Reading Time: < 1 minAs we mentioned a few weeks ago, the new firmware update today for the iPhone (version 2.2) includes Google StreetView. I’m still loading the update on my phone, but I’m expecting good things. As with Google Earth for the iPhone, I would think that the multi-touch input will work very well with StreetView. We’ll see. […]
Google Earth/Maps
Google releases SketchUp 7
Reading Time: < 1 minGoogle has just released version 7 of SketchUp, their excellent 3D modelling tool. They’ve added a variety of tools at both ends of their userbase — it’s easier to get started, but it’s also more powerful for their advanced users. Here’s a short video showing some of the new features: For more information about this […]
Amazing 3D recreation of Ancient Rome in Google Earth
Reading Time: < 1 minGoogle is about to unveil a new layer for Google Earth that shows over 5700 3D buildings from the city of Rome, circa 320 AD. This is based at least in part from the model of the city we showed you last year from the University of Virginia. If nothing else, they’re both based off […]
MapQuest adds more new (old) features
Reading Time: < 1 minAs their lead over Google Maps continues to dwindle, MapQuest has rolled out a few more new features. By “new”, I mean new to MapQuest, not new to online mapping. In this case, the new feature is draggable route changing. This is almost identical to the feature that Google released about 16 months ago. It’s […]
Microsoft’s WorldWide Telescope finally has SpaceNavigator support
Reading Time: < 1 minWhen WorldWide Telescope came out earlier this year, it blew a lot of people away — including me. It’s a phenomenal program! However, it didn’t support the excellent SpaceNavigator device, making it much more difficult to use. I thought it was a bug at first, but it was simply not a supported device. Today 3Dconnexion […]
Google Earth has arrived on the iPhone
Reading Time: < 1 minSomewhat out of the blue, though not totally unexpected after we saw EarthScape, Google Earth has been released for the iPhone! It’s still being rolled out (Australia and Japan can get it now), and it’s not available for my area yet. I’ll post more details once I get it. A little more info can be […]
Virtual Earth 6.2 released, with stunning clouds
Reading Time: < 1 minVirtual Earth 6.2 has been released, with a whole host of new features. Among them: New imagery — “Richer bird’s eye” and new 3D imagery, but I can’t find a list of what’s been updated. Weather integration — Real-time clouds (see more below) Localized maps — English, German, French, Italian and Spanish. Near-matching — Helps […]
The energy costs of Hurricane Ike
Reading Time: < 1 minBrian Timoney has made some nice updates to GulfImpact.com ahead of Hurricane Ike. Not only does it give you the location and path of the storm, but it shows all of the affected oil wells in the Gulf, broken down by company. He uses Virtual Earth to power it. I’ve heard a lot of news […]
Very cool 3D navigation product released
Reading Time: < 1 minA cool looking 3D navigation program called Navi2Go from 3DVU has just been released. It uses real world imagery and terrain and puts it in the palm of your hand as a GPS navigation device. It’s got the look and feel of Google Earth, with the usefulness of a TomTom. Of course, the usefulness of […]
Google finally adds some data for Georgia
Reading Time: < 1 minGoogle got hammered a few weeks ago when people realized that their data for Georgia was essentially blank, making it difficult for people to see the areas affected by their conflict with Russia. As promised, Google has started adding some nice data to the region. In addition to city labels, they have a whole bunch […]