DigitalGlobe, the firm that provides much of the imagery for Google Earth, is launching a next-generation satellite in 2014. However, the super-sharp images of the WorldView-3 aren't for Google and Bing Maps: They're going straight to the military and intelligence agencies.READ»
Earlier in the month, we published Stefan Zirwes’s arresting aerial photos that capture the stunning beauty of natural and industrial landscapes. Today, we introduce you to a design student who turns satellite shots from Google ...READ»
Google exec Marissa Mayer talked at a conference Wednesday about how the company has changed--and hasn't--under recently installed CEO Larry Page. READ»
Bartholomäus Traubeck has created a music video for the band Lux Repeat that takes place entirely in the glitchy landscape of Google Earth. Instead of feeling arid and boring (like minimal electronica can be), the music becomes the ...READ»
Google's taken another step toward the Matrix, wrapped in white ribbons for the Royal Wedding, in a tricked out map of London with super-real 3-D representations of buildings and parks along the procession route.READ»
Renaissance painters used principles of perspective to imagine what
cities looked like from above, but no one knew for sure until
photographer James Wallace Black went up over Boston in a hot-air
balloon in 1860. The military saw ...READ»
Google Earth isn't just about the land anymore--Google expanded their "ocean" layer and officially added it to the default view for all Google Earth users.READ»
Google Earth is always a bit of a curio--appealing to the voyeur inside all of us a little, as well as tapping into some vague educational vein. It's just got a whole lot more curious though, with under-sea and WWII layers that'll ...READ»
Google Earth partnered with GeoEye and DigitalGlobe to provide updated images of the post-quake landscape of Port-au-Prince--disaster and aid workers will be using some of these same images in their recovery efforts. Here are before ...READ»
In terms of information and awareness, the earthquake in Haiti is "the most immediate disaster we've ever had," says Marguerite Madden, a geography professor at University of Georgia. Here's a look at how innovation has driven the relief effort.READ»
