Reading Time: < 1 minThe Google LatLong Blog has posted a few links with resources to help people with the aftermath of the bridge collapse. Here are a bunch of maps with photos, news articles, meeting point locations, contact information for nearby hospitals and prayer service schedules. Here is information about road closures and detours. They also suggest searching […]
Google Earth/Maps
Google Maps now gives estimated rush hour drive times
Reading Time: < 1 minThis is pretty slick — Google Maps will now give you multiple estimated times for trips that you plan (in “a limited set of metropolitan areas”). Their example has someone traveling from Berkeley to Half Moon Bay, which is “about 59 minutes”. However, the directions also say that it could take “up to 1 hour […]
KML support in Virtual Earth coming soon?
Reading Time: < 1 minAccording to a post on geothought, Microsoft’s Virtual Earth will be supporting KML in September or October of this year. The implications of this are huge, but it appears there isn’t a solid source on it yet. The author (Peter Batty) heard it in a “vendor spotlight” presentation at the GeoWeb conference in Vancouver, but […]
A few new tips on using the Virtual Earth API
Reading Time: < 1 minA couple new API tips were posted today on some Virtual Earth related blogs. First, the Virtual Earth / Live Maps Blog explains how to display their slick new hill shaded tiles using the VE API. I’ve already mentioned how good looking I thought these tiles are, so it’s nice to see an easy way […]
An odd take on what Google Earth could do “in the Wrong Hands”
Reading Time: < 1 minCourtesy of Google Blogoscoped, here’s a short video someone made about a fictional anniversary. It comes with the warning that “some viewers may find this video disturbing”. That warning is solely based on the storyline, as there isn’t any profanity or disturbing images. It obviously stretches the truth in a number of places, but if […]
3D Campus buildings are now in the default 3D layer
Reading Time: < 1 minAs reported by the Google Earth Blog, the winners of the “Build Your Campus in 3D” are now available in Google Earth. Check them out in Google Earth, or watch the video that gives a brief tour of each campus.
Google’s “Build Your Campus in 3D” winners announced
Reading Time: < 1 minAs announced on the Google Lat Long blog, today Google revealed the winners of their “Build Your Campus in 3D Competition“. They are: University of Minnesota – Department of Architecture Purdue University – Departments of Computer Graphics Technology and Education Concordia University, Loyola Campus – Department of Civil Engineering Stanford University – Department of Architectural […]
Niagara Falls
Reading Time: < 1 minThe Virtual Earth / Live Maps blog just pointed out how great Niagara Falls looks in Virtual Earth. I have to admit, it’s quite stunning. I thought I’d go a step further and compare it to the same shot in Google Earth. As you’ll see, there is no comparison. I have to imagine that Microsoft […]
How Google Earth [Really] Works
Reading Time: < 1 minStefan at Ogle Earth point out a fascinating article about what really makes Google Earth tick. It’s written by Avi Bar-Ze’ev, who helped develop Google Earth back when it was still known as Keyhole. It’s a very tech-heavy article about how you go from having terabytes worth of imagery to then rendering it all on […]
Easily Import Addresses into Google Earth
Reading Time: < 1 minJohn Gardiner at Using Google Earth points out a new tutorial on Google’s site that explains how to batch import addresses into Google Earth. I don’t have a set of data that needs to be done, but it looks quite slick nonetheless.