December 2nd, 2009 | by elaine | published in Google Earth
Today’s update to Street View is a whale of a launch — literally! We’ve added imagery gathered by our Trike for several special attractions we’ve partnered with in the United States, including the SeaWorld parks. Of course, that includes photos of Sea…
December 2nd, 2009 | by Aaron Stein | published in Google Earth
[Cross-posted from the Official Google.org Blog]Today Governor Schwarzenegger and the California Natural Resources Agency is announcing CalAdapt, a new Google Earth-based tool designed to help Californians learn more about climate impacts and adaptati…
December 1st, 2009 | by Aaron Stein | published in Google Earth
As I slowly emerge from my tryptophan-induced coma, I find my thoughts drifting merrily toward the next holiday on the calendar. And, like any kid trapped in an adult’s body, I have to admit that I’m no more immune to the heady anticipation of Santa’s …
November 25th, 2009 | by elaine | published in Google Earth
With families coming together, the start of the ski season, and weekly shopping trips becoming acceptable, there’s a lot to love about the holiday season. What’s that? Gridlocked traffic? Fully booked hotels? Can’t find the perfect gift? Oh my, the ho…
November 23rd, 2009 | by elaine | published in Google Earth
We know that coupons are a great way for local businesses to drive customers to their stores – that’s why we created the option for businesses to add coupons to their Google Local Business Center listing back in 2007. Now, as the holiday shopping seaso…
November 20th, 2009 | by elaine | published in Google Earth
At an event organized jointly by the United Nations and Google at Google’s office in New York, 80 United Nations delegates from more than 20 UN agencies, met with various Google product teams to explore how Google’s wide array of products and services …
November 19th, 2009 | by Aaron Stein | published in Google Earth
We just launched new imagery for Google Earth and Google Maps. Check to see if any of your favorite places has gotten an update! You can download this KML for viewing in Google Earth or you view the updates in Google Maps. Or you can view the updated a…
November 19th, 2009 | by elaine | published in Google Earth
This past Saturday, we launched the first ever mapping competition in Latin America during a live session on Map Maker at the Campus Party Mexico 2009. The competition officially kicked off at the event in Mexico city, where tech enthusiasts from all o…
November 18th, 2009 | by elaine | published in Google Earth
Two months ago, we released the beta version of Google Earth 5.1. The 5.1 release focused on one of our most important features: performance. The power of Google Earth is the seamless, immersive 3D fly-throughs that give you a sense of …
November 17th, 2009 | by Aaron Stein | published in Google Earth
Did you know that deforestation and forest degradation account for almost 20% of global warming emissions? That is more than all of the emissions from global transportation combined! Yet, it has historically been difficult to integrate avoided defore…
November 17th, 2009 | by Aaron Stein | published in Google Earth
A few weeks ago, we launched Building Maker, a new way to model buildings in 3D for Google Earth. Since then, we’ve been excited by the community’s enthusiastic response and today, we’re announcing that eight new cities can now be modeled with Buildin…
November 17th, 2009 | by Aaron Stein | published in Google Earth
For the last three years I’ve been friends with the author of the Google Earth Blog, Frank Taylor. Besides being a Google Earth enthusiast, Frank is also quite the thrill-seeker; he didn’t hesitate to let me fly his plane while he shot photos of the 2…
November 12th, 2009 | by Aaron Stein | published in Google Earth
The whole thing started last spring at the first-ever Crisis Camp in Washington DC where we heard about the challenges that NGOs, governments, and first responders face during disaster response.We discussed these challenges with colleagues from Microso…
November 10th, 2009 | by elaine | published in Google Earth
It’s been a very busy week for the Street View team! Not only have we made Hawaii the 50th state to get Street View imagery but we’ve also been hard at work mapping other stunning locations around the world. Now you can explore around huge swathes of S…
November 9th, 2009 | by elaine | published in Google Earth
Last month we asked you to submit nominations for places that you want our Street View Trike to visit. We were inundated with more than 25,000 suggestions across all categories, with university campuses making up 44% of all suggestions.Starting today, …
