Bing & Google Maps Update Map Imagery
Nov 4, 2009 at 9:44am ET by Barry Schwartz
Both Bing and Google have updated their maps imagery. The Bing blog announced an additional 9,460 square kilometers of imagery added to Bing Maps. Not to be outdone, Google announced that not only are they updating their imagery, but they will increasing the frequency of those updates.
In addition, Google Transit recently added more partners, including coverage of Bordeaux, Tuscany, Reggio Emilia, Brescia and more. [...]
Filed in: Google: Earth, Google: Maps & Local
Bing… In… Space! (& Google, Too)
Oct 13, 2009 at 12:54pm ET by Barry Schwartz
A reader pointed us to the Delta 2 rocket launch where Microsoft was a co-sponsor. If you look closely, you can see the Bing logo on the rocket ship.
While Bing's logo went into space, Google today announced a partnership with DigitalGlobe to launch a satellite into space to provide "high-quality imagery in Google Earth & Google Maps."
What about Yahoo? Well, they did bury a Time Capsule in earth in October 2006 which wont be opened until March 2, 2020. Not exactly space, but still feels a bit futuristic. [...]
Filed in: Google: Earth, Google: Maps & Local, Google: Marketing, Microsoft: Bing Maps & Local, Microsoft: Marketing
Is That The Loch Ness Monster? On Google Earth?
Aug 26, 2009 at 2:48pm ET by Matt McGee
People have been searching for the Loch Ness Monster for decades, using all kinds of scientific gear in and around Loch Ness in Scotland to see if the creature is real or fake. Is it possible they just needed to search Google Earth, instead? (Probably not, but play along with me on this.)
Jason Cooke of Nottingham, England, thinks he spotted the monster on Google Earth, and the British tabloid The Sun ran the story with the image above. You can see it for yourself by using the coordinates Latitude 57°12'52.13"N, Longitude 4°34'14.16"W in Google Earth. If you don't have the full Google [...]
Filed in: Google: Earth
Search The Moon With Google Earth For Moon
Jul 20, 2009 at 11:25am ET by Barry Schwartz
Today is the 40th anniversary of the Apollo 11th mission where man landed on the moon. To celebrate the anniversary, Google announced the launch of Moon in Google Earth. You can now use Google Earth to explore, fly around and search the moon.
Here is the video blog post explaining this announcement:
The Google LatLong Blog has details on many of the features of Google Moon.
There are some complaints that Google does not have a special logo up for the day, like Bing, YouTube and my blog. To see those logos, go to the Search Engine Roundtable.
Postscript: At 3:30pm EST today, [...]
Filed in: Google: Earth, Google: Logos, Search & Society: General, Top News
Why You Can’t See The Great Pacific Garbage Patch On Google Earth
Jun 20, 2009 at 5:35pm ET by Danny Sullivan
After hearing about the "Great Pacific Garbage Patch" earlier this year -- an area the size of Texas in the Pacific Ocean filled with trash -- I went looking for it on Google Earth. And never found it. It's not that the patch doesn't exist. It's just that despite being large, it's not that visible from above.
I was disappointed in Google at first, for not having images of the patch. After all, the company made a big splash with Google Ocean earlier this year, a way to see more about the majority of our planet that's covered with water. But while Google Earth is good for seeing under t [...]
Filed in: Features: General, Google: Earth, Google: Maps & Local, Top News
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