Google Earth Tips Archives
November 20, 2008
360Cities - 3D Panoramas Now Available in Google Earth Layer
The very cool panoramic photo site 360Cities.net now has their own layer found under the Gallery layer folder. The new 360Cities layer contains placemarks to nearly 10,000 full 360 degree panoramas which are viewable inside Google Earth. Here's what 360Cities' Jeffrey Martin has to say about being included as a Google Earth layer:
"This ranks at the top of 360cities' achievements to date. It brings our beautiful content to a whole new audience and it serves as a great showcase for VR photography, which is starting to get the attention it deserves. It's a real honor."
In a recent post, GEB not only shared with you details on what is available from 360Cities, but also produced this video which shows you what the new layer looks like:
Congratulations to 360Cities! I highly recommend you check out the layer for some really unique photography.
There are also two other layers available in Google Earth with very high resolution immersive panoramas: Gigapxl and Gigapan both also found under the Gallery layer. Read more about Gigapxl here.
Posted by FrankTaylor at 09:08 AM | Comments (0) | TrackBack
November 14, 2008
New 3D Cities in Google Earth: Pittsburgh, Seattle
GEB reader Chuck Alcorn wrote earlier today to let me know Pittsburgh, PA is now available as a 3D city in Google Earth.

After confirming this was true, I did some looking around, and I found at least one other new city - Seattle, WA:

Also, I forgot to mention after the October big 3D city update, that Google also added downtown Miami after they earlier added Miami Beach. The current list I have for other cities where Google has a substantial portion of the city modeled in 3D includes: US: Los Angeles, San Diego, Chicago, Nashville, Philadelphia, San Diego, Minneapolis, Kansas City, St. Petersburg, Jacksonville, Clearwater, Miami, and Miami Beach, San Francisco, Baltimore, Raleigh, Atlanta, Charlotte, Boston, Orlando, Austin, St. Louis, Oakland, Dallas, Tampa, Memphis, and Phoenix. Also, Zurich, Munich and Hamburg in Europe
If you find any other cities where the majority of the city has been rendered in 3D, please leave a comment here.
Posted by FrankTaylor at 02:20 PM | Comments (3) | TrackBack
November 10, 2008
Street View Car Spotted in New Zealand
Over the weekend, GEB reader Mark Crook in Queenstown, New Zealand spotted a Google Street View car and snapped some photos. Google is really burning up the pavement taking photos all over the world. With Street View imagery available in Google Maps and Google Earth beyond the US now in: France, Italy, Spain, Australia, and Japan.
To see Street View imagery in Google Earth, just turn on the Street View layer. Here are some tips on how to use the interface.
Posted by FrankTaylor at 08:01 AM | Comments (15) | TrackBack
November 07, 2008
Google 3D Warehouse Adds Google Earth Plugin
Googler Mark Limber announces on the SketchUp blog that the Google 3D Warehouse now offers a way to view Google Earth-placed 3D models right in your browser. The Google Earth plugin is a mostly functional subset of the real Google Earth application that runs in a browser (Windows only at the moment, but Google keeps promising a Mac version is in the works). When viewing a model in the 3D Warehouse (which has been placed for viewing in Google Earth), you get a tab above the model snapshot that says "Map". This shows the location of the model on Google Maps. Look for the "Earth" tab (if you have the plugin capability) and it will load the 3D model into the GE plugin. Google Earth is a pretty nice 3D model viewing tool, especially if you're handy with the navigation interface.
The example model given in Mark's post is of the Google Boulder office. This is a new building I haven't seen before. There is an interesting "easter egg" on the back side of the building - there's a "3D" photo of a bunch of Googler's on the roof of the 3D model! See here:

Posted by FrankTaylor at 08:48 AM | Comments (0) | TrackBack
November 06, 2008
Links: US Elections, KML Handbook, MetaAtlas, Israel Road Maps
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Historical US Presedential Elections - Google teamed up with the University of Richmond's Digital Scholarship Lab to create an excellent series of Google Earth historical US presidential election maps
. The maps show how the population has voted in past presidential elections from 1980 through 2004, and include election results at both the state and county levels. The maps also include demographic information derived from the 1980, 1990, and 2000 US Census. The placemarks contain the demographic information with nice pie charts showing the data. They also let you see a time animation since 1980. via Google Lat-Long Blog
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The KML Handbook - As mentioned in August, Google's documentation guru Josie Wernecke has written a book called "The KML Handbook: Geographic Visualization for the Web
". The book is now available for pre-order at Amazon and should be shipping soon. via Google Geo Developers Blog.
