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The best of Google Earth for September 2014
by Timothy Whitehead on Sep.30, 2014, under 3D Models, Argentina, Australia, Brazil, California, Denmark, England, Germany, Google Earth News, Google Earth Tips, Google Sky, Google maps, Hawaii, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Kenya, Mexico, Natural Landmarks, Netherlands, Sightseeing, Street Views, USA
Early this month we released a KML demarcating the areas covered with the new 3D mesh that Google has been rolling out in Google Earth. It has proved quite popular, with readers regularly letting us know of new areas they have found.
Street View coverage has been expanding, with the most significant gains in Argentina and Malaysia.
As far as we are aware, Google have not done any significant updates to satellite or aerial imagery this month.
We really liked the story about Skybox Imaging capturing the Burning Man festival on multiple days and producing animated gifs from the results. If you haven’t done so already, be sure to check out their official blog post with many more animations like the one below.
One of a number of animated gifs created by Skybox Imaging.
We enjoyed looking at the 3D imagery that Google is rolling out and having a deeper look at what you can see in it and what problems it has, and why.
The Cruise ship Richard With, one of several cruise ships we looked at in Bergen, Norway.
If aircraft moved during the image capturing, the result is ghostly looking 3D images.
Another interesting story was about a mural of Google Earth in Chanute, Kansas, that is visible in the Google Earth satellite imagery. Read more in the post to find out why it was made.
The Google Earth mural as seen in Google Earth.
We also took a look at the Ground Truth project and how Google creates the Google Maps data and keeps it up to date.
Google Maps contains a lot more than just street names.
What were your favorite stories of the month?
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The best of Google Earth for September, 2013
by Mickey Mellen on Sep.30, 2013, under 3D Models, Argentina, Australia, Brazil, California, Denmark, England, Germany, Google Earth News, Google Earth Tips, Google Sky, Google maps, Hawaii, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Kenya, Mexico, Natural Landmarks, Netherlands, Sightseeing, Street Views, USA
September was a great month for Google Earth, with many new things to discuss and show off. Here are some of my favorites:
ForeignPolicy.com looked at some of the most likely missile targets in Syria, if the United States ever decides to take action.
If you find any data errors in Google Earth, here are some quick tips on how to get them resolved.
Rich Treves launched a new site with more great Google Earth resources for teachers.
We looked at some stunning before-and-after images in Google Earth.
We shared a neat collection of “tri-bridges” that we came across in the Google Earth Community.
We uncovered a long list of plane wrecks in Google Earth from the folks at MyReadingMapped.
Peter Olsen built an incredibly accurate 3D simulation of the July 2013 train accident in Spain.
We posted a quick and fun tip on how to embed your Google+ posts directly into Google Earth.
We showed you a bunch of “things that look like other things“, thanks to ‘Diane9247′ in the Google Earth Community.
We looked at Tom Doubleday’s excellent 3D model of Don Valley Stadium.
What was your favorite Google Earth story from September?
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