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Google Earth Captures Trippy Image of Satellite Appearing 4 Times Over Texas

The satellite was caught speeding through low Earth orbit, moving between three images that were taken seconds apart.

Space & Spaceflight Passant Rabie Apr 17

Google Maps’ Immersive View Is Finally Rolling Out to Some Users

Our own tests confirmed Google’s immersive view was up and running in cities like Los Angeles, New York, and even Berlin, though for select users.

Tech News Kyle Barr Mar 23

Look Out for ‘Water Stained’ Images When Accessing Google Photos

Users have reported seeing "water damage" and other types of distortion when looking up images from the cloud.

Tech News Florence Ion Sep 27

Google’s ‘Dynamic World’ Offers a Real-Time Sense of Humanity’s Devastation of Earth

In addition to features to display the planet’s changes to environmental disasters, the company is promoting new air quality layers on Google Maps.

Tech News Kyle Barr Jun 9

The Most Mind-Blowing Images Ever Taken of Earth from Space

Photos of our planet from orbit are cool, but the farther you get from Earth, the more incredible they become.

Space & Spaceflight George Dvorsky May 23

Google Shows You Your Air Quality on Demand, But How Accurate Is It?

Gaps in data for specific locations makes determining air quality pointless for most people outside of cities.

Tech News Kyle Barr Apr 22

Google Earth’s New 3D Time-Lapse Feature Shows How Humans Are Affecting the Planet

Google Earth is already a powerful tool for observing our planet, but today it’s getting a major upgrade with the introduction of a new 3D time-lapse feature. Described by Google Earth director Rebecca Moore as the biggest update to Google Earth since 2017, Timelapse in Google Earth combines more than 24 million satellite photos, two…

Tech News Sam Rutherford Apr 15

Google Faces Lawsuit in Belgium for Not Blurring Military Sites and Nuclear Power Plants on Maps

Belgium plans to sue Google over the tech giant’s refusal to blur sensitive military sites and nuclear power plants on the company’s various mapping platforms. Military leaders in Belgium have not yet filed a formal complaint but confirmed to Reuters that they intend to sue. “It’s a shame the Belgium Department of Defense have decided to…

Privacy & Security Matt Novak Sep 28

Google Earth Now Lets You Pointlessly Measure Distances and Areas, and We Couldn’t Be Happier

It’s Monday afternoon and Google has given you a reason to waste some of your precious workday in Google Earth. The more Google improves its useful Maps service, the fewer excuses people have for screwing around on Google Earth, which they really should do more often. Today, the search giant announced a rare tweak to…

Tech News Rhett Jones Jun 25

4,000 Google Earth Photos Were Edited and Assembled Into This Dizzying Race Across the Earth

You don’t always need a wealthy record label to create a memorable music video. As YouTube’s Adnaan demonstrates, all you need is access to the massive archive of satellite photos on Google Earth, and enough time to painstakingly assemble over 4,000 of them into a frantic race across the Earth. Set to the track Midnight…

Sploid Andrew Liszewski Jun 6

Google’s Greatest Time-Sucking Invention Just Got a Lot Better

Google Earth is one of the purest, most beautiful gifts the company has ever given us. Today, the globe-trotting software received a major overhaul that will delight hardcore fans and remind others that it’s still a great way to throw away hours of your life. https://gizmodo.com/google-earth-vr-is-like-taking-a-vacation-that-gives-yo-1789065461 It’s been two years since the search giant last…

Tech News Rhett Jones Apr 18

Watch Humans Destroy the Earth in 30 Years With Google Earth Time Lapse

Humans do not treat the Earth kindly, and now we have even more evidence. Google just updated the Google Earth Engine to include four years of additional imagery, petabytes of new data, and generally a much clearer view of any location on Earth from 1984 to 2016. The best part: You can watch any area…

Tech News Michael Nunez Nov 29

Google Earth VR Is Like Taking a Vacation That Gives You a Headache

Let’s be real: It’s been a pretty stressful year. The tragedies never seem end. Harambe was shot dead in front of children. David Bowie and Prince died unexpectedly. Oh yeah, and we elected a screaming giant cheese wedge to be the next president. All of this bad news might want to make you just runaway…

