All the stories tagged with: google earth
Google Earth 6.2 gets smooth tiles, social sharing
01/26/2012, Google Earth is a huge database of satellite photos and 3d polygonal models, and if you have used it before, you may have noticed that each tile (section of satellite/aerial photo) may have different colors/tones. That is due to the [...]
Google Earth shown off on 48 screens
12/12/2011, Google Earth is a pretty amazing service from Google which allows you to check out the whole world from the comfort of your own living room. And while most of us are content with browsing the earth on our computer [...]
Google Earth experiences 1 billion downloads…and counting
10/05/2011, We mentioned briefly earlier this morning about Google Earth getting downloaded a cool billion times already, which means if each person on earth were to be represented by a single download, every one out of seven humans is a Google [...]
QR codes on rooftops used to advertise on Google Earth
10/05/2011, If you’re in need for a rather unique way of advertising your product or company, Philips & Co. has a new proposition that they’re calling “Blue Marble”, and essentially what they will do for you is that they will create [...]
Google Maps now lets you preview your route in 3D
09/30/2011, While Google Maps’ regular 2D view is usually more than enough for you to find your way to your destination, sometimes it’s not – especially when you’re unfamiliar with the territory, and have no idea what the buildings on the [...]
Google Earth now optimized for Honeycomb tablets
05/05/2011, Google has just announced that the latest version of Google Earth for Android now includes support for Android 3.0 (Honeycomb). Google Earth can now take full advantage of the tablet-optimized Android operating system. Making use of the tablet’s large screen [...]
Google Demo Slam: Google Earth Skydiving
12/13/2010, We’ve seen folks try skydiving (of sorts) using Google Maps before, standing on top of the projected Google Maps. But some folks over in Japan wanted to take the experience further and suspended themselves above the projected map, giving them [...]
Google Earth 6 Adds Realistic 3D Trees, Integrated Street View
11/29/2010, Google has made version 6 of its Google Earth software available for download today for both Mac and PC, which brings 3D trees and integrated Street View into the mapping platform. According to Google, over 50 different species of trees [...]
Dive Into The Google Earth Ocean From Your iOS Device
09/21/2010, iOS users who use Google Earth should take note that Google has released Google Earth 3.1 for iOS devices, allowing you to explore underwater landscapes and terrain from your iOS device without having to get yourself wet. You can dive [...]
Google Earth lets you fly like Superman
09/09/2010, You don’t have to wear your underwear outside in a garish color combination to fly around the world, as Google allows you to do so with the spanking new Google Earth website which comes loaded with a slew of great [...]
Steampunk Globe Controls Google Earth On The iPad
08/02/2010, Steampunk gadgets always look good, but what happens when you pair up a Steampunk-themed globe with Apple’s iPad? The Electromagnetic Geospacial Globe and Remote View with Obligatory Goggles is a rather cool setup, as it uses RFID tags that are [...]
Google Earth Now Offers Native iPad Support
06/14/2010, The large display on Apple’s iPad is a beautiful thing, and while it’s very suited to watching movies and browsing the web, you can be sure that many folks out there want to be able to fiddle with the popular [...]
New York City In 3D Thanks To Google Earth
04/15/2010, With all the data that Google has in Google Maps and Google Earth, it shouldn’t come as too much of a surprise to see that Google has used all that data to come up with a 3D city effect of [...]
