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Google Earth gets more detailed

News Google unveiled on Monday a new version of its Google Earth application, which features greater coverage and higher resolution, even showing people walking in some locations -- detail you get with aerial photography and not usually satellites.

13 June 2006, 11:14

Photos: Google Earth beams you into space

News Google has expanded the boundaries of Google Earth to include views of the universe with a new add-on called Sky. The tool, found in Google Earth 4.2, offers high-resolution photographs from the Hubble Space Telescope and educational information...

Tags: google, details, earth, zoom

23 August 2007, 11:28

News.blog: Google Earth adds Street View

News Part of the fun of Google Earth is flying over the virtual planet like Superman. The new Google Earth incorporates the Street View feature of Google Maps, including a full-screen option Enter Google Earth 4.3, released on Tuesday.

Tags: google, virtual, earth, maps

16 April 2008, 9:23

Photos: Google Earth goes virtual

News Now, those developers will also be able to select and import terrain from Google Earth. Virtual-world developers using Multiverse Networks' platform are able to import 3D models from Google's 3D Warehouse into their projects.

Tags: models, google, platform, virtual

16 October 2007, 10:51

News.blog: Google Earth's geotagged YouTube videos

News If you were waiting for YouTube to roll out a maps feature to browse geotagged videos, the solution has come in the form of a new Google Earth layer released today. Like other layers in Google Earth, you need to turn this one on to start seeing...

Tags: earth, youtube, google, thumbnail

12 October 2007, 10:41

News.blog: Terrorists use Google Earth

News Google is talking with military agencies in Iraq after learning that terrorists attacking British bases in Basra appear to have been using aerial footage from Google Earth to pinpoint strikes, according to the Daily Telegraph.

17 January 2007, 9:49

Images: New visions from Google Earth

News Google announced on Wednesday that new partners will directly overlay Google Earth maps with video, photo and blog content. Think of it as a browser to fly around the planet and discover things about the Earth," said John Hanke, director of Google...

14 September 2006, 11:51

BA flies with Google Earth

News British Airways has added Google Earth technology to its Web site to give passengers more information about their destination. Customers can also click on a dialogue box in Google Earth to go to the BA Web site to book a flight.

4 September 2006, 10:46

Satellite sharpens Google Earth images

News DigitalGlobe, provider of imagery for Google Earth, said a new high-resolution satellite will boost the accuracy of its satellite images and flesh out its archive. The new satellite will also provide far more accurate data, including the ability to...

17 September 2007, 10:27

Unknown Roman villa discovered on Google Earth

News An Italian computer programmer found the remains of an ancient Roman villa after browsing Google's mapping and satellite imaging application, Google Earth, according to reports. Luca Mori was looking at Google Earth images of the region around...

22 September 2005, 10:14

Indian president says Google Earth 'aids terrorists'

News Indian President APJ Abdul Kalam has joined the list of government officials charging that the geographic details provided by Google Earth's satellite imaging program pose a security risk. Government officials in other countries, including South...

18 October 2005, 10:55

Rich 3D imagery enhances Google Earth

News Google Earth 4 is now a mixture of textured 3D renderings of famous architectural sites and terrain when the proper layers are turned on. To speed up the process, the latest version of Google SketchUp will allow users to create rich 3D renderings...

11 January 2007, 10:28

Photos: A clearer focus on Google Earth

News Google Earth 4.0, unveiled on Monday, shows a high-resolution version of Ayres Rock in Australia. Google co-founders Sergey Brin (left) and Larry Page join chief executive Eric Schmidt onstage before the unveiling of Google Earth 4.0 at Google Geo...

13 June 2006, 11:15

Google boasts: 'My search index is bigger than yours'

News We had a pretty strong year," Google chief executive Eric Schmidt said in a phone interview with CNET.co.uk's sister site News.com, as he listed the launch of new products including Google Talk, Google Earth, Google Video and Google Desktop Search.

27 September 2005, 10:38

Google Desktop moves to Linux

News Google also offers Linux versions of its Picasa photo-editing software, as well as Google Earth and Google Toolbar for Firefox. Google on Wednesday launched a beta version of Google Desktop search for Linux in a sign of encouragement by the search...

28 June 2007, 10:05