April 2009
8 posts
Swine Flu + Google Earth = More To Be Alarmed... →
Ok, between me and you and the internets, I just have to say that I am a bit of a conspiracy theorist and giant skeptic when it comes to news and the media in general. And this “Swine Flu” I have…
The Creepy-ish Google Latitude Makes Good →
I wrote in an earlier blog post about the new Google Latitude, Google’s newest location-based service which allows you to locate anyone who is using Latitude, and conversely allows anyone to…
The First Google Earth Alphabet →
Rhett Dashwood, a graphic designer from Australia.
Rhett Dashwood, a graphic designer in Australis, with clearly a lot of time on his hands, has just put together the first official alphabet using…
Watch the Earth on TV →
In case watching the earth on your computer isn’t enough for you, as of yesterday the Dish Network is offering 24 hour live viewing of satellite imagery of the earth on their new channel called “…
Google: More than Just a Giant Conglomerate →
Google is just everywhere. We all know it. Some love Google’s everywhereness. Some definitely do not. It’s clear that they own a lot of businesses and they’re buying more all the time. So when…
Satellite Maps May Save the Reindeer →
The European Space Agency (ESA) sponsors a program called “Polar View”. Polar View is a satellite program which concentrates on the Arctic and Antarctic for public good. One way this global…
Google Earth Thief Busted →
Tom Berge, a known thief in London, was just busted AGAIN…just three weeks after his last arrest. His MO was to search Google Earth for historic buildings in the London area, scale up them, steal…
Snoop Around Under Water with Google Earth →
As you probably already know, Google Earth 5.0 has now added features which allow you to look at the world UNDER the water, using the flight simulator, as well as above it. This is really fun and…
March 2009
12 posts
How Does Google Earth Get its Imagery? →
Over the years I’ve read countless complaints about imagery that’s years old in various locations on the Earth when viewed in Google Earth. While Google Earth is always working to update its…
Cheating Spouses on Google Street View →
The technological advances in finding out if your significant other is being faithful have changed and evolved a lot over the years. Used to be people would hire a private investigator to watch…
Learn History Through Google Earth →
If you have a penchant for cartography, you’ll love Google Earth’s historical imagery capabilities. You can see how places on the earth looked prior to now. Some places you can see from the 50s…
Cheney and Fuzz Go Bye-Byes →
More on the Google map blurring of selective places:
Did you know that Ex-Vice President Dick Cheney’s home was blurred out while he was in office. And now, mysteriously, the blur has…
New Locations for Google Street View →
Yesterday Google announced that it’s launching street view for 25 cities across the UK. I think here in the US we take street view in Google for granted, since we’ve had it for a while now. But a…
Satellite Maps for Vehicle Tracking →
Most of us know how valuable GPS technology is to us on a personal level. We use navigation systems in our cars, we have iPhones with Map applications to help us find anything anytime, keep us from…
Should Google Blur out Government Buildings? →
I’ve been reading blog posts about this subject for probably a year now. I never post them, because I don’t tend to stir up controversy and I don’t personally believe that it’s a good idea to start…
More Mars →
In looking around blogs and Google Earth’s website, I decided I hadn’t given you enough information about Google Mars. Also I found a Youtube video from Google Earth, which shows you exactly how to…
Mmmmmars! →
We all love Google Earth. Personally I’ve played with it for countless hours, checking out the different layers, taking myself on tours, looking for and at strange unexplainable images that appear…
Maps for your Apps →
If you create applications for iPhone, want to create apps for iPhone or just think the subject is interesting, then it might interest you to know that Useful Networks has released MapNinja.
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Satellite Imagery in New Hampshire →
If you’re anywhere near Concord, New Hampshire, you’re in luck. There have been some major upgrades and improvements to what was already “the most technologically advanced planetarium within a…
I See You with my Geo Eye →
Have you seen the giant satellite image of the Obama Inauguration? Here it is for those of you who haven’t seen it. Click here.
How was this image possible? A satellite sensor called…
February 2009
10 posts
Armchair Sightseeing →
You can always go to Google Earth and find places, go sightseeing, see 3D street views and buildings. You know this. But a lot of this sightseeing work has already been done for you by various…
The Super Nerdy Way to Check the Weather →
Here’s how you impress all your friends with your genius meteorology skills. Get the satellite imagery up to the minute straight from NASA’s maps. That’s what all the COOL kids do. Click this…
How Much CO2 Does your Town Emit? →
This may or may not be news to you, but I think it’s fascinating, so I wanted to write about it anyway just in CASE you don’t know.
