Google Maps Adds Drone Imagery
Last Updated on Friday, 15 October 2010 05:41 Written by External Post Friday, 15 October 2010 05:41
joshuadugie writes “Slashdot carried a story a while ago that Google had purchased drones for unknown purposes. Google Maps has now added new non-satellite imagery (at UT Austin, for example) when you zoom in close enough. Mystery solved!” I’d like to
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Kite-based aerial imagery arrives in Google Maps
Last Updated on Tuesday, 12 October 2010 05:21 Written by External Post Tuesday, 12 October 2010 05:21
BBQ Island off the coast of Panama is a high-resolution patch in the middle of a low-resolution ocean of Google Maps. (Click to enlarge.) (Credit: Google) Satellite schmatellite. Frank Taylor, author of the Google Earth blog who’s on a five-year sailboat
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Google removes homepage image experiment
Last Updated on Friday, 11 June 2010 07:40 Written by External Post Friday, 11 June 2010 07:40
Fourteen hours into a 24-hour experiment with background imagery, Google’s homepage is once again stark white. Design guru Marissa Mayer confirmed that Google was ending the experiment early due to what she called a “bug”. The bug erased a link
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Google kills background images on home page
Last Updated on Friday, 11 June 2010 12:00 Written by External Post Friday, 11 June 2010 12:00
Background images were the temporary default look for Google.com before being pulled earlier than expected. (Credit: Screenshot by Tom Krazit/CNET) Fourteen hours into a 24-hour experiment with background imagery, Google’s home page is once again stark
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Google maps Gulf oil spill
Last Updated on Wednesday, 5 May 2010 09:00 Written by External Post Wednesday, 5 May 2010 09:00
, has 11 different layers using imagery from a variety of sources over the past few days. ? The map shows the spill has touched land in a few locations but is mostly still out at sea. Google also offers the MODIS satellite images as a KML files that
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Compare Aerial Images of WWII Destruction With Today in Google Earth
Last Updated on Thursday, 4 February 2010 11:00 Written by External Post Thursday, 4 February 2010 11:00
Aerial imagery of Europe in 1943 that shows the devastation of World War II is now available in Google Earth. Comparing photos such as those above of Warsaw before the war, mmediately after the war and today really brings to life the incredible
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American Red Cross imagery highlights Illustration Art Auction
Last Updated on Monday, 1 February 2010 05:00 Written by a2e Monday, 1 February 2010 05:00
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Important original American imagery from the Collection of the American Red Cross, punctuated by names like Haddon Sundblom and Walter Beach Humphrey, highlights the comprehensive array of artwork that is Heritage Auctions’ Feb. 18 Signature® Illustration Art Auction.
“There is something instantly recognizable and unmistakably American about these wonderful original illustrations,” said Ed [...]
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