We recently came across the YouTube video below about Google Earth's 3D imagery. It gives some insight into how it is gathered and we also get to see some of the faces behind Google Earth, such as … [Read more...]
Google Earth 3D imagery progress
March 30, 2017
Google has recently released a new batch of 3D imagery. The last major release was in early February. Thank you to all the GEB readers that contribute by finding new areas and drawing outlines. Below … [Read more...]
Fun with Google Earth’s terrain exaggeration
February 21, 2017
If you ever get bored of Google Earth's 3D imagery, then a fun thing to try is changing the 'terrain exaggeration'. It is a setting found in Tools->Options->3D View->Terrain (PC) or Google … [Read more...]
People in Google Earth’s 3D imagery
February 20, 2017
While exploring Google Earth's 3D imagery, you will probably have noticed that even in the busiest cities, people are largely absent. This is because of the way the 3D imagery is captured. Based on … [Read more...]
Two stages of construction in Google Earth 3D imagery
January 10, 2017
Thank you to GEB reader Jacob for bringing to our attention an interesting effect in Google Earth's 3D imagery. In Kingston, Ontario, Canada, there is a building in the 3D imagery that seems to be a … [Read more...]
Google Earth 3D imagery progress for 2016
December 27, 2016
Over the course of 2016, Google Earth received about 90,000 square kilometres of new 3D imagery (about the area of Portugal). This represents a significant slowdown in new area covered: New area of … [Read more...]
3D volcanoes and 3D data corruption
September 29, 2016
Google recently released 3D imagery for Mount Fuji in Japan. However, we discovered that there are a number of squares of the imagery that appear only in low resolution. We have come across this … [Read more...]
Post-earthquake Kumamoto in Google Earth 3D
September 27, 2016
In April this year, the city of Kumamoto, Japan, suffered a series of large earthquakes. Google managed to capture aerial imagery of the city essentially during the event, after the first major event … [Read more...]
Malaysia and Tunisia get 3D
September 20, 2016
Malaysia and Tunisia have recently received their first 3D imagery. Tunis and Sfax in Tunisia and Sungai Petani in Malaysia. The interesting upside down triangle architecture of the Hôtel du Lac, … [Read more...]
Ships in Google Earth’s 3D imagery
September 16, 2016
We have long had a fascination with cruise ships in Google Earth. Cruise ships represent a significant amount of area and deserve to be mapped, but because they move from place to place this poses an … [Read more...]