What kind of person decides to leave Tahiti because it’s just not pretty enough? Enric Sala. He and a team of explorers recently set sail from Tahiti to visit the Southern Line Islands as part of National Geographic’s Ocean Now initiative. Because …
[Cross-posted with the google.org blog]To solve the climate crisis and meet our growing demand for energy, we need to move to clean, renewable energy sources that will cut global warming pollution and power our economic recovery. This goal requires con…
Today, the wonderful chaos that is March Madness returns, and with it, comes a brand new college basketball KML like the one I built last year. To celebrate this annual moment of basketball bliss, I’ve added the locations of this year’s 13 tournament…
As an engineer working on Google Maps, I often talk with my coworkers about how some of the most interesting data comes from the geo-community. It’s because of this that we’ve recently taken yet another step on our quest to make Google Maps more user d…
[Cross-posted with the google.org blog]Solar energy has long been touted as a clean alternative to traditional electricity generation, but building a clean energy economy will also create jobs. Thanks to federal and state policies to support renewable …