Posted by Matt Manolides, GIS SpecialistGreat detective work to everyone who was able to figure out what areas we updated! Here are some answers in case you weren't able to answer all of them.Q:Two states known for their majestic peaks have gotten an upgrade.A: Alaska was updated with new terrain and Colorado was updated with new imagery.Q: I can now see where my favorite maple syrup is made.A: Vermont was updated with new imagery.Q:Certain Florida beaches (and 1 mountain) are looking much improved.A: Orlando (Space Mountain), Daytona Beach, and...
Monday, 30 July 2007
Friday, 27 July 2007
Posted by Carolyn Au, Google Software Engineer and a member of StopGenocideNowStopGenocideNow is a grassroots volunteer organization that is working to halt the ongoing genocide in Darfur. Three of my friends from StopGenocideNow have been visiting refugee camps along the Chad-Darfur border, and we've put together a video blog map to help put names and faces to the people who have been affected by what the United Nations has described as one of the world's worst humanitarian crises. You can also learn more about what's going on in Sudan by...
Posted by Phil Verney, Google Earth Community DevelopmentThe Google Earth Community (aka BBS) is a geographical repository created by over 850,000 local experts who are as diverse and interesting as the places they post about. Being a member requires no mapping training, just the desire to explore. It's the urge to discover and communicate with others that makes the Google Earth Community such a valuable resource, and its ability to influence people's...
Thursday, 26 July 2007
Posted by Matt Manolides, GIS SpecialistI'm happy to announce that we've published new imagery and terrain for Google Earth. Discovering what's been updated is a fun challenge that our community of users has traditionally been able solve with amazing efficiency. I don't want to spoil anyone's fun, but how about a few hints?Two states known for their majestic peaks have gotten an upgrade.I can now see where my favorite maple syrup is made.Certain Florida beaches (and 1 mountain) are looking much improved.Try counting the warthogs in the Boneyard.Peek...
Posted by Noah Doyle, Product Manager, Enterprise Geospatial ProductsToday, we're pleased to announce the newest version of Google Earth Enterprise. The enterprise solution brings us into close contact with some of the most advanced users of geospatial tools, and by meeting their needs, it helps make the product better for everyone. And enterprise users are some of the most active in using the products and also making contributions to the Google...
Wednesday, 25 July 2007
Posted by Jessica Lee, Product Manager, Google MapsThe BBC has created an interactive flood map with information about the floods happening in Berkshire, UK. The map includes flood alert information, emergency center locations, photos submitted by local residents, user-generated YouTube videos, and audio clips by BBC Radio correspondents. This is a great example of citizen journalism plus professional journalism, all mashed up on a map. If you have photos, videos or information about the flood that you'd like to submit for inclusion into the...
Friday, 20 July 2007
Posted by Stephen Chau, Product ManagerI'm pleased to announce that we have acquired ImageAmerica, a company that builds high resolution cameras for the collection of aerial imagery.Google Maps and Earth users are no strangers to ImageAmerica's work -- the company provided high resolution black and white imagery of New Orleans following Hurricane Katrina.We're excited about how ImageAmerica's technology will contribute to our mapping services down the road. Since we're in the research and development phase right now it may be some time before you...
Thursday, 19 July 2007
Posted by Wei Luo, Senior GIS SpecialistA few months back, Google Earth team and NASA began a collaborative effort to bring awareness and promote knowledge of NASA's "earth" programs. After months of production, the "NASA" layer group is now live in Google earth.Personally, I find it quite eye-catching. People are usually familiar with NASA's space missions, but not everyone knows that NASA also devotes a considerable amount of effort to Earth...
Thursday, 12 July 2007
Posted by Christopher Barry, Senior Vice President, Digital Media and Business Strategy, Sundance ChannelHere at the Sundance Channel, we recently launched a weekly programming block dedicated to the environment, called THE GREEN.As part of this online environment, Google Maps for Enterprise technology offered us a great platform for developing the Eco-mmunity Map, an exciting interactive tool that supports our television shows and creates a community of users around eco issues. The Eco-mmunity Map allows you to list and search for green individuals,...
Wednesday, 11 July 2007
Posted by Peter Birch, Product Manager, Google EarthEver imagined yourself diving in Chuuk, Micronesia? How about visiting the Mayan ruins of Yaxha, Guatemala? Well, maybe it's time you did. Though you probably won't make it to South America or the South Pacific in person before Labor Day, you can pay some quick visits to these and other exotic locales from the comfort of your computer, courtesy of Matt Harding, who has has been traveling to as many places in the world as possible, and dancing badly in all of them. Ten million YouTube views later,...
Posted by Thai Tran, Product ManagerWhen we were building the original Google Maps site, we envisioned that it would eventually become a platform for navigating all kinds of location-based information, such as home listings and travel information. Within weeks of the launch of Google Maps, we were pleasantly surprised that an independent developer named Paul Rademacher released HousingMaps.com, a site that displayed housing listings from Craigslist on top of our interactive maps -- what is now known as a "mashup" -- without needing help from anyone...
Tuesday, 10 July 2007
Posted by Allyson McDuffie, Education Program DevelopmentCongratulations to the winners of Google’s Build Your Campus in 3D Competition!An estimated 4,000 campus buildings were modeled and submitted from all over North America. In August, the winning students and advisors (41 people from 7 teams) will be flying to our headquarters in Mountain View for a 3-day visit and workshop.Our panel of industry experts, which included Bobby Brooks of Walt Disney Imagineering, Ken Harsha of Electronic Arts, Janet Martin of Communication Arts Inc., Paul Seletsky...
Thursday, 5 July 2007
Mark Tsui, Software EngineerAs most of you probably know, we offer real-time traffic information on Google Maps and Google Maps for mobile -- great for when you're looking directions and want to see what's really going on out there, or for when you're in your car already and want to avoid the traffic jam up ahead. We've found, however, that one of the best ways to use this information is to do a quick check before your regular commute, and we wanted to make doing that as easy as possible. To help with this, this week we enabled real-time traffic...
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