Reading Time: < 1 minAs reported by the Google Earth Blog, the NORAD Santa Tracker for this year is ready. You can download it from the NORAD Tracks Santa website. Gather the kids around the PC and watch Santa’s progress throughout the day!
Google Earth/Maps
Don’t forget about Google Maps Mobile for traffic info
Reading Time: < 1 minWith so many people traveling over the next 10 days, I thought it would be worth reminding you about the excellent Google Maps Mobile. The searching and directions are neat, but the live traffic is the real killer feature in this product. It saved us a good deal of time yesterday (don’t go down 75 […]
Location information in Google Maps for mobile — without GPS
Reading Time: < 1 minGoogle has just released a new version of Google Maps for mobile today. This version includes a new feature called “My Location”. By using cell tower triangulation, it can pinpoint your location to within a few hundred meters. It’s not as accurate as GPS, but it’s pretty darn good. In addition, it can assist with […]
Sandio 3D Mouse
Reading Time: 2 minI’ve had the opportunity to play with the Sandio 3D O2 mouse for a few days and I thought I’d share my impressions of it with you. Before I saw the mouse, I was expecting something similar to the SpaceNavigator, but it’s not very similar at all. To start with (and I think this is […]
New “Terrain” mode in Google Maps
Reading Time: < 1 minGoogle Maps has just added a very nice new feature – terrain view. This isn’t satellite images, but rather it is map-ish terrain views. It’s very pleasing to the eye. To make room for this new feature, the “hybrid” button has been removed and you now are given a “Show labels” checkbox when viewing in […]
Fix address locations in Google Maps
Reading Time: < 1 minGoogle has just added a feature that allows you to move the marker for your address to better show exactly where you home (or business) is located. To do it, just search for your address in Google Maps, click “edit” and then “move marker” and drag the marker to the proper location This only works […]
Finally – a real sky when you’re in Google Earth
Reading Time: < 1 minFor a while now, people have been trying to come up with a good way to be able to see the sky in Google Earth — not the night sky, but the clouds. Over the Google Earth Blog, some interesting workarounds have been used, but they weren’t ideal. However, with the new weather layer, it’s […]
New weather layer in Google Earth
Reading Time: < 1 minIt’s about time! Google has finally added a weather layer to Google Earth. The layer consists of three sub-layers: Clouds Radar Conditions and Forecasts Complete details can be found in a nice write-up in the Google Earth Blog.
Google Earth will run on Android, Google’s mobile platform
Reading Time: < 1 minAs reported in the New York Times (and detailed on Ogle Earth), the new Google mobile platform will run Google Earth! Stefan seems to cover the big questions that result from the article: Is it just on a phone, or on a larger device? Is it possible that the reporter is confusing Google Earth and […]
A minor update to the Planets Layer
Reading Time: < 1 minThe Google Earth Blog points us to a minor update with the Planets Layer in Sky Mode. From GEB: “These layers use the time slider to show you the positions of the moon and planets in the night sky. The only problem is that the layers only included three months worth of prediction. So, on […]