Posted by David Griswold, Australia Blog TeamGreat Mapplets can come from anyone, anywhere. Expedia.com.au recently launched a Mapplet to help you find and compare hotels and attractions for destinations across the world. Read more about the Mapplet on our Google Australia Blog and learn how you can easily plan your next trip. Maybe I'll see you in Australia so...
Tuesday, 29 April 2008
Posted by Andy Szybalski, User Experience DesignerStreet View lets you virtually behold amazing sights like Yosemite's El Capitan and The World's Largest Rocking Chair without ever leaving your computer. But if you're like me, occasionally you need to go somewhere in real life. And it's not always easy to find your way around an unfamiliar place. To help with this, we've been hard at work integrating Street View into the driving directions feature...
Monday, 28 April 2008
Posted by Qiushuang (Autumn) Zhang, Software Engineer, Google MapsReno, Nevada has been shaking things up the past few weeks with a series of frequent earthquakes. The Reno Gazette-Journal has been keeping tabs on the activity with a My Map they've put on their website. Looking at this map is pretty interesting, because the pattern of the earthquakes looks like it's following a faultline. I've also been keeping an eye on the action with the USGS real-time earthquakes Mapplet and Google Earth layer. Now let's just hope I don't see any activity...
Thursday, 24 April 2008
Posted by Keith Golden, Software Engineer, Google MapsMy Maps has proven to be a popular way for news sites to show their viewers where the news is happening as it is happening, since a map can easily be embedded in a website and edited as news develops. Recently, we heard from a producer at CBS in Chicago, who has created a My Map with information to help keep residents informed about the spate of shootings that have taken place in the city recently.Some...
Posted by Phil Verney, Google Earth Community DevelopmentThe notion of feeling connected to a place, even one thousands of miles away, is one of the things I love best about Google Earth. Places that were once mysterious and inaccessible are now being made accessible for anyone to virtually visit.Our planet has many stories to tell, and bringing storytellers together via Google Earth can help us to feel connected to a remote place. The International...
Tuesday, 22 April 2008
Posted by Brittany Bohnet, Google Elections Team(Cross-posted at Official Google Blog)As you know, the Democratic primary is coming down to the wire, and American voters are following each set of state results more closely than ever before.We wondered what would make the difference in the tight Pennsylvania primary—and what those results might indicate about the rest of the primary process and the general election. So we turned to numbers-cruncher Jim Barnes from the National Journal and asked him to weigh in on different sets of demographic data....
Posted by Tom Sly, New Business Development Manager A few months ago, we issued a challenge to public transit agencies: get your routes into Google Maps in time for Earth Day. The response has been incredible, and now that Earth Day has arrived, we've got some great news to share: we have nine new agencies across the country participating in Google Transit!We're excited to welcome the following agencies: San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency Regional Transportation District (Denver/Boulder, CO) Kansas City...
Monday, 21 April 2008
Posted by Allyson McDuffie, Education Program DevelopmentGoogle is one of the sponsors for the upcoming GeoWeb Conference 2008, which takes place in Vancouver July 21-25. Just one of the exciting things happening is a student competition to create software or solutions that advance the development of the GeoWeb. The competition is open to all full time students anywhere in the world. Check it o...
Friday, 18 April 2008
Posted by Cris Castello, GIS Data EngineerNow that Google Earth 4.3 has launched, we're pleased to be realizing our goal of Google Earth being a canvas upon which all sorts of interesting data can be visualized. Now we're moving more and more towards supporting data that is dynamic; if we want Google Earth to model the real Earth, we need Google Earth to be different every time you open it up. I love the combination of the new day/night effect with...
Posted by Ryan Scranton, Google Sky TeamAlong with many other features in Google Earth, Sky is new and improved with the release of the Google Earth 4.3 client. The first thing you'll notice is that switching from Earth to Sky is much faster in the new version, thanks to some clever re-working of the client internals. Once you're in Sky, you'll see that we've re-worked the landing zone around the Pinwheel Galaxy. We've created introductions...
Posted by Quarup Barreirinhas, Software EngineerAs the amateur photographers among you will know - or anyone who's ever watched the sun rise - lighting makes a big difference in how something looks. Another cool new feature of Google Earth 4.3 is that you can now animate the Earth through different times of day! Check out how much more dramatic these hills look during sunset:NoonSunsetIn Google Earth 4.3, you'll see a new icon in the menu bar which...
Thursday, 17 April 2008
Posted by Eli Brandt and Sergey Solyanik, Software EngineersDuring the last several months a team of Googlers has been charged with bringing you the latest and greatest in traffic congestion information. We were improving the infrastructure, refactoring the code, solving pesky quality issues, and setting up the new data pipelines. Once we deployed our new traffic code base, we wanted to use the new flexible architecture to deliver cool, useful features....
Posted by Abhijit Ogale, Computer Vision and Graphics EngineerFor all the Googlenauts flying high above Google Earth, we have some good news: you can finally land on the surface of our planet. After a long wait, Street View has arrived in Google Earth, thanks to the new PhotoOverlay feature of KML. To check out the (street) view, click on the layer as shown below:This brings up a bunch of camera icons on the screen. At the top level, the camera...
