Google recently updated the 'historical imagery' layer in Google Earth and we have done a series of posts on the various interesting sights: Wildfires in the US More US wildfires, US floods and a … [Read more...]
Burning Man goes 3D
December 8, 2014
Over the last week or so, Google have pushed out a significant amount of new 3D imagery. If you don't have it already, be sure to grab our our map of areas covered so far. One of the most interesting … [Read more...]
Skybox Imaging captures Burning Man
September 22, 2014
Last month we covered the Burning Man festival, and how the event has been captured by satellite imagery a number of times, with the images available in Google Earth's Historical Imagery. It turns out … [Read more...]
Burning Man 2014
August 29, 2014
We have talked about Burning Man a number of times before (2013, 2011,2010, 2007, 2006). Burning Man is a cartographer's nightmare, because it is a city that is built within a matter of days, lasts … [Read more...]
Burning Man 2013
August 25, 2013
We've discussed the famous Burning Man event quite a few times in the past (2011, 2010, 2007, 2006) as Google often features aerial imagery from the event in Google Earth. In fact, by using … [Read more...]
DigitalGlobe’s Top Image of the Year
January 9, 2013
A few weeks ago, we showed you how you could be a part of the voting for DigitalGlobe's "Top Image of the Year". The results are in, and the winner is... Burning Man! It was a very close vote, with … [Read more...]
Burning Man 2011
September 13, 2011
As they did last year, GeoEye again captured a high-res image of the Burning Man event in northern Nevada. The image was posted at geeked.info, and we took it and turned into a KML image … [Read more...]
Burning Man 2010 in Google Earth
September 3, 2010
We covered some neat things with Burning Man (a very popular annual event that is "an experiment in community, radical self-expression, and radical self-reliance") back in 2006 and 2007, and they've … [Read more...]
Burning Man 2007 in Google Earth
August 27, 2007
Burning Man is a difficult to explain event which occurs each year in the Black Rock Desert in Nevada for one week. This year it is being held August 27 (today) through September 3. Basically a wide … [Read more...]
Burning Man 2006 in Google Earth
October 3, 2006
[NOTE: Turn on Historical Imagery in GE 5 and move the slider to 2006 to see the Burning Man photo mentioned in this post.] [NOTE: See the post for Burning Man 2007] Looks like Google acquired an … [Read more...]