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NEWS ABOUT: Google Earth

Google Earth stories: 26 news summaries

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 Google Earth, Al Gore 
 Detail Climate Change  

Al Gore narrates intro to new feature detailing perils, and solutions

Sep 25, 09 10:41 AM CDT
(Newser) - Google—with the help of Al Gore—has introduced new “layers” to its Earth application that detail the possible effects of climate change in the next century. The Nobel laureate narrates an intro to a series of virtual tours that highlight terrifying scenarios and solutions. The upgrade allows users... More »

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climate change • Google • Internet • Al Gore • Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change • Google Earth • green energy • search engine • renewable energy • Nobel Prize • Nobel Peace Prize • carbon emissions



 Google Earth 
 Visits Moon 

Latest version provides out-of-this-world satellite images

Jul 20, 09 11:58 AM CDT
(Newser) - Google Earth is no longer restricted to its namesake: on the 40th anniversary of the Apollo 11 mission, the latest version of the software lets users explore the moon in 3-D, the Financial Post reports.  “Forty years ago, two human beings walked on the Moon," said the... More »

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technology • Google • Internet • Google Earth • moon

 Take Me Off  
 Google 
 Street View: 
 McCartney 

Ex-Beatle's home removed after complaint

May 22, 09 12:03 PM CDT
(Newser) - Add Paul McCartney to the list of people who are freaked out by Google Street View. The Internet giant removed the former Beatle’s multimillion-dollar London abode after his security team complained, the Sun reports. “He was unsettled when he heard Google users could get a 360-degree view of... More »

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entertainment • Google • Paul McCartney • Google Earth • Street View • celebrity

 Google Earth Helps Amateur 
 Spies Map North Korea

Annotated map exposes graves, nuke facilities—and swimming pools

May 22, 09 8:24 AM CDT
(Newser) - Spying on North Korea would seem to be a job for intelligence services, but one PhD student at George Mason University has exposed many of the secrets of the insular regime from his home computer. Piecing together clues from news reports, photos, and eyewitnesses, Curtis Melvin and colleagues have annotated... More »

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North Korea • Google • Internet • Google Earth • map • foreign intelligence

(Newser) - From an A-shaped street crossing to a building in the form of a Z, an Australian man has spelled out the alphabet using Google Earth. Rhett Dashwood spent 6 months painstakingly scanning satellite images of his native state, Victoria, and found buildings or geographical landmarks in the shape of all... More »

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Google Earth • alphabet • Google Apps

(Newser) - Google has rebuffed a claim that Google Earth 5.0 helped uncover the lost city of Atlantis, vnunet reports. The undersea lines spotted by an engineer are not streets, a Google spokesperson said, but traces of boats gathering data with sonar technology. Google Earth has aided in other "amazing... More »

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Google • Google Earth • Atlantic Ocean • Atlantis • Google Ocean

(Newser) - A California man who used Google Earth to locate a 19th century Spanish treasure ship is suing for the right to excavate on private land, ABC News reports. Nathan Smith drove to Refugio, Texas, after spotting evidence—what it was isn’t clear—from a satellite photo. The case of... More »

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Google • Texas • Spain • Google Earth • federal courts • shipwreck • treasure • satellite images • excavation • salvage

Google 'Latitude' Knows Where You and Your Friends Are

Mobile app uses GPS, cell towers, networks

Feb 4, 09 12:02 PM CST
(Newser) - Google’s newest mobile app—Latitude—allows users to keep track of where they, and their friends, are at all times, reports CNET. The phone-based application debuts today and opens up a new vista for social networking. The software allows users—tracked via GPS and by proximity to phone towers... More »

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Google • Google Earth • Google Maps • Google Apps • location-based services • Google Latitude

 Google Earth Adds 'Depth,' 
 Tackling World's Oceans 

Underwater volcanoes, shipwrecks now available to program's users

Feb 2, 09 3:51 PM CST
(Newser) - Google has added a new feature to its Google Earth software, which now enables users to explore the world’s oceans and access information from scientists and explorers, AFP reports. “Google Earth is equipping itself with a new dimension: depth,” an engineer said. Surfers can “dive beneath... More »

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Google • Internet • Google Earth • ocean • marine animal • software • Google Maps • scientific research • Google Ocean

