Big updates arrive for Google Maps, Earth and more
Here are all the latest updates for Google Maps, Earth, Waze and our developer platforms. Maps
3 imagery updates to Google Earth and Maps
Google Earth adds historical imagery and Street View expands to nearly 80 places in the latest update. Maps
Research Report: A Black Hole in Earth science
Figure 1: Scientific observations with GNSS radio occultation (GNSS-RO), GNSS grazing-angle reflectometry (GNSS-GR) and GNSS reflectometry (GNSS-R) techniques from low-Earth orbit (LEO). (Figure provided by the author) Global navigation satellite systems (GNSS) for peaceful uses are facing a hard reality…
5 sustainability updates from 2022 that are good for you — and the Earth
Make the eco-friendly choice, the easy choice with updates you may have missed this year from Maps, Flights, Search and Pixel. Maps
Earth Archive project aims to create digital twin of entire planet
The Earth Archive Initiative is an unprecedented scientific effort to create a digital twin of the entire surface of the Earth – and everything on it. By scanning the planet’s land surface with very high-resolution lidar, the Earth Archive will…
Monitoring the Earth for geopolitical and economic insights
Data from Earth Monitor reveals the number of cars and trucks in an area of Amsterdam. (Image: Airbus) The new Earth Monitor tool draws from the Airbus imagery archive and satellite tasking capabilities to provide advanced geospatial analysis, trends and…
Shia LaBeouf tweets cryptic message with GPS coordinates – Google Earth Blog (blog)
Shia LaBeouf tweets cryptic message with GPS coordinatesGoogle Earth Blog (blog)American actor Shia LeBeouf has been tweeting a GPS coordinate daily since May 9th without any explanation. The coordinates are all near Denver Colorado. As pointed out in this article,…