Reading Time: < 1 minGoogle Earth Blog has a great post about some 3D models showing the Red Bull Air Races using time-lapse animations. They were created by Joey Wade over at the Keyhole BBS. A great suggestion from the post is to use the flight sim mode and try it yourself. I’ve not tried yet, but it can’t […]
Google Earth
Real-time traffic now in Google Earth
Reading Time: < 1 minAs reported on the Google Latlong blog, Google Earth now has a new “traffic” layer which uses the same real-time traffic data that is used in Google Maps. It’s not especially fancy, but that’s probably a good thing. Sometimes simple is better. The traffic is shown as a series of dots along the highway. Green=fast, […]
Great collection of storm tracking and weather tools for Google Earth
Reading Time: < 1 minFrank Taylor at the Google Earth Blog has posted a great round-up of the best weather-related tools for Google Earth. The best piece of this post is the huge weather and storm tracking tools collection network link. It contains a handful of folders with various kinds of data, which includes: two global hurricane tracking tools […]
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.
Google Earth Sky
Reading Time: < 1 minJames Stafford (aka “Barnabu” at the Google Earth Community) has created a cool way to show a realistic sky in Google Earth. He’s written about it in his blog, and Frank Taylor at the Google Earth Blog has two posts about it as well.