Cops Bust Pot Plantation With Google Earth

Swiss farmers find they can't hide crop from satellite images

Jan 30, 09 6:52 AM CST
(Newser) - Swiss cops using Google Earth to check out the addresses of two suspects discovered a 2-acre marijuana plantation hidden in a field of corn, reports the AP. The bust led to the arrest of 16 men, suspected of selling 7 tons of marijuana and hashish during the last 4 years.... More »

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drugs • Google Earth • Switzerland • marijuana • farmer • satellite images

 Veep's 'Lair' 
 Reappears 
 on Google 

Image was blurred during Bush years

Jan 26, 09 1:11 PM CST
(Newser) - When Dick Cheney was vice-president, his official residence was blurred on Google Maps. But the week Joe Biden moved in, the Naval Observatory suddenly became visible, Gawker reports. Many had noticed the isolated pixelation of Cheney’s address, including Maureen Dowd: “You can view satellite photos of the White... More »

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Joe Biden • Dick Cheney • Google Earth • vice president • Google Maps • satellite images • Washington, DC

 Scientists Discover Forest 
 by Searching Google Earth 

Scientists find hundreds of new species in uncharted African forest

Dec 22, 08 10:44 AM CST
(Newser) - British scientists have stumbled upon an unexplored forest in northern Mozambique—without taking a step. A conservationist for the Royal Botanic Gardens was scanning for a new project site on Google Earth when he came across the untouched area known as Mount Mabu, and an expedition later discovered hundreds of... More »

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Google Earth • Mozambique • species • exploring • forests

 Google Unearths 
 3D Ancient Rome 

Users can surf city streets of 320 AD

Nov 13, 08 7:07 AM CST
(Newser) - Google Earth is providing users the opportunity to surf the streets of Ancient Rome via a 3D virtual reconstruction of the city as it was in the 4th century. Users can "enter" the Forum, stand in the sands of the Colosseum, or swoop over any of 6,700 buildings... More »

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Google • Internet • Google Earth • Rome • Ancient Rome • culture • Colosseum • forum • Plastico di Roma Antica • ancient history

Archeologists Uncover Treasures Via Google Earth

Lost ruins spotted
in Afghan desert

Jul 21, 08 3:34 AM CDT
(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... More »

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Afghanistan • Google Earth • archeology • desert

 Google Tracking Refugees 

UN info on displaced peoples now available through Earth mapping feature

Apr 8, 08 5:45 PM CDT
(Newser) - A new feature allows Google Earth users to take a tour of the world’s refugee hotspots, with images of camps supplemented by information from the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, the AP reports. The search titan has greatly improved the available resolution in its satellite photos of refugee areas—... More »

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United Nations • Google • Darfur • Chad • Google Earth • refugee camp • Crisis in Darfur • refugee • UN High Commissioner for Refugees • humanitarian aid

Google Sky Freed From Google Earth

Star-viewing feature goes from Earth add-on to its own browser show

Mar 14, 08 8:10 PM CDT
(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... More »

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Google • Google Earth • web browser • lawsuit • Google Sky • Diego Gavinowich

US Bases
Block Google
Camera Crews

General warns of security breach after base photos go online

Mar 7, 08 4:07 AM CST
(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... More »

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

Previewing What's Next
in Social Networks

NY meeting introduces new services to new media leaders

Feb 29, 08 3:57 PM CST
(Newser) - What’s next for online social networking? A heavy dose of geography, writes David Kirkpatrick in Fortune’s Fast Forward. At a real-life meeting for 100 new-media notables in New York, one hot topic was adding location information to user-driven sites so that “not only will you know what... More »

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social networking • Internet • New York City • Web 2.0 • Twittervision • Google Earth • Facebook • Flickr • Google Maps • new media • Jeff Pulver • Twitter

Humanitarian Relief is a Text Message Away

Social sites like Twitter, Facebook part of Google's new venture

Jan 17, 08 6:33 PM CST
(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... More »

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Google • Google Earth • UNICEF • Facebook • relief • humanitarian crisis • open source • inSTEDD • Twitter

Ecowarriors' New Tool: Google Earth

Conservationists use app to highlight local environment concerns

Nov 15, 07 11:34 AM CST
(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... More »

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environment • Google • Google Earth

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