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MetaAtlas - There have been many Atlas-like KML files produced showing country-by-country information. See for example a CIA World Factbook collection. Phil Reynolds at the GEC has published a "Meta Atlas
" which provides links in each country's placemark to many different datasets of information for each country.
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Israel Road Maps - Google Earth now shows street maps for Israel if you turn on the Roads layers. This happened a couple of weeks ago at least. I have not yet heard what other roads layers may have been updated/added. Thanks to GEB reader Adar.
Posted by FrankTaylor at 07:28 AM | Comments (1) | TrackBack
More entries for this category:
- Google Geo Challenge Grants - Up to $100,000 - November 03, 2008
- Google Earth as Giant 3D Pumpkin - October 31, 2008
- Google Earth for the iPhone Released! - October 26, 2008
- Links: Planet Search, Interactive KML, FlightSim, iPhone GPS - October 21, 2008
- Enhancing Presentations with Google Earth - October 20, 2008
- Panoramio Changes - October 04, 2008
- Links: Maker! Launched, GEH Mobile, Sharing 3DWH, Barcelona Google, Events map - October 02, 2008
- Links: A Million Photos, Wii Jogging, Transportation, Argentina Roads, KML Contest, Ryder Cup - September 26, 2008
- Top 10 Games With Google Earth - September 24, 2008
- Google Earth API Demo Gallery - September 09, 2008
- Links: Hurricane Ike, GeoEye Launched, Aviation Maps, McClendon in Kansas - September 08, 2008
- Google Earth News Roundup - September 05, 2008
- Links: Burning Man, Earth API, GlobalMapper, Hazards Database, X-Prize - August 25, 2008
- 3D Driving Directions and Driving Simulator - August 12, 2008
- Google Launches 3D 2008 Olympic Games - August 08, 2008
- Follow a Book, Check Aeronautical Charts in Google Earth Plugin - July 31, 2008
- Panoramio News: Contest, Look Around Applications - July 29, 2008
- More Add-ons for Google Earth Flight Simulator - July 28, 2008
- Best Google Earth Interface Videos - July 16, 2008
- Urban Art Ultimate Goal: Google Earth - July 14, 2008
- New Google Earth 4.3 (beta) Available - Version 4.3.7284.3916 - July 11, 2008
- Links: Earth API Explained, Tour of 3D, Geography Lesson Plan, How NIN KML Was Done - July 07, 2008
- Nice Range Map for Important Animals in Google Earth - July 04, 2008
- Google Releases Street View for Tour de France in Google Earth/Maps - July 02, 2008
- Google Releases More Map Crowdsourcing Tools - June 24, 2008
- Google Earth Plugin Now Runs in Firefox 3 - June 22, 2008
- Easy Embedding of the Google Earth Plugin - June 20, 2008
- June 2008 Update Has More Unannounced 3D Buildings - June 11, 2008
- Sneaky Google Earth Imagery Update - June 01, 2008
- Google Earth Mashups on a Web Page Starting Today - May 28, 2008
- Links: Placemark Tips, Directions Saving, Geo Sitemaps, Random tip, MapWiki - May 27, 2008
- Getting KML into Google's Geo Search Engine - May 20, 2008
- Mike's Flying Bike for Google Earth - May 16, 2008
- Links: New StreetView Stuff, WorldWide Telescope, Yahoo WOE, Dishpointer, GPSAnimator - May 13, 2008
- Google Earth 3D Model Friday - May 09, 2008
- NASA Time Animation of Ionosphere For Google Earth - May 05, 2008
- Links: Night Cities, Educators, VE Imagery, Space Telescopes, Custom Compass - May 02, 2008
- Different Ways to Map Symbols in Google Earth - April 30, 2008
- Google Earth for Pilots - April 29, 2008
