Google Earth App released on Apple iPhone

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Google announced today Google Earth for the iPhone and iPod touch. Google Earth for the iPhone features all the power of Google Earth including all of the same global imagery and 3D terrain. You can even browse any of the 8 million Panoramio photos or read Wikipedia articles.

Other features of the iPhone Google include Tilt your iPhone to adjust your view to see mountainous terrain, View the Panoramio layer and browse the millions of geo-located photos from around the world, View geo-located Wikipedia articles, Use the 'Location' feature to fly to your current location, Search for cities, places and business around the globe with Google Local Search. Read more

Posted on Mon, 27 Oct 2008 04:28:12 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Olympics 2008 in 3D on Google Earth

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Google announced several services for the Olympic Games 2008 in Beijing including detailed 3D models of the Olympic venues in China.
Google also recently updated satellite imagery in Beijing and have added detailed bilingual maps in China.

A special Google map shows the medals won for each country. To access all Google Olympics services you can visit the Google 2008 Summer Games page. Read more

Posted on Fri, 8 Aug 2008 00:52:55 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Walt Disney World Resort Hits Google Earth

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Would you like to visit Disney World for free and not have to deal with any crowds at all? Google Earth now has an interactive, 3D tour of Disney World available to help people plan their vacations and check out Disney World sights.

The goal of the 3D theme park is to make it easier for visitors to plan and book trips to Disney World. Users can virtually tour the four theme parks and the 22 resorts and hotels on the park grounds. Those with Google Earth 4.3 installed can see the 3D park by enabling the Gallery folder. Rendering the 3D park took over 100,000 images and resulted in 1,500 3D models of popular attractions. Read more

Posted on Fri, 6 Jun 2008 12:34:16 CDT | by Shane McGlaun