 that fixed a problem with the Linux version, and also fixed an HTTP request issue. The "advanced" manual update … [Read more...]
Using Computer Vision and Street View to Map Urban Change
July 11, 2017
Researchers at MIT have been using computer vision to look at Street View and map urban change over time. Read more about it on Maps Mania. The original paper from MIT is here and a map of several US … [Read more...]
Trip View Bowls in New Google Earth
July 10, 2017
"Trip View Bowls" are porcelain bowls painted on the inside with a 360 degree landscape of a real world location. They are essentially what you would get if you painted Street View image on the inside … [Read more...]
Google Earth Live?
July 7, 2017
We often get asked by GEB readers how to upgrade to the 'live' version of Google Earth. Unfortunately, no such version exists and all imagery in Google Earth is dated - and in many places, the latest … [Read more...]