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"...it is obvious that all O'Reilly School of Technology teachers are pros. Besides that, the courses are done perfectly. They emphasize the important concepts and contain 'no fluff'." Displaying 1-16 of 49 results for: google earth Geobrowsing with Google Earth - Tips and Tricks from the Google Earth Team: ... By Peter Birch, Brendan Kenny, Sean Askay, Julien Mercay This session will give attendees a chance to learn the latest about geo-browsing with Google Earth, directly from the experts on the Google Earth team. With the growing importance of both the web and mobile in geo content, we’ll show you how to take advantage of all the features of Earth across desktop, mobile, and the web. Publish Date: April 02, 2012
More Geo-Games: Ship Simulator on Google Earth - O'Reilly Radar By Brady Forrest At Google I/O 2008 the Google Earth API was released. It brought Google Earth's 3D capabilities to the web (with the help of browser extensions). Since that release they've started supporting Macs. One really nice part of the Google Earth API is the ability to create games in the 3D world. One of the sample apps was the game... Publish Date: May 18, 2009
Embed Google Earth In Your Site - O'Reilly Radar By Brady Forrest The Google Earth Plugin was just released this morning (Radar post) and there is already a handy third-party tool available. This is unsurprising considering the general buzz at Google I/O. If you want to embed a 3D Google Earth Map in your site simply follow the directions below. Browse to the TakItWithMe.com Google Earth Embedded Map Tool Paste in... Publish Date: May 28, 2008
Google Earth Escapes the Client and Comes to the Browser - O'Reilly Radar By Brady Forrest Google's 3D data has escaped the client and is now a welcome addition to the browser! Today at Google I/O a Google Earth Browser plugin is going to be released. With the plugin installed anybody with a Windows machine will be able to view Google Earth mashups in the comfort of their own browser instead of having to pull... Publish Date: May 28, 2008
Who Put the Google Earth in my Game? - O'Reilly Radar By Brady Forrest I just saw the trailer for Sony's new game The Last Guy. In it you run around a city trying to lead people to safety with a top down view reminiscent of Google Earth or Yahoo! Maps or Live Maps. People follow you around the city creating an ever longer line, while you try to avoid monsters. As your... Publish Date: August 28, 2008
Books In Google Earth - O'Reilly Radar By Brady Forrest Google is continuing the integration of its web services into Google Earth. On the same day that they announced their embeddable maps, they have announced that you can turn on the book layer in Google Earth. They have also added live traffic data to the service. This type of integration makes me wonder how long til Google Earth becomes... Publish Date: August 21, 2007
CTO of Google Earth On Adding Web Search - O'Reilly Radar By Brady Forrest Google Earth added web search last week by allowing users to find relevant KML files (Radar post). Directions Magazine has an informative interview with Google Earth CTO MIchael Jones posted. Michael describes the search algorithm (a combination of text and geodata) and gives some thoughts on how the Google Earth Web Browser will lead to a geotagged web (hint, it's... Publish Date: February 25, 2007
Web Search in Google Earth - O'Reilly Radar By Brady Forrest Last week Google added KML search to Google Earth. Now when you are using the search bar you will see a listing of KML files found via web crawl that are applicable to your current Google Earth view. For example, if you are viewing Seattle, WA and you type in 'statues' you will see applicable KML files. When I... Publish Date: February 21, 2007
Track US Congressional Earmarks Via Google Earth - O'Reilly Radar By Brady Forrest View Larger Map The Sunlight Foundation has released a KML file of US Congressional earmarks from the most recent House Defense Appropriations Bill. The file can be viewed in Google Earth or on Google Maps; I have embedded a map above. The data comes from Sunlight's Earmark Watch. As they describe the project in their FAQ: Earmark Watch is... Publish Date: November 07, 2007
Where 2.0: Wild Sanctuary Adds Sounds to Google Earth & Maps - O'Reilly ... By Brady Forrest Relevant sound is something that we don't often experience when researching a location on the web. Whether it be by Flickr, Google Earth, Virtual Earth or 43Places it is a silent experience. Bernie Krause of Wild Sanctuary (turn down your speakers) has the largest private collection of soundscapes in the world. Each one is date-stamped and geotagged. At the... Publish Date: June 03, 2007
Google Earth, Sketchup, and Second Life - O'Reilly Radar By Tim O'Reilly If the hotel network here at Where 2.0 were faster and there were fewer people on it, I'd be downloading the new version of Google Earth, released for the first time simultaneously for Windows, Mac, and Linux! (Reportedly, the universal binary screams on the Macbook Pro.) John Hanke's demo reminded me of just how powerful a platform Google Earth is... Publish Date: June 13, 2006
Google Earth and Emergency Aid - O'Reilly Radar By Tim O'Reilly According to an entry on worldchanging.com, Google Earth just played a role in helping to target air drops of relief supplies in Gujarat, which was hit with serious flooding. The entry cites an Ahmedabad newspaper: If [officials] could have struck upon this idea before, it would have helped many more people as carpet air-dropping of aid leads to lots of... Publish Date: August 16, 2006
Where 2.0: Compare Google Maps with Virtual Earth - O'Reilly Radar By Nat Torkington This is a fantastic side-by-side comparison of Google Maps and MSN Virtual Earth. As you scroll or zoom on the Google Earth controls, the Virtual Earth view does the same thing. It's interesting--Virtual Earth appears to have older satellite imagery but at a higher resolution. For example, the area where I live looks like it's built on stripmine tailings, whereas... Publish Date: July 27, 2005
Google Wave: the Early Days - O'Reilly Radar By Tim O'Reilly After the press conference following this morning's keynotes, I was part of a small group conversation with Lars Rasmussen, head of the Google Wave team. He told the story of how they pitched Sergey Brin on the Wave project. Publish Date: May 28, 2009
Earth Archive: The Last Mile of Photographic Mapping: Where Conference 2012 -... By Jeffrey Martin Earth Archive is the new mobile app of 360cities.net. It will bring "the last mile" of imagery to Internet Mapping. We already have Google Streetview, but we can't go off the road (with a few exceptions). While you can visualize an entire journey from Paris to London, you can't go inside. We are changing that: We are creating a seamless georeferenced photographic journey through the world. Publish Date: April 02, 2012
Google Earth Views of California - O'Reilly Radar By Brady Forrest As the fires rage on in Southern California a lot of information helpful to locals and those with loved ones in the area is coming online. Google's LatLong Blog has posted a round-up of imagery-rich KML files that can be used to learn more about the affected areas. As the fires in Southern California continue to spread, our data... Publish Date: October 25, 2007
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