Google Earth

Mapping Cities in India

With high development occurring in India, new mapping technologies can greatly help smart growth in the burgeoning country.

9 March 2011 - 9:00am

The Wall Street Journal

Google Earth Reveals Un-Permitted Pools

A town in New York has been using satellite imagery from Google Earth to identify illegally-built pools.

5 August 2010 - 9:00am

Associated Press

The 10 Most Important Maps in the World

This article from The Daily Mail takes a historical look at ten maps that changed the world.

2 June 2010 - 5:00am

The Daily Mail

Mapping Climate Change

Climate change is now being visualized in 3D maps on Google Earth.

1 October 2009 - 5:00am

The Sydney Morning Herald

Google Earth Gets Animated

Researchers from Georgia Tech are blending real-time video with imagery from Google Earth to create dynamic visualizations of urban places. [Video]

28 September 2009 - 7:00am

Popular Science

Watch the Land Change Through Google Earth Images

These videos show images of locations that have seen significant change over the past few years as seen through Google Earth images, from Dubai's manmade archipelago to Utah's disappearing Lake Powell.

1 June 2009 - 11:00am

Wired

Google Earth Takes You Back In Time

In the new version of Google Earth, you can compare aerial imagery from the past with current development on the site.

8 February 2009 - 7:00am

DigitalUrban

Google Earth Goes into the Deep Blue

New updates to the online visualization program Google Earth add oceans to the image-based virtual version of the planet.

3 February 2009 - 6:00am

The New York Times

Google Earth First!

Environmental activists and other organizations are using Google Earth to document environmental damage and to promote their various causes.

2 February 2009 - 10:00am

Conscious Choice

'The Earth in Your Pocket'

That's how developers at Google describe the release of Google Earth for the iPhone. Boing Boing's Joel Johnson wonders why it wasn't released for Android first.

27 October 2008 - 11:00am

Boing Boing

Mike Lydon

Top Ten Reasons...

Tue, 10/30/2007 - 19:30

Over the past three months, my girlfriend and I have made three trips to the suburbs of Miami. Twice to the Whole Foods we desperately lack on Miami Beach (Yes, Wild Oats is okay, but for us food snobs it just does not compare) and once to the brand new, soul-killing, 283,000 square foot IKEA to partially outfit our 450 square foot South Beach studio apartment.

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