Google Earth Gets Featured Content
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Google on Wednesday plans to deliver an update to its Google Earth application that includes content from a number of premium sources. The features are overlaid atop areas in a map so users can learn about their significance. Photos: View images of the Google Earth features
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New higher-resolution images and maps of the moon as well as multimedia content is now available on Google's Moon Web site.
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'We will photograph everything' If you were getting worried that a full two weeks had passed without Google acquiring yet another company, you can now rest easy. Today, the lord of the acquisitions bagged ImageAmerica - a company that takes aerial photographs with its own airplanes and high-res cameras - as it looks to beef up imagery on its Google Earth and Google Maps services.â¦
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EveryScape's 3-D maps go one step further than Google: They let you explore the insides of buildings, too. The service, launching next week, will give virtual explorers views of restaurants, hotels and landmarks in San Francisco, Boston, New York and Seattle.
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Go-ahead city shown as desolate wasteland Liverpool's regeneration bosses are a bit miffed at Google Earth for not showing their fine city in all its redeveloped glory, the BBC reports.â¦
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Barry Schwartz at Search Engine Land points to a Google Blog posting that announces Google will be displaying local results with reviews and links to more detail in its OneBox position: From now on, you&#8217;ll see this every time you search for a place, business, or other local information. In addition to providing the basic contact [...]
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(InfoWorld) - GoogleÂ introduced a feature to its mapping service on Wednesday that allows people to create their own customized maps, by adding information such as the location of cheap gas stations or property for sale. The information comes from what Google calls maplets, which are small applications created by Google or a third-party developer that combine Google Maps with some other service, such as a real estate listing or traffic report. Users who set up a Google My Maps account can then create their own customized maps, adding as many maplets as they want. They can also draw directions on their maps, and attach photographs or videos of specific locations using services such as Google's YouTube and PicasaWeb. The resulting maps can be kept private or made public and indexed in Google's search engine, according to Google's My Maps page. People can also upload maps to Google Earth in the form of a KML (Keyhole Markup Language) file, a technology for describing geographic coordinates. A Google official said last month that the company may eventually allow paid advertisements on its mapping service, where businesses would be able to create maps with some sponsored links. The ads would take the form of the pins seen on the maps today, with pop-up photos and text. It would be a way for both Google and businesses to earn more advertising revenue, which underpins much of Google's strength. Google has said it will give users some say in how many ads appear on its maps, so as to not be too intrusive. Â
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Google Inc. bills the latest twist on its online maps as "Street View," but it looks a bit like "Candid Camera" as you cruise through the panorama of pictures that captured fleeting moments in neighborhoods scattered across the country.
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New widgets help personalize maps with dynamic content from diverse sources.
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Blog: New Google Maps feature lets people create customized maps with content from different mashup sites
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By JAKE COYLE  Since its debut, Google's "Street View" feature for online maps has set off heated debate over its street-level photographs.
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Street-scene photographs added to Google Maps and Earth last week capture passers-by in delicate situations and have privacy advocates accusing the world&#39;s most popular Internet search firm of breaking its own &quot;Don&#39;t be Evil&quot; code.
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Blog: CNET News.com is looking for the best images from Google's new Street View feature illustrating personal elements
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Spectacular new layers of Google Earth showcase images from the last 40 years of NASA exploration and stunning views of our home planet at night from space. The update is part of an ongoing collaborative effort between Google Earth and NASA.
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Plus: How Google maps the world. Read these stories and more from around the Web on News.com Extra.
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Google Maps can be a bit of a shutterbug these days.
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Money for nothing and your maps for free Google is offering charities and not-for-profit organisations the chance to use Google Earth without paying the earth.â¦