Smile for the Camera

Posted on October 9, 2008 - Filed Under Google, Google Earth, Google Maps | Leave a Comment

That Google satellite deal is already bringing home the images. Launched on September 6, the satellite put up by GeoEye began image capture yesterday.
Since launch, the process of calibration has been going on and the first released image was taken of Kurtztown University in Pennsylvania.

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Google Satellite

Posted on August 29, 2008 - Filed Under Google Earth, Google Maps | 1 Comment

Google has inked a contract that will find it receiving its imagery for Google Maps and Google Earth supplied from a satellite due to launch in September.

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Earth 4.3

Posted on April 16, 2008 - Filed Under Google, Google Earth | Leave a Comment

There’s a new version of Google Earth (4.3) available which sports revised controls for navigation and some new product content like 3-D photo-realistic buildings in major cities and time-lapse views of sunsets and sunrises.
Also new in Google Earth 4.3 is access to the street view movies found in Google Maps.

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