Google Earth wasn't around until about 2005, but with the power of archival satellite footage, Google's whipped up the most comprehensive timelapse known to man, covering the past 20 years of Earth. The ultimate, beautiful conclusion of this little project? Dope GIFs. Read More >>
Featured comment by Ross:
"This is a great way for everyone on the blue marble to actually visualise all the problems we've been reading about for decades. Perhaps now we'll sta..." More »
Hungarian art director and ad-man at BBDO, Akos Papp, has taken satellite images from Google Earth and given them a retro twist to create 'Postcards From Above'. The images have been beautifully selected and are mostly of modern architecture and urban infrastructure. To these, he added period typography from the '60s and '70s, and the effect is really very convincing. Read More >>
If only Howard Carter had access to satellite imagery, maybe he would have discovered more than just King Tut's tomb. Fortunately, Google Earth means that anyone can examine the planet for last treasures. Including Angela Micol, a satellite archaeology researcher who thinks she has uncovered previously undiscovered ancient pyramids, hiding in plain sight in Egypt. Read More >>
Featured comment by Darrell Jones:
""Lost Egyptian Pyramids Appear on Google Earth" - errr no, 'two sites about 90 miles apart from each other that bear all the hallmarks of ancient pyra..." More »
Glasgow's Red Road tower block housing complex was constructed by the Glasgow Housing Associating (GHA) between 1964 and 1969, with the intention of providing a modern housing community for a whopping 5000 residents. Read More >>
The Netherlands have given the world so much: pizza, sex tourism, The Hague, Rembrandt, Vermeer — and let's not Aelbert Cuyp. In the tradition of the last three, the Dutch now serve up the most artistically bizarre Google blurring ever. Read More >>
Featured comment by emacgillavry:
"The blurring in Noordwijk marks the site of the former headquarters of the Defense Pipeline Organisation, overseeing the Dutch part of Central Europea..." More »
Google has come out as a bit of a royalist today, compiling a flashy 3D walkthrough of the route the Queen will be taking as she waves at the unwashed masses to celebrate her Diamond Jubilee this summer. Read More >>
Featured comment by Darrell Jones:
"You seem to under the mistaken impression the people actually stop to pay for things during a riot. While we in the south my be a little more cultured..." More »
In 1987, five year old Sanroo Brierly and his brother boarded a train that was supposed to take them home after a long day of begging on the streets of India. But the boys fell asleep, the train rolled on, and hours later they were deposited clear across the country. Read More >>
One drawback from Google Earth has always been that if you pull the view back far enough, the terrain begins to look like a scene from Minecraft. Well, no longer! With the version 6.2 update, Google Earth looks even more like the real thing. Read More >>
Sure, you could remotely wander about a foreign city with Google Earth, but you don't get any sort of feel for the local culture that way, just a superficial view of its storefronts. The Wander app instead connects you with an actual local for a guided Instagram tour. Read More >>
Touring the world in person is expensive, time-consuming, and often dangerous. And is it really that much different to playing with Google Earth on this gigantic 48 screen display that covers 40 square metres with almost 100 million pixels? Read More >>
Google's Google Earth mapping tool has been downloaded over one billion times. That number includes downloads on your laptop, your desktop and your phone, plus downloads on your new laptop, new desktop and new phone, but still... [Google] Read More >>
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