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Google Earth 5.1 Speeds Up Your Overhead World Browsing

9:30PM Kevin Purdy | Windows/Mac/Linux: Google Earth, the software package that lets you play Superman and find food and other spots of interest from thousands of metres overhead, has released a 5.1 version that skims the globe a bit smoother. More »

Google Earth Adds The Moon To Celebrate The Lunar Landing

3:30AM Adam Pash | Windows/Mac/Linux: Google’s celebrating the 40th anniversary of the Apollo moon landing today with the addition of the Moon to their popular 3D map tool, Google Earth. More »

Google Ocean Awash With Australian Sites

9:00AM Angus Kidman | Google’s release of an Oceans layer in the latest version of Google Earth, which we gushed about earlier this morning, includes a considerable quantity of Australian information amongst its 20 marine “content layers”. Highlights include the Great Barrier Reef, which is one of the 11 main “feature oceans”, (so plenty there for coral enthusiasts) and the Point Hicks Marine National Park in Victoria, which shows up in the marine protected areas section. Google Earth More »

Google Earth 5.0 Beta Released, Looks Incredible

3:45AM Adam Pash | Windows/Mac/Linux: Google’s 3D mapping application Google Earth has just released version 5.0, adding historical imagery, maps of the ocean’s floor, and even better features for touring the world from your desktop. The demo video pretty much says it all. The historic imagery lets you go back in time to see how the location you’re viewing has changed over the years. For the cubicle-based deep sea explorers, the new ocean features integrate maps of the ocean’s floor along with videos from National Geographic with Google Earth. Finally, if you’ve ever wanted to record a custom tour, a new record feature makes it easy to create and save tours of the globe. Looking good, GOOG. Google Earth [via Google LatLong] More »

Google Earth Adds Photo-Realistic Buildings To NYC

1:00AM Kevin Purdy | Residents, ex-pats, and anyone who appreciates New York City will love the latest Google Earth update, which adds thousands of textures to flesh out virtually every building in Manhattan. Take a larger look below. More »

Google Earth Plug-In Puts Google Earth In Your Mac Browser

2:30AM Adam Pash | Mac OS X only: Back in May Google released a Google Earth plug-in that integrated Google’s popular 3D mapping application in your Windows web browser, and today the Google Geo Developers blog announced that the Earth plug-in is now available for Macs. The Google Earth plug-in still isn’t the most widely used plug-in around, but Google did create a new Puzzler game that uses the Google Earth plug-in (Windows and Mac) if you’re looking to stretch its legs. The OS X Google Earth plug-in is a free download, works with both Firefox and Safari. Google Earth Plug-in [Google Code via Google Geo Developers Blog] More »

360 Cities Panoramas In Google Earth

1:00AM Kevin Purdy | Prague-based virtual panorama company 360 Cities is offering its entire collection of nearly 10,000 spherical images on Google Earth. Head to the “Featured Preview” layer in the 3D tool to enable 360 Cities, then just click to scan around and gawk. [via TechCrunch] More »

Google Earth For iPhone Surfs The Earth Through

10:30PM Kevin Purdy | iPhone/iPod touch 2.0 only: Google has released an official iPhone Earth client app for the iPhone and iPod touch, giving your phone a tabletop, slide-and-pinch view of the world. There are only two layers at this moment—geo-located Wikipedia articles and Panoramio photos—and, as you might imagine, the app is a bit of a data hound and best used on a Wi-Fi connection. Having said that, though, there’s something irrepressibly cool about swiping your way around your neighbourhood, tiling your phone to angle and scope the terrain, and using your device’s current location finder to zoom down on yourself from space. Google Earth is a free download for iPhones and iPod touch models running the 2.0 software upgrade only. Google Earth [iTunes App Store via eHub] More »