September 1st, 2008 | by Kate | published in Google Earth
As menacing Hurricane Gustav approaches the U.S. Gulf Coast, we’ve added a “Hurricane Gustav” folder under the “Weather” folder in Google Earth.Expand the folder to find the latest advisory from the National Hurricane Center, a forecast track (also fro…
August 28th, 2008 | by elaine | published in Google Earth
Every now and then, we mention that you can do a search in Google Maps or Google Earth using latitude and longitude coordinates. But sometimes the coordinates are just what you’re looking for, so here’s a quick tip on how to find them. In Google Earth,…
August 28th, 2008 | by elaine | published in Google Earth
This week, we’ve added another layer to the Gallery in Google Earth. Spain-based Wikiloc aggregates thousands of GPS tracks for various outdoor activities provided by its growing user community. The layer not only lets you display the GPS tracks in Goo…
August 27th, 2008 | by elaine | published in Google Earth
Looks like it’s time to replace that rickety compass with a few hundred of your favorite cattle. Ok, not that you would – but according to a team of German zoologists and the research they did using Google Earth, apparently you could. Using Google Ear…
August 26th, 2008 | by elaine | published in Google Earth
My reconnaissance of the Beijing Olympic Time Trial all started in December 2007. My coach Jim Miller and I traveled to Beijing, China to not only check out and ride the Time Trial course, and to experience the heavily publicized pollution problem firs…
August 21st, 2008 | by elaine | published in Google Earth
Here’s a brief primer on some of the shortcuts you can use while browsing Google Maps. With your mouse, you can zoom in and out: double left-click to zoom in on the area you’re clicking, and double right-click (also known as Ctrl+Click for Mac users) t…
August 20th, 2008 | by elaine | published in Google Earth
If you’ve been consoling yourself for not being in Beijing by jaunting around in the Google Maps 2008 Summer Games website, you’ll find further comfort with this great mashup from Earthgamz. Check out the placemarks for athletes’ hometowns and t…
August 14th, 2008 | by elaine | published in Google Earth
As students prepare to head back to school, it seems like a good time to share some fun ways to use Mapplets to get students and curious minds interested in discovering new places. To start, you can grab their attention with dynamic 360º panoramas of …
August 13th, 2008 | by elaine | published in Google Earth
The poet John Donne once said, “No man is an island” – and for those of us who’ve had the opportunity to see our users map their world, we believe in the collective knowledge of communities sharing what they know best about the places where they’ve liv…
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…
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,…
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 …
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 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…