Posted by Bruce Polderman, Product ManagerGoogle Earth's "3D buildings" layer is now bigger and loads faster, making it better than ever! In Google Earth 4.3 you'll notice that we modified the sub-folder names in the "3D Buildings" layer to more accurately reflect the multiple sources of 3D data. "3D Warehouse" and "Other Buildings" have been replaced by "Photorealistic" and "Gray".As the names imply, the "Photorealistic" folder consists of photo-textured...
Wednesday, 16 April 2008
Posted by Gokul Varadhan, Software EngineerWith Google Earth 4.3, we're bringing to you cities filled with 3D models. However, what makes this data impressive is having the right point of view. An aerial perspective works well for viewing satellite imagery, but it's not the best for getting the full experience of 3D buildings and terrain -- these views are better from the perspective of a person standing at ground level. That brings up the question:...
Posted by Jessica Wei, Strategic Partner Development Manager, Google TransitLast month, we told you about the Earth Day Challenge we issued to transit agencies. Today, with Earth Day one week away, I'm very happy to announce that six new agencies have been added to Google Transit. This means we now support over 40 agencies internationally, plus the entire country of Japan.New agencies in the United States include:Valley Transit: provides services within the city of Walla Walla, Washington.Grape Line Transit: offers services between Walla Walla...
Posted by Peter Birch, Product Manager, Google EarthThe Google Earth team is proud to announce the latest version of Google Earth is available today at http://earth.google.com. The release of Google Earth 4.3 (beta) greatly advances our vision of offering a realistic, 3D model of the world by giving users a higher quality, more immersive experience. Here's a summary of what's new:New navigation - Google Earth is a 3D application, but we realized that a lot of our users never quite got the hang of using the tilt feature to navigate around 3D features...
Tuesday, 15 April 2008
Posted by Jenifer Austin Foulkes, Program Manager, Google Earth OutreachWhen we started Google Earth Outreach as a 20% project over 2 years ago, we envisioned supporting public benefit uses of Google Earth. The official launch of the Google Earth Outreach program last June created a place where non-profit organizations could go and learn how to use tools to help illustrate their powerful work in a geospatial context. We opened up our Outreach Showcase...
Monday, 14 April 2008
Posted by Julia Li, Strategic Partner Management, Google MapsI'm excited to report the Google Maps team launched a new feature that showcases embedded YouTube videos in Maps. Geotagged YouTube videos have been available in Google Earth since last year, and we thought that it was only natural to extend this functionality to Google Maps. Videos can be found on the 'Photos & Videos' tab of the info bubble that appears when you click on a listing....
Posted by Michael Weiss-Malik, KML Product ManagerGoogle Earth and other similar tools have done much to bring mapping into the digital age. Nowadays we all take for granted that you can easily go online and map search results for pizza in your zip code or zoom into satellite imagery of a small town on the other side of the world.However, the internet is about much more than just searching and viewing information. It's also about publishing. It wouldn't be what it is today without blogs, wikis, social networking sites, and other forms of user-generated...
Friday, 11 April 2008
Posted by Bruce Polderman, Product ManagerThe Sydney Opera House may be one of Australia's best known architectural landmarks, but there are many more incredible designs throughout the country. And now you don't even have to travel Down Under to experience them all - the Royal Australia Institute of Architects has developed a layer for Google Earth which contains photos and details about nearly 600 State and National award winning design projects in and around Australia, along with 60 incredible 3D models of the National award winners from the...
Thursday, 10 April 2008
Posted by Effie Seiberg, Associate Product Marketing ManagerWe like to see maps everywhere (and love it when people use our API or embed Google Maps in their sites), but artist Elisabeth Lecourt has taken this to another level. She uses paper maps to creates faux clothing, meant to be hung rather than worn. Take a look at her beautiful "Four Hours," made from a map of Great Britain. Check out more of her global garments on her website. I wonder what the team would think if I came to work in one of those...
Wednesday, 9 April 2008
Posted by Chris Conway, Sr. Product Manager, TruliaWe're pleased to announce today that home buyers, owners, and real estate junkies can now find Street View integrated with the real estate listings, recently sold homes, and property records on Trulia. We're excited to use the new Street View API to add efficiency to the real estate search experience and help home buyers discover more information about particular neighborhoods.Home buyers have limited...
Tuesday, 8 April 2008
Posted by Ron Huberman, President, Chicago Transit AuthorityToday, I had the pleasure of announcing that the Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) is partnering with Google to bring schedule and station data for our 8 rail lines and 154 bus routes to Google Maps. Having CTA's information available on Google Maps allows us to reach a broader audience; by including our station/stop icons in maps, we can seamlessly introduce people to public transportation options as they look up locations or search for directions, and encourage alternatives to driving.As...
Monday, 7 April 2008
Posted by Wei Luo, Tech Lead Manager, Google EarthI read a lot of news by surfing the Internet, as do many of my colleagues and friends, and I've always dreamed of a way to browse news based on geography. What's happening in Paris today? What are the top headlines in Japan?In collaboration with The New York Times, we've come up with a solution: The New York Times offers geo-coded news, and Google Earth offers the platform for reading that news...
Posted by Michael H. Graham, Genocide Prevention Mapping Initiative, U.S. Holocaust Memorial MuseumElie Wiesel, Holocaust survivor, Nobel Laureate and Founding Chairman of the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum stated:“I swore never to be silent whenever and wherever human beings endure suffering and humiliation. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented.” Today, the U.S. Holocaust Memorial...
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