We’ve made a change to the NORAD Santa Tracker this year.
In years past, we’ve created a .kmz file that users could download to watch the Big Man in Red travel around the globe on Christmas Eve using the Google Earth desktop client. This year, we’re …
The 2010 Winter Games are just around the corner, and at Google, we’re getting pretty excited.Last week we shared some maps of local experts’ favorite locations in and around Vancouver with the help from our Google Canada team. Today we’ve introduced p…
[Cross-posted from the Official Google Africa Blog]From late October to early November, the Google Earth Outreach team, along with Googlers from our Africa and Geo teams, participated in several events in East Africa.During the AfricaGIS 2009 conferenc…
We just launched our final imagery update of the year for Google Earth and Google Maps. Check to see if any of your favorite places have gotten an update! You can view the updated areas highlighted in red below. Alternatively, you can download this KM…
We just launched new imagery and terrain for Mars in Google Earth! If you have the Google Earth plugin installed, you can view the updated areas highlighted in red (imagery) and white (terrain) below. Alternatively, you can download this KML, for viewi…
Voted the most livable city by The Economist, Vancouver fronts the Pacific Ocean in British Columbia, Canada. This February it will host the 2010 Winter Games, and beforehand we wanted to share the favorite (or “favourite”, for Canadian readers) places…
Back in June of 2008, some of my fellow engineers and I got to thinking: how could we recreate the experience of seeing the impressive imagery from our geo products in a more seamless way? We scrounged some spare Linux workstations, and in our 20% time…
We just launched new imagery for Google Earth and Google Maps. Check to see if any of your favorite places have gotten an update! You can view the updated areas highlighted in red below. Alternatively, you can download this KML, for viewing in Google E…
[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…
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 …
Since we released Google Building Maker several weeks ago, we’ve seen a large inflow of new 3D models. Great job!If you’ve been following our posts (or Tweets), you might be wondering why we’re introducing new cities in Building Maker in the same locat…
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…
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…
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…
When we launched Building Maker a few short weeks ago we were unsure how everyone would respond. Given the massive influx of models we’ve received since it launched, one thing is clear – you like making buildings for Google Earth! If t…