Tech News Michael Nunez Nov 16

These Satellite Maps of Cities Are Made From Thousands of Lego Bricks

As children, the first cities we build are often rendered in Lego. Artist Ben Hecht uses the material in a slightly different way—to recreate cities as giant Lego brick paintings inspired by satellite imagery taken from above. Creating the series, named Urbicus, is quite an involved process. First, Hecht snaps an aerial photo with his…

Tech News Alissa Walker Dec 22

Earth View Has the Perfect Photo to Replace your Old Wallpaper

Google’s got your next digital wallpaper right here. Earth View is a collection of 1,500 of the most striking satellite view photographs that can be found in Google Earth. The best part is all the images are free to download and use on your own gadgets. There’s also an extension for Chrome that will give…

Tech News Leah Becerra Sep 7

NASA Has One-Upped Google Earth for Mars

You’ve been able to explore interesting corners of Marsfor years using Google Earth. However, NASA just one-upped the search giant with a data-rich interactive map that lets you peek into every nook and cranny, from the miles-high volcanoes to the sperm-shaped valleys. You can even reproduce them with a 3D printer! The new Mars Trek…

Tech News Adam Clark Estes Jul 10

The Most Beautiful Landscapes From 10 Years of Google Earth

Google Earth celebrated its tenth birthday yesterday, and to celebrate, the engineering team added 1,500 new images to its great Earth View project, where it collects the most compelling images recorded by its source satellites. The project, which apparently started out as a “20 percent” project of some Earth engineers, not has its own web…

Tech News Kelsey Campbell-Dollaghan Jun 30

First Full-Color HD Videos Of Earth Taken From Space Are Amazing

Satellite imagery has become a part of our daily digital lives; we use stills of our planet to navigate to the mall, for goodness sake. But when those images are moving, the result is so stunning that it’s almost magical. UrtheCast has released the first full-color HD video of Earth shot from the International Space…

Tech News Alissa Walker Jun 18

These Stunning Geometric Patterns Were Created From Google Earth Images

Satellite images of our world are incredible on their own. But artist Federico Winer has taken aerial photography to a new level by portraying planet Earth as a mesmerizing kaleidoscope of geometric patterns and colors. Winer’s new series, “Ultradistancia,” is a collection of natural and man-made landscapes that were captured not by traveling the world,…

Tech News Maddie Stone Apr 26

Create an HD Fly-Through Video Tour in Google Earth Pro

In January, Google decided to make Google Earth Pro free for everyone—that means we can all make use of features that previously cost $400 a year, and one of those features is the ability to record HD video of your tours. From floating along the Grand Canyon to zooming into your local neighborhood, here’s how…

Gadgets David Nield Feb 25

Google Earth

Google Earth Captures Trippy Image of Satellite Appearing 4 Times Over Texas

Google Maps’ Immersive View Is Finally Rolling Out to Some Users

Look Out for ‘Water Stained’ Images When Accessing Google Photos

Google’s ‘Dynamic World’ Offers a Real-Time Sense of Humanity’s Devastation of Earth

The Most Mind-Blowing Images Ever Taken of Earth from Space

Google Shows You Your Air Quality on Demand, But How Accurate Is It?

Google Earth’s New 3D Time-Lapse Feature Shows How Humans Are Affecting the Planet

Google Faces Lawsuit in Belgium for Not Blurring Military Sites and Nuclear Power Plants on Maps

Google Earth Now Lets You Pointlessly Measure Distances and Areas, and We Couldn’t Be Happier

4,000 Google Earth Photos Were Edited and Assembled Into This Dizzying Race Across the Earth

Google’s Greatest Time-Sucking Invention Just Got a Lot Better

Watch Humans Destroy the Earth in 30 Years With Google Earth Time Lapse

Google Earth VR Is Like Taking a Vacation That Gives You a Headache

These Satellite Maps of Cities Are Made From Thousands of Lego Bricks

Earth View Has the Perfect Photo to Replace your Old Wallpaper

NASA Has One-Upped Google Earth for Mars

The Most Beautiful Landscapes From 10 Years of Google Earth

First Full-Color HD Videos Of Earth Taken From Space Are Amazing

These Stunning Geometric Patterns Were Created From Google Earth Images

Create an HD Fly-Through Video Tour in Google Earth Pro

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