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