Archivi autore: Kate

Changing World, Changing Maps

Pubblicato il 10 novembre 2010 da Kate

Today, we are excited to let you know that we have updated the base map data in all Google Maps products and services for ten countries: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Liechtenstein, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, South Africa and Switzerland… Continua a leggere→

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Regarding the boundary between Costa Rica and Nicaragua

Pubblicato il 6 novembre 2010 da Kate

Yesterday we became aware of a dispute that referenced the border between Costa Rica and Nicaragua as depicted on Google Maps. This morning, after a discussion with the data supplier for this particular border (the U.S. Department of State), we determ… Continua a leggere→

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Imagery of the Hungarian sludge spill

Pubblicato il 10 ottobre 2010 da Kate

Hot off the satellite, we’ve received brand new Ikonos imagery of the recent sludge spill in Hungary. See the below screen shots for before/after images; you can also view the the imagery in Google Earth using this KML overlay. Special thanks to GeoE… Continua a leggere→

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A galaxy of your own

Pubblicato il 30 settembre 2010 da Kate

(Cross-posted with the Official Google Blog)Last December, we wrote about our immersive Google Earth environment, Liquid Galaxy: eight 55-inch LCD screens showing Google Earth in a unified, surround view.Liquid Galaxy at TED 2010Since then, we’ve tak… Continua a leggere→

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Imagery of Four Mile Canyon fire in Boulder, CO

Pubblicato il 16 settembre 2010 da Kate

This Labor day brought Colorado its most destructive wildfire to date, as measured in structures lost. 169 homes were destroyed and 6,181 acres of mountain terrain were scorched as the Four Mile Canyon fire blazed its way through our hillside.Communit… Continua a leggere→

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New imagery of the San Bruno fire

Pubblicato il 14 settembre 2010 da Kate

One of the most common requests we get from users–literally thousands of times each month–is that we update or improve the imagery of a certain location in Google Earth and Maps. In order to provide the freshest, highest quality data possible, we par… Continua a leggere→

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Responding to the fires in San Bruno

Pubblicato il 10 settembre 2010 da Kate

Update at 6:27pm: We now have updated satellite imagery (from GeoEye) of the area. You can download it here and view it in Google Earth.Like many friends in the Bay Area and across the country, I’ve been stunned by the images of raging fires in San … Continua a leggere→

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Model the world with Google SketchUp 8

Pubblicato il 1 settembre 2010 da Kate

In the four years that the SketchUp team has been working at Google, we’ve seen an unprecedented collection of user-generated 3D building models spring up all around the world. It is exciting and gratifying to see what you’ve all been able to do wi… Continua a leggere→

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