With Hurricane Gustav unleashing its power on the Gulf Coast of the United States, we have put together some resources we hope will keep people informed and safe. Included are:
Specific Google page to help recovery efforts and tracking:
Special content in the Google Earth Weather folder, (inside your layers located in the bottom left of Google Earth). Here you can track Gustav's progress and forecast. See the latest advisories from the National Hurricane Center. View Louisiana Live webcams.
More info on our LatLong blog (we'll continue to post additional info here)
Please keep your fingers crossed for all those affected by this disaster.
Thank You, The Google Geo Teams ===========================================
Thank You, The Google Geo Teams ===========================================
Google For Educators May 8th, 2008
At Google, we support teachers in their efforts to empower students and expand the frontiers of human knowledge. That’s why we’ve assembled the information and tools you’ll find on the Google for Educators site.
First we added a large number of new 'Preview' layers, Turn these on to get a feeling of what's new and what is available.
Check the new 'Photorealistic' buildings, give them a few minutes to load. Many large cities and other important landmarks pop out in 3D.
Street View has come to Google Earth, walk or drive around some of the major cities in the U.S.
We have added the Sun to Earth, and Sky has a new look and new layers. Try these buttons on the menu bar.
Remember you need version 4.3 for some of these new features.
The Google Geo Teams ===========================================
City Placemarks Feb 8th, 2008
Some of you have noticed a change we made in the most recent update to Google Earth. This change removed the clickable information balloons. formerly associated with city placemarks in Google Earth. We determined that the population data displayed in these balloons was becoming outdated. Thus in order to provide you the most relevant information, while you tour the globe, we decided to remove this content. We are constantly working to improve the currency and scope of the data we provide in Google Earth. Therefore when we are able to locate the most comprehensive source for this type of information we will endeavor to integrate it back into Google Earth. We appreciate your interest and feedback as we work to improve Google Earth.
Thank You, The Google Earth Vector Team ===========================================
Sightseer 'Where in the World' coming to Fun and Games. Jan 29th, 2008
Starting in February*, the Google Earth Sightseer newsletter will be posting the "Where in the World?" image in the Fun and Games forum.
Google Earth Community members will be able to comment and post their guesses to that thread.
Subscribe here to get the Sightseer newsletter by E-mail.
1. Check out the videos about how to use Google Earth or something great to do with it on YouTube.
2. Email us the link and tag your video with "GoogleEarthRocks" without the quotes (read below for full details and the email address).
3. The best of the best will be featured in the Google Earth Support YouTube Channel.
Thank You, The Google Geo Team ===========================================
Not happy with some of the locations in Google Maps? Nov 21st, 2007
The Google Maps team has just launched a new feature, you can edit many of the map locations live. Head off to the Google LatLong Blog to learn more about this.
Thank You, The Google Geo Team ===========================================
Google Earth Outreach Jun 29th, 2007
When Google Earth was launched two years ago, a different and more accessible perspective of the planet became available to millions of users, presently standing at 250,000,000.
At first, it was a place to go to see your house, explore your neighbourhood and maybe see where you went on holiday. But when Hurricane Katrina struck in 2005, a new potential for geospatial information enabling a better understanding emerged.
Since then, many non profit organizations contacted us asking questions about how they could integrate Google Earth into their work. Technical help, assistance and inspirational examples were clearly important.
We have now launched the Google Earth Outreach program, offering support to non profit organizations, allowing them to provide an extra viewpoint on their work.
Please read the Official Google Blog release by program manager Rebecca Moore on this exciting new initiative, which includes a video of the launch.
Thank You, The Google Earth Team ===========================================
Google Earth KML Gallery Jun 6th, 2007
Since Google Earth was launched, users have been exploring our world and creating content overlays (KML files) to share their explorations with others.
We're now highlighting these KML files in the new Google Earth Gallery To see the 6 new user-created KML files highlighted each week, you can either go to the website or add the gallery's Google Gadget to your iGoogle page.
If you have created any KML files that you feel stand out, you can submit them for consideration here.
The captain has now disabled the seat-belt signs and you are free to explore the Earth.