Several years ago researchers from Purdue, Colorado State…
Virtual Earth Helps Vodafone’s Pocket Life to... →
Since December last year, download of Pocket Life (beta release) for Vodaphone is available. Pocket Life could be the counterpart of Google Latitude. It is another GPS where you can locate…
Google Earth Finds Lost Treasure? →
A man in California was recently doing some historical investigation, and with the help of Google Earth, may have found a lost treasure ship that sank during a hurricane in 1822 somewhere not far…
Google Latitude: Big Awesome or Big Brother? →
Google recently released their new mapping/tracking system called “Google Latitude”. This software enables you to mark your location so your friends, family and anyone else you choose know where…
How to Get Your Next Trip Paid For by Giant... →
Well I don’t know if this would work for you or me, but it worked for Olly Hicks. He decided to become the first person to travel across the world by himself in a rowboat. And Virgin decided this…
Google Latitude - The GPS That Tracks People →
On February 4, 2009, Google launched a new system called Google Latitude. This latest tool is designed to allow users track the whereabouts of their friends or find their way when they get lost,…
Google Ocean - Travel the Underwater World in... →
On February 2, 2009, Google released the newest version of Google Earth 5.0. After only a week since release, the reaction from users around the world is definitely positive. The 4 major new…
Google Earth is Simply Amazing! →
Before Google Earth, we rely on aerial photos when we want to see specific places from the top view. These aerial imagery data are collected while riding an airplane. However, the height that the…
January 2009
7 posts
Microsoft Virtual Earth Shows Big Pictures →
Using the platform of Microsoft Virtual Earth, the first diabetes map in Australia was developed and launched by a group named Diabetes Australia. It is the one and only national map that shows and…
Catch Porsche’s Latest Models on Google Earth →
New cars, not yet released and still getting tested, are good sources of money for spy photographers. Photos of these hot cars are really in-demand, even those that were taken from afar, or a bit…
How to Get Your Own World Wind →
Would you like to feel like Superman? You can fly, fly away to the far universe. You can float in the outer space with the moon and the stars while observing the magnificent image of the planet…
Politics and Movies Used Microsoft Virtual Earth →
Will you be surprised when you see some 3d images of satellite maps from Microsoft Virtual Earth featured on a sci-fi movie like “The Day the Earth Stood Still”? Why not? The film’s producer used…
Google Launches UK Street View in Spring 2009 →
This coming spring of 2009, UK users of Google Street View will be seeing many of the British metropolitan areas (London, Manchester, Birmingham, and Edinburgh) displayed in full 3D…
What on Earth is World Wind? →
World Wind is a 3d satellite imagery program from NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration). This amazing program lets internet users view the Earth from satellite altitude. They may also…
Google Earth Makes Impossible Things Happen →
It seems the Internet will never run out of cool and interesting posts about the usefulness of Google Earth. This amazing software is really a product of pure ingenuity because it continuously…
December 2008
21 posts
Earth from Orbit Beta Test →
I’m getting exciting for the upcoming Beta test of Earth from Orbit’s new 3d mapping software program. http://earth-from-orbit.org/.
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Earth from Orbit Beta Test
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Santa Claus Travels the World thru Google Earth →
Are you one of those children who never forgot to hang a Christmas sock? You really believed that there’s a Santa Claus so you always wrote a letter to him as a child. And when you finally…
What Does the Latest Version of Google Earth Pro... →
Google Earth knows no end on creating new goodies to offer the world. The latest offering is an upgraded version of Google Earth Pro (v4.2.0206.5731), which combines well-known Google features (such…
Scientists Discovered Heart of Africa Through... →
In 2005, British scientists were using internet maps by Google Earth to find a future location for a conservation project. And it was quite by accident that they discovered an unknown and unmapped…
How China Got Rid of Pollution Before the Olympics... →
In August 2005 to 2007, a satellite map image of China shows high levels of pollution, particularly in Beijing and on eastern parts of the country. Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) is a noxious gas that…
Too Much Google Earth May be Bad for Everyone →
In February 2008, the Uttar Pradesh Police had arrested one of the Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorists. His name is Fahim Ahmed Ansari. Fahim stated that he and his group were shown maps and detailed…
How Satellites Affect Our Lives →
Most people, especially the older ones, still thought of satellites as those mysterious and high-tech devices they see in sci-fi movies. Only a few, and mostly the younger generation, had discovered…
Step by Step Guide to Movie Making with Google... →
Do you like going to movies and dreaming of making your own movies some day? Here’s some good news for you. You don’t need a producer and a bunch of financial backers anymore because you can show…
Discover the Universe Through the Eye in the Sky →
The Hubble Space Telescope is a telescope that orbits the earth and provides 3d images of heavenly bodies in the universe such as planets and galaxies. It has a light-gathering mirror, with a…
How Satellite Imagery Affects the Environment →
More people, old and young, are getting as much information and satellite images of our planet Earth through watching NBC’s show titled ‘Today’. The show had tied up with DigitalGlobe, a leading…
Insulate Your Home Like a Space Shuttle →
Have you ever wondered how the paintwork on rocket ships stays in place even after take-off? With all those fire and heat bursting from the tail, you’d expect some paint chips will be left behind as…
Know Where to Send the Firemen Through Global Maps →
Global maps are global views of our planet Earth through the many satellite imagery data from NASA. These satellite maps can give us an idea of what’s happening anywhere in the world. Modern…