November 20th, 2008 | by elaine | published in Google Earth
Thanksgiving is only a week away, which means that the holiday travel season is upon us. Booking plane tickets can be like alphabet soup: you’re just trying to get from Los Angeles to Washington, DC, but your itinerary has you changing planes at CVG …
November 20th, 2008 | by elaine | published in Google Earth
This week, we’ve started to feature another layer in the Google Earth Gallery, showing several thousand panoramic views provided by 360cities.net. This layer contains exciting 360 degree panoramas from a variety of great photographs taken all over the …
November 19th, 2008 | by elaine | published in Google Earth
From the practical to the political, from the serious to the silly, developers of over 150,000 sites around the world continue to inspire us with their creative uses of the Google Maps API.To celebrate this blossoming ecosystem, we’ve redesigned…
November 18th, 2008 | by elaine | published in Google Earth
One of my favorite things to do while I’m on a business trip — wherever I am — is to find great coffee shops. Knowing I can relax with locals and get a strong cup of coffee helps get me through the jet lag and long days that usually accompany these t…
November 17th, 2008 | by elaine | published in Google Earth
Some of my earliest memories are of spreading National Geographic maps out on the floor of my living room, picking a faraway place on the planet, and imagining myself on a different continent. Fast forward a couple of decades to 2008, and National Geog…
November 17th, 2008 | by elaine | published in Google Earth
It’s my pleasure to announce the launch of Google SketchUp 7. If you’ve been putting off getting familiar with Google Earth’s 3D modeling “other half”, now’s the time to do something about it. After all, nothing makes a nicer holiday gift for your spo…
November 14th, 2008 | by elaine | published in Google Earth
A strong, fast-moving wildfire began last night in Santa Barbara, California and has already destroyed 100 homes and put many more at risk. Residents of the impacted and endangered areas urgently need information about the fire path, evacuated areas, r…
November 13th, 2008 | by elaine | published in Google Earth
We’ve featured some of the most stunning pictures found in Street View on the blog, from the Colosseum in Rome to the Parthenon (well, a replica) in Nashville, but there are also countless practical uses of Street View. Here’s one of them: use Stre…
November 12th, 2008 | by Kate | published in Google Earth
Were you someone who struggled to stay awake in ancient history class? If so, perhaps this was due to those uninspiring “artist renditions” in your textbook. Reading countless pages that described how a monument, building or city may have appeared at t…
November 11th, 2008 | by elaine | published in Google Earth
The KML in Research contest deadline is Dec 1st. For those of you working on KML already, make sure you check out the judging criteria and submit your file before the contest deadline. For those of you new to KML, there is still time to get a q…
November 10th, 2008 | by elaine | published in Google Earth
Seeing the diversity and creativity of what people are doing with our geo tools continues to surprise and enthrall all of us working on these very tools. Intrepid software developers worldwide are taking the initiative by building unique applications…
November 4th, 2008 | by elaine | published in Google Earth
Whew! It’s been a busy last couple weeks for the Street view team. After our recent launches in France, Spain and Italy, Street view is now available in 6 countries. But to help celebrate Election Day, we thought we’d head back to the US and la…
November 4th, 2008 | by elaine | published in Google Earth
Today, citizens across the country will vote — and be antsy to find out how everyone else voted. Today you’ll be able to access voting results as they occur with our 2008 Election Results Map. You can follow along in our Google Maps Elections Gallery…
October 30th, 2008 | by elaine | published in Google Earth
In the final days of this captivating presidential election season, are you interested in knowing how US has voted in the past? Together with the Digital Scholarship Lab at University of Richmond, the Google Earth team has mapped historical election r…
October 30th, 2008 | by elaine | published in Google Earth
Right on the heels of Tuesday’s rollout in Spain, you can now enjoy the beautiful Italian cities of Rome, Florence and Milan (where I previously lived!) with Street View. This new imagery for Italy also captures some of the stunning views along the sh…