Thank You, The Google Earth Team ===========================================
Google Earth KML Gallery Mar 16th, 2007
Today we are creating a new category and some new forums. this category will be a reflection of the current Earth category, with a few exceptions... The forums within this new category will be populated by moderators and administrators moving posts that they feel represent more than just a passing need to stick a pin in the earth's surface. We are not saying these represent only the best, but we are saying we learned something about the Earth, its places, its people, or things upon it, from the posts we move.
Category: Earth Moderated
Forums: Environment and Conservation (Moderated) Earth Browsing (Moderated) Travel Information (Moderated) Transportation (Moderated) Military (Moderated) People and Cultures (Moderated) Nature and Geography (Moderated) History Illustrated (Moderated) Huge and Unique (Moderated) Sports and Hobbies (Moderated)
Original posters may freely edit their posts in the new forums, but any replies to those posts need approval.
Thanks for enjoying Google Earth and the Google Earth Community. ===========================================
Search for KML in Google Earth Feb 14th 2007
Search is at the heart of everything we do here at Google. That's why we are excited to announce a new innovation in search available today in Google Earth. Users can now search through all of the world's Keyhole Markup Language (KML) files, making the millions of Google Earth layers on the Web instantly accessible for geo-browsing and exploration. Now all of the world's geographic information - discoverable by users worldwide.
For more information and instructions on how to use the new search, read this article.
Thank You, The Google Earth Team ===========================================
New Support Forums Feb 14th 2007
As many of you may know, we are always looking for ways to serve our membership better... yes, we really do.
Our Google Earth Support team wanted to be closer to the members, and starting Thursday, we have copied the following support forums to new locations at Google.
Also these forums have been be set to "Read Only" on our BBS. We will be keeping them as archives both here and in the new support area.
The forums in question are: Google Earth Google Earth Plus Google Earth Pro Google Earth for Mac OS X Google Earth for Linux Google Earth Pro Movie Maker Google Earth GPS
A link to these new support forums. KML Discussions have also moved to their own group.
These new forums will be monitored by the friendly support staff at Google. Which means, your questions get viewed sooner and you see the official answers sooner.
And as a side note to those members and moderators who so willing and patiently gave their time to help in the past, Thank You... and we hope you will join these new forums and continue to help.
Thank You, The Google Earth Team ===========================================
Geographic Web FAQs Jan 11th 2007
With the recently released Geographic Web Layers, a number of questions have surfaced. To answer some of these, our in house, Google Earth Blogger and Documenter has again put fingers to the keys and created these FAQs about the Wikipedia and Panoramio layers.
About Google Earth Tutorials This set of tutorials can help you understand how to use the fun, powerful features of Google Earth. Each tutorial provides a hands-on lesson using the application.
Tutorials topics include:
Navigating on the Earth
Searching for Locations and Businesses
Marking Locations
Making Movies in Google Earth Pro and EC
Thank You, The Google Earth Team ===========================================
Geographic Web FAQs Oct 24th 2006
Blogs come and go... but few pass the test of time.
Frank Taylor's "Google Earth Blog", The amazing things about Google Earth... Stefan Geens' "Ogle Earth", A blog about Google Earth.
These have been at the top of this list of time tested blogs. Now a new comer to the Google Earth Blog scene,
"Using Google Earth" Learn tricks and tips to explore your world more effectively in Google Earth.
Written by John Gardiner, an employee of the Google Earth team, and the author of the Google Earth User Guide, this Blog should be included in your daily reading. There you will find hints and tricks for both the new user and the experienced old timer.
Oh, yes, look at the top of any page in the BBS and you will see both a link to the Google Earth User Guide, and the KML Reference pages.
Thank You, The Google Earth Team ===========================================
Learning About Google Earth Apr 27th 2006
Yesterday, the Google SketchUp team unleashed the free version of Google SketchUp. If you've used SketchUp before, you already know how easy it is to use. If you've looked on in envy as others have somehow created amazing models in Google Earth, now you too can join the fun.
Thank You, The Google Earth Team ===========================================
Learning About Google Earth Feb 2nd 2005
Welcome to the Google Earth Community. You will find us to be a friendly and welcoming group of computer users from around the world who learn and share facts about our planet (and others) using the Google Earth software. Here are some helpful tips to help you start your journey.
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