New 3D Buildings
In June we released some important improvements to our 3D Buildings layer - the layer which shows 3D Buildings, bridges, trees, and other objects around the world. We also released several new cities with more complete 3D coverage. Read more here and here.

New and Updated Imagery
On July 13th we introduced an imagery update for Google Earth. This update included new and updated imagery in North America , Europe, and Asia. More details on the update here .

Street View Disneyland Paris
To compliment the comprehensive 3D models by Disney of every building, tree, sign, table, and more in Disneyland Paris released last month, we asked if we could take some Street View imagery in the park. On June 9th, we released Disneyland in Street View which you can view in either Google Earth or Google Maps - simply turn on the Street View layer after flying to "Disneyland Paris" to see the park with new panoramic photos.

Tour de France 2009
The Tour de France is an amazing annual bike race with routes through grueling mountain terrain throughout France for hundreds of kilometers.Thomas Vergouwen recently released details about the 2009 Tour de France route with maps in both Google Maps and, more importantly, in Google Earth. In Google Earth you can not only get a sense of location on the map, proximity to roads and towns, and views of the towns and mountains in the aerial imagery; you can also see the terrain of the routes up the mountains thanks to Google Earth's detailed 3D terrain data. See the 2009 Tour de France routes in Google Earth.

Google Earth Outreach turns 2 years old
During the past two years, Google Earth Outreach has continued to expand its role in working with the non profit community, by providing tools and features to help them develop and promote their fascinating content. Read more.

Product Update
As we did last year, we've created a Hurricane Season 2009 layer under the Weather layer in Google Earth. The layer automatically displays active named storms. Read more.

Ocean in Google Earth Awards
Recently, the Ocean in Google Earth team received two awards: The "Walk the Talk Award" from Heal the Bay (see the awards video), and then during the Aquarium of the Pacific's Annual Awards Gala we received their Ocean Conservation Award in Long Beach, California. Read more.

Memorial to UTA Flight 772
A memorial to the tragic UTA Flight 772 was built near the crash site in the desert of Northern Nigeria. GoogleSightseeing.com recently wrote about the memorial being visible in Google Earth - much to the delight of the family members who built it.Read more.