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The city of Atlantis has disappeared a second time, thanks to a new update for Google Earth's ocean topography extension. A grid-like pattern on the ocean floor that had appeared in an early version of Google Ocean, an extension of Google Earth that mapped the ocean floor using available sonar data, has been removed in a new update intended to correct bad data. (You can see the old and new versions of the data in the image posted with this… Read More

Google rolled out its latest version of Google Earth on Thursday. Calling it “the most beautiful Google Earth yet,” the update has managed to eliminate the “patchy” look of some of its images and now presents users with a more realistic depiction of how our planet really looks from up high. In a post on the official Google blog, Google Earth product manager Peter Birch explained the new, smoother look: “We’re introducing a new way of rendering… Read More

After six years of offering users the ability to peruse satellite imagery of the planet from the comfort of their home computers, Google Earth has hit the one-billion download mark. “How large is one billion? One billion hours ago modern humans were living in the Stone Age. One billion minutes ago, the Roman Empire was flourishing. If you traveled from Earth to the Moon three times, your journey would measure one billion meters,”… Read More

Earlier this week, Google added a new button to the Google Maps Web interface that allows the user to view a 3D birdseye view of the route. To utilize the new feature, simply plug in a start point and a end point to the directions section of Google Maps. After calculating the route, look for a “3D” button next to the text “Driving directions”. After pressing the new “3D” button, the map shifts into Google… Read More

Hamad bin Hamdan Al Nahyan, a 63-year old billionaire in the Abu Dhabi royal family wanted to declare his portion of the world to the rest of humanity. Stretching two and a half miles wide and nearly nine football fields (back to back) high, giant capital letters spell out “HAMAD” on an island in the Persian Gulf. The first two letters are filled with water flowing in from the gulf and a section of the “M” is starting to… Read More

Google has announced that it is dropping ratings and snippets from third-party reviews from its Google Places pages, meaning that bits of information from services like Yelp and TripAdvisor will no longer get featured screen real estate in Google's location-based listings. Google plans to keep listing links to third party review services—so users can go there if they want—but the Places pages will only feature content from… Read More

It can be hard to remember, while staring at a computer screen all day, that we landlubbers make up only 29% of the Earth's surface. Now you can join the life aquatic, exploring the mysterious depths of the ocean while affecting a French accent, thanks to a new Google Earth update. The new Ocean feature contains data from more than two decades of research and 500 ocean cruises thanks mainly to the curating work of the Columbia University… Read More

Few Google creations remain as captivating as Google Earth. Released in 2005, the app allows users to thoroughly explore the world, in a digital format, but with the feel of having actually visited the place. And now, finally, Google Earth has been fine-tuned for tablets powered by Google's Android mobile operating system. With the update, Google has optimized the app for the larger screens of the tablets (as opposed to the relatively tiny… Read More

As reports of worker strain and Nuclear contamination continue to come out of Japan, Google has released a new satellite image of the Sendai region, which was hit hardest by the earthquake and tsunami three weeks ago. The new images are now fully available in Google Maps and Google Earth. The search company hopes these images may be of some assistance to anyone aiding in the relief efforts in Japan. Google will continue to take updated… Read More

Google announced today that Google Earth, Picasa, and Chrome are now available to citizens of Iran. The Iranian government is still blocked from using the software. Due to tense relations with the Middle Eastern nation, the US chose to place restrictions on software downloads to the country. Google reports that today, “some” of those restrictions were lifted and thus, the Internet titan has made mapping, photo-sharing, and Web browsing… Read More

Google Earth 6 brings greater realism in two ways. It integrates Street View and 3D trees for the first time. It's also easier to browse through historical images as well. Google Earth has traditionally only allowed users to fly over spaces to view the landscape and surrounding features. With the introduction of a full integrated street view, you can journey from East to West in a fully integrated street view experience, no flying over… Read More

At a press event at its California headquarters today, Google formally unveiled its first phone, the Nexus One. The device has been the subject of rumors, speculation, and leaked specifications ever since Google employees began telling the world they were testing Google phone hardware—and Google's formal introduction of the phone came with few surprises…except perhaps that Google prefers to think of it as a “superphone” rather… Read More

If you own an iPhone or an iPod Touch, now you can get Google Earth on your set as a free application from the iPhone App Store. Google announced the service on Sunday, making it a companion for Google Maps for Mobile, which is already available for the iPhone. Peter Birch, product manager for Google Earth, wrote in a blog posting that users simply have to "swipe [their] finger across the screen and… fly to the other side of… Read More