Where is Georgia on Google Maps?
August 12th, 2008 | by elaine | published in Google Earth
The recent conflict in Georgia has raised some questions about how Google Maps has handled mapping in that part of the world. The most obvious question is, why doesn’t Google Maps show any cities or roads for Georgia, or its neighbors Armenia and Azer…
Using Google Maps to Visualize ArcGIS Data & Services
August 12th, 2008 | by Pamela Fox | published in Google Maps
Posted by Sterling Quinn, ESRI Developer
Hi, I’m Sterling Quinn and I work on the development team for server-based GIS technologies at ESRI in Redlands, California. We’re happy to report that ESRI software users can now expose their GIS in Googl…
Google Earth Geographic Web updates
August 12th, 2008 | by elaine | published in Google Earth
Organizing the world’s spatial information means benefiting from the collective knowledge and experiences of people around the globe. Making this information universally accessible enables you to discover the world and its places, not only as they are,…
Off to the Games!
August 8th, 2008 | by Kate | published in Google Earth
The 2008 Summer Games will soon commence in Beijing and will run from August 8th to August 24th. You may have noticed that we recently updated our satellite imagery in Beijing, have added detailed bilingual maps in China, and have created a collection …
New Earth API resources: Complete API Reference, Sample Code, Release Notes, FAQ
August 7th, 2008 | by Mano Marks | published in Google Maps
Posted by Mano Marks, Geo Developer Advocate
This has been a busy week! We’ve released four new resources to help you with the Google Earth API.
We’ve updated the Google Earth API reference. While there haven’t been substantive changes to the API, the…
August 7th, 2008 | by elaine | published in Google Earth
Have you ever found a Mapplet you really wanted to share? You might have tried the “link” feature on Maps, and been frustrated that it only links to the My Maps tab instead of directly to whichever Mapplet you selected. Well, there is in fact a simpl…
August 4th, 2008 | by Roman Nurik, Android Developer Relations | published in Google Maps
Posted by Roman Nurik, Earth API Team
Howdy, y’all. My name is Roman Nurik and I’m a newly minted member of the Google Geo APIs team. Some of you may already know me from the Earth Browser Plug-in Google Group. I recently started at Google’s headquart…
More streets in more places
August 4th, 2008 | by elaine | published in Google Earth
Earlier this summer we launched our first international Street View coverage with the Tour de France route. Today I’m excited to announce we’re bringing Street View to new corners of the globe as we launch imagery in Japan and Australia.Our Japan launc…
July 24th, 2008 | by Mano Marks | published in Google Maps
Posted by Bjørn Sandvik,thematicmapping.org
Thematic Mapping Engine (TME) lets you create thematic or statistical maps on-the-fly in the web browser. It then returns a KMZ file which you can view directly with the Google Earth browser plugin, or you…
July 21st, 2008 | by Pamela Fox | published in Google Maps
Posted by Jim Payne and Brandon Badger, Maps API Team
Our Maps API team strives each day to develop features to help developers build the next generation of great maps mashups. One of the requests that we’ve received from our developer community is t…
Wacky Wednesday: Change the background color of your map!
July 17th, 2008 | by Pamela Fox | published in Google Maps
Posted by Pamela Fox, Maps API Team
Sometimes, we fulfill feature requests that we never realized we had, and then wonder why it took us so long to discover that hidden desire in our heart. GMapOptions.backgroundColor, introduced in 2.119, is one of th…
July 10th, 2008 | by Pamela Fox | published in Google Maps
Posted by Justin Kosslyn, Google Spreadsheet Team
In the past, Pamela’s blogged about ways to create map mashups out of published spreadsheets using the Spreadsheets GData API. Well now we have a more integrated approach using spreadsheets gadgets. For…
Using Static Maps and HTTP Geocoding to Location-enable Lonely Planet Mobile
July 8th, 2008 | by Pamela Fox | published in Google Maps
We at Lonely Planet are thrilled to share some experiences from our latest project, http://m.lonelyplanet.com, a location-based world travel guide for mobile devices enabled by mashing the Google Static Maps API, the Google HTTP geocoder, and our new …
July 3rd, 2008 | by Michael Weiss-Malik | published in Google Maps
Hi. This is Craig Johnston and Brian Hull of Sudjam, LLC, the company hosting and developing the new online presence for the band Nine Inch Nails. This guest blog entry will cover how we went about creating a Google Earth representation of downloads fo…
July 1st, 2008 | by Pamela Fox | published in Google Maps
Posted by Pamela Fox, Maps API Team
First, let’s go over a few new features for static maps:
We support larger maps, up to 640X640 pixels.We use a more compact Google logo for maps less than 100 pixels wide.We support the ability to specify a map view…