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Above and beyond
December 11, 2007
Rebecca Moore, Manager, Google Earth Outreach
Be sure to check out the new "Earth From Above" layer featuring the stunning photography of Yann Arthus-Bertrand in
Google Earth
today! You'll find it in the Global Awareness folder. You can also go to
www.google.com/earthfromabove
to view an interview with Yann or to download an iGoogle gadget that features a new photograph every day. Read more about it on the
Official Google Blog
.
Enjoy the holidays with new Street View cities and embeddable panoramas
December 11, 2007
Posted by Andrew Lookingbill, Software Engineer
Today we're pleased to announce the launch of 8 new cities with
Street View
. Check out full spherical views of Boston, Dallas, Fort Worth, Indianapolis, Minneapolis, St. Paul, Detroit, and Providence. Do some sightseeing, and check out views of places like the
Zakim bridge
in Boston.
We're also happy to announce the launch of embeddable panoramas. You can take any Street View panorama visible in Google Maps and embed it in your website or blog with a few simple steps. The panorama works just like it does in Google Maps, allowing visitors to your site to pan, zoom, and move between panoramas as they travel down a street. Much like
embeddable Google Maps and YouTube videos
, embedding a panorama is simple and only requires cutting and pasting a snippet of HTML.
1. Go to
Google Maps
and find a panorama you like in one of our 23
cities with Street View imagery (such as the gorgeous view of Pittsburgh below).
2. Then click "Link to this page" in the top right-hand corner. Copy the text that you see in the second box.
3. Paste that text into your blog editor or into the HTML of your webpage. We use an <iframe> so it works on most blog hosting sites like Blogger. The resulting embedded panorama will be fully functional; an example is shown below:
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You sleigh me!
December 7, 2007
Posted by Aidan Chopra, SketchUp Product Evangelist
I've got a quick Santa fix for those of you who are eagerly counting down the days till
NORAD tracks Santa's flight
.
I spent some time modeling jolly ole St. Nick and his reindeer entourage -- and now all we need is a sleigh! I encourage everyone to take a stab at modeling one and uploading it to the
3D Warehouse
. I've created
a collection
in there for yuletide modelers to show off their best work.
Check out my latest post on the
SketchUp blog
for more info. Ho-ho-hope to see your submissions soon!
Area man finds onion planted in earth
December 7, 2007
Posted by Kat Malinowska, Onion enthusiast
The Onion
, one of our favorite news-spoofers, has made available a fantastic
layer
for Google Earth in tandem with
Our Dumb World: Atlas of The Planet Earth
, a hilarious new book parodying (you guessed it!) a world atlas. Placemarks across the globe pinpoint lots and lots of geographic features and a whole bunch of important historic sites (read: jokes and more jokes).
The Onion has also put together an awesome
Google Maps mashup
with even more factoids about your favorite lands. Check it out often to see the latest featured country of the week.
Flooding in Washington State
December 6, 2007
Keith Golden, Software Engineer, Google Maps
I used to live in Seattle, and I have a lot of friends around there, so all the recent flooding really hits home. Like most people, the first thing I wanted to know was whether my friends were safe and their homes were still intact. I found some great user-created maps that offer more context around what is actually happening on the ground than a few isolated photos or videos from news stories can provide:
December 2007 Flooding
shows flooding in Snohomish and Island counties.
Storm reader reports
was produced by the
Seattle Times
from reader reports.
Kitsap/Mason Road Closures
shows roads that have been washed out.
December Updates in Google Earth
December 5, 2007
Posted by Wei Luo, Senior GIS Specialist
Here's good news for the international folks: we've just added roads and business listings in a number of countries. We've launched roads for South Africa and Poland, and we've added business listings in six new countries -- Finland, Norway, Denmark, Austria, Sweden and Switzerland. Our Transit layer has also been enhanced with new colors and icons. If you're in one of those countries, launch Google Earth and check out the updates.
Roads in South Africa:
and roads in Poland:
An example of a business listing in Denmark:
Transit's new look:
Google presents the Elections 2008 gadget
December 4, 2007
Posted by Brittany Bohnet, Elections Project Manager
With the 2008 presidential election just around the corner, political news is continuing to grow more important to U.S. voters. In fact, more than a third of Americans (that's more than 100 million people!) are expected to turn to the Internet for their election information in the coming year.
To make accessing this information easier, we have created an
elections gadget
that will help people stay up-to-date on the latest campaign maps, news, videos and blog posts from the election trail. Add the gadget to your iGoogle homepage to follow the race. You can choose the candidates you want to follow, or keep tabs on them all.
Make sure to check out the maps tab of this gadget to view candidate event trails. Try searching for your own city or state to see which presidential hopeful will be campaigning near you!
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