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  • July 2008

    • Archeologists Uncover Treasures Via Google Earth

      Sydney Morning Herald  |  Jul 21, 08 3:34 AM CDT

      Archeologists Uncover Treasures Via Google Earth

      (Newser) - Google Earth has made detailed satellite imagery readily accessible to planetary voyeurs—but academics are also using it to get things done in ways never before possible. A team of university archeologists are uncovering hundreds of sites in the Afghan desert that might never have been discovered on foot, reports the Sydney Morning Herald . More »

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      Afghanistan  • Google Earth  • desert  • archeology

  • April 2008
  • March 2008

    • Google Sky Freed From Google Earth

      InformationWeek  |  Mar 14, 08 8:10 PM CDT

      Google Sky Freed From Google Earth

      (Newser) - Not only can stargazers store their telescopes, but now they can put away some of their software, too. Google has freed its Sky program from the Google Earth software, and computer-screen galaxy-watching can now be done simply via web browser. “This release makes Sky accessible to just about anyone with an Internet connection,” one Google rep tells InformationWeek. More »

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      Google  • lawsuit  • web browser  • Google Earth  • Google Sky

    • US Bases Block Google Camera Crews

      Associated Press  |  Mar 7, 08 4:07 AM CST

      US Bases Block Google Camera Crews

      (Newser) - Google camera teams have been banned from US military installations after panoramic views of the inside of a Texas base ended up on the internet, the AP reports. The street-level images show "where all the guards are, how the barriers go up and down, how to get in and out of buildings," said a general worried about the security implications. A message sent to all Defense Department facilities has ordered officials not to allow Google Earth crews to photograph them. More »

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      Google  • Pentagon  • privacy  • Defense Department  • Google Maps  • Google Earth  • military bases  • Street View

  • February 2008
  • January 2008

    • Humanitarian Relief is a Text Message Away

      CNET  |  Jan 17, 08 6:33 PM CST

      Humanitarian Relief is a Text Message Away

      (Newser) - A Google-funded website that uses technology to spread the word about emergencies launches today, CNET reports. The company's charitable arm has put $5 million into InSTEDD, which will use social software like Twitter and Facebook to alert humanitarian groups to crises and organize rescue operations. “Social networking in the humanitarian space, that's something you're going to see,” InSTEDD’s CEO said. More »

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      Google  • Facebook  • relief  • open source  • Google Earth  • humanitarian crisis  • UNICEF  • twitter

  • November 2007

    • Ecowarriors' New Tool: Google Earth

      Wall Street Journal  |  Nov 15, 07 11:34 AM CST

      Ecowarriors' New Tool: Google Earth

      (Newser) - The Wall Street Journal looks at environmental nonprofits that are harnessing Google Earth to connect consumers with the effects of their purchasing choices. One example, Appalachian Voices, has integrated data from coal mining companies with Google mapping to allow users to see where their power comes from: the specific mountaintops that have been destroyed to provide the coal burned in the plants that feed their zip code. More »

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      Google  • environment  • Google Earth

  • October 2007

    • Google Earth Gets a YouTube Atmosphere

      ComputerWorld  |  Oct 12, 07 11:23 AM CDT

      Google Earth Gets a YouTube Atmosphere

      (Newser) - A further sign that you don't need the real world so long as you have Google: the search engine company has now integrated its Google Earth map program with YouTube, the video site it bought last year. Videos location-marked on YouTube will now be available on the Google Earth's satellite view, so users can watch footage from halfway around the world just by looking at the map. More »

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      Google  • Google Earth

  • September 2007

    • Navy to 'Camouflage' Swastika Building

      Guardian (UK)  |  Sep 27, 07 1:10 PM CDT

      Navy to 'Camouflage' Swastika Building

      (Newser) - When it was finished in 1970, officials realized a building at a San Diego Navy base looked like a swastika, the Guardian reports. But after images of the building from Google Earth sparked outrage, the Navy has decided to do something about it. The Navy will spend $600,000 to “camouflage” the building with landscaping and solar panels, it announced yesterday. More »

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      Navy  • Google Earth  • Nazism

    • Surfers Scour Google Earth for Signs of Aviator

      Guardian (UK)  |  Sep 11, 07 3:20 AM CDT

      Surfers Scour Google Earth for Signs of Aviator

      (Newser) - An army of web surfers—even the guy in the next cubicle—has joined the search for missing aviator Steve Fossett. Google Earth has released fresh images of the Nevada desert, and surfers can scour chunks of wilderness for aircraft wreckage. One problem: "We're finding them left and right—Nevada is a graveyard" for downed planes, said a state spokesman. More »

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      Google  • airplane  • Amazon.com  • Nevada  • pilot  • aviation  • Steve Fossett  • Google Earth  • desert

    • Branson Wants Google Earth in Fossett Search

      Reuters  |  Sep 5, 07 2:06 PM CDT

      Branson Wants Google Earth in Fossett Search

      (Newser) - Richard Branson said today he hopes to use Google Earth in the search for missing aviator Steve Fossett, whose small plane disappeared Monday over Nevada. The British billionaire and flying enthusiast wants to see if Google's satellite photos show where Fossett might have been heading, Reuters reports, and whether there were atmospheric disturbances that might have forced him down. More »

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      pilot  • disappearance  • Richard Branson  • aviation  • Steve Fossett  • Google Earth  • aviator

  • August 2007

    • Google Takes Map Program to the Stars

      BBC  |  Aug 22, 07 12:28 PM CDT

      Google Takes Map Program to the Stars

      (Newser) - Launching off of the success of Google Earth, Google launched a new program today allowing armchair astronomers to chuck the telescope and gaze at the heavens from their monitors. Google Sky will harness Hubble photos along with a database of information, and feature more than one million stars and 200 million galaxies, the BBC reports. More »

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      Google  • NASA  • space  • Google Earth  • Hubble  • star  • Google Sky

  • April 2007

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