After Heritage Key's recent video interview with John Julius Norwich on his new book "The Great Cities in History" ( which you should definately watch here ) I wrote an article looking at the greatest ancient cities that Lord Norwich selected. With cities across the globe and ranging from the Greeks and Romans, to the Egyptians and Muslims, as far as the Indus Valley and Chinese to the Mayan...
Back in October I conducted my first test runs with a kite aerial photography rig I purchased for our five-year sailing trip (see TahinaExpedition.com ). Thanks to a partnership with Google, some of the imagery should find its way into Google Earth and Maps aerial imagery. Today, I'm proud to announce that the first set of images are now available! You can see the marina where we kept Tahina in the...
Could have bought ordinary Google Earth for that Pentagon boffinry chiefs have decided to spend more than a hundred million dollars on a new military database/map system which will let troops in the field collect, share and organise intelligence more effectively.…
Yet another Google ( NSDQ: GOOG ) property, Google Earth, is getting ads. The move comes as Google has introduced advertising over the last year to a set of its properties that were previously unmonetized, including Google Finance, Google Image Search, and even its “search suggest function”; the company has also lately emphasized geo-targeted advertising on Google Maps.
I'm about to head out for my second day (of three) at Disney World with my family. I thought I'd take the opportunity to once again highlight the amazing 3D models that Google has built for Disney World. While it was certainly magnificent when it first came out, it's only getting better with time. Google Earth 5.1's speed improvements made it easier to use, and the faster hardware we all tend to get...
Filed under: Windows , Google , Freeware Everyone cringed when Microsoft announced that Office 2010 Starter would be partially ad-supported, and it looks as though advertising in desktop apps may be something we'll just have to get used to. As Amit Agarwal at Digital Inspiration found out , Google Earth is now showcasing sponsored links as you search for destinations. While the ads aren't all that...
An archive of aerial photographs snapped by daring pilots during secret reconnaissance missions in the Second World War have been revealed to the public for the first time.
Thanks to joedomvince for the following. Google Earth Street Level mapping is now showing Hawaii. Folks can now see places like Camp Erdman, Beach Camp, Diamondhead Studios plus hundreds of other "LOST locations" throughout Oahu. Happy searching! Stay up to date even quicker by following us on Twitter
Since issues pertaining to speed can definitely be a stumbling block to adoption, version 5.1 of Google Earth could succeed at attracting new users. It might even be well positioned to make its debut in a lot of schools, ...
If you never had the chance to visit Valencia before, now you can see what you're missing thanks to Google Earth and its 3D buildings: Care to take a chance and figure out when the entire world will be mapped in 3D? :)
Terrorist Google Earth Porn Does the apparent lacklustre concern from the Department of Defence about the below story exist because the DoD regards terrorist attacks on Australian military bases as highly unlikely? The Northern Territory News : Terrorists can get a detailed birds-eye view of every Defence facility in the Northern Territory from the comfort of home. ...high-quality satellite images...
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Most people place a premium on speed. Fast cars, fast computers, and even fast food joints are often regarded as better than slower-moving alternatives. Google Earth users may be glad to hear, then, that Google Earth 5.1 has been released and speed is its most marketable quality. The progress should be evident right from the beginning. A post on the LatLong Blog states, "We know that waiting for...
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