- How to Get 3D Buildings in Google Earth 4.3 Flight Simulator - April 24, 2008
- Google Earth For Earth Day - April 22, 2008
- Google Earth Zooming Music Video - April 21, 2008
- Links: GE Lesson, GETools, Microsoft KML, 3D Bridges, Royal Australian 3D, EPA Award - April 18, 2008
- New Layers for Google Earth's Sky Mode - April 17 - April 17, 2008
- New Navigation Gadgets in Google Earth 4.3 - April 16, 2008
- Google Earth 4.3 First Impressions and Screenshots - April 15, 2008
- Advanced Photo Placement in Google Earth - April 14, 2008
- Links: GE/SketchUp Classes, Sea Ice Update, Bergen Terrain, Waldo - April 11, 2008
- Links: Viewfinder, KML in the North, GE Pro Address Trick, Boy Finds Home - April 10, 2008
- Google 3D Warehouse Supporting Street View - April 09, 2008
- Google Adds More Countries with Weather Radar Layer - March 20, 2008
- YouTube API on Swiss Fighter Video - March 14, 2008
- Video Tutorials Inside Google Earth - March 12, 2008
- Super UK Photo Project geograph Turns Three - March 06, 2008
- Google Earth 3D Cities Program - March 05, 2008
- Live Orbit Tracker in Google Earth - March 03, 2008
- Collection of Sundials in Google Earth - February 29, 2008
- UK Earthquake - View Data in Google Earth - February 27, 2008
- NOAA Weather Data in Google Earth - February 25, 2008
- Predict Tonight's Lunar Eclipse with Google Earth - February 20, 2008
- Big Update to Google Earth Outreach - February 13, 2008
- Wikiloc - GPS Tracks Site - February 11, 2008
- F-16 Cockpit Add-on For Google Earth Flight Sim - February 08, 2008
- YouTube Layer in Google Earth Updating Daily - February 07, 2008
- Links: SpaceNavigator Contest, Excel to KML, Google Geo Talk, Crysis - February 05, 2008
- Using Street View in Google Earth - February 04, 2008
- Real-Time Google Earth GPS Tracking - via Bus - February 02, 2008
- Video Tutorials for Google Earth - January 31, 2008
- Water Bodies in Google Earth - See Australia's! - January 28, 2008
- New Layer Goodness for Google Earth - January 2008 - January 25, 2008
- Links: KML Wrap-up, New Orrery, Zip Scribble, South China Sea - January 23, 2008
- Sky Layers Bug - Workaround - January 14, 2008
- Tracking Flights in Google Earth - January 11, 2008
- New Features to Real-time Earthquake Monitoring - January 10, 2008
- Google Sky - The Next Generation (Updated) - January 09, 2008
- Navigation Gadget Tricks with Google Earth 4 - January 08, 2008
- Links: Waldo, Mouse Tricks, Route Builder, touchEarth, Uganda Googles - January 07, 2008
- Top 25 Stories of Google Earth 2007 - December 27, 2007
- Links: Daily Earth Imagery, Antarctica Photos, Panoramio Searchable, Santa Sleigh - December 18, 2007
- AGU Fall Meeting - Day 1 Highlights - December 13, 2007
- Earthquake Activity Time Animation - December 12, 2007
- December Data Update for Google Earth - December 06, 2007
- Arctic Ice Melting Animation in Google Earth - November 26, 2007
- Earth at Night from Rosetta - November 21, 2007
- Links: Russian Oil Spill, KML Screen Overlay Maker, Android Demo - November 13, 2007
- National Geographic Supports Geography Awareness Week - November 12, 2007
- Big Layer Update - Weather Layers in Google Earth - November 08, 2007
- Links: GE on Phones?, PhotoOverlay Tutorial, EarthNC Update, Time Embedder Tool - November 06, 2007
- X PRIZE Cup Photos Mapped - November 01, 2007
- Happy Halloween Google Earth - October 31, 2007
- It's About Time - KML Articles by Google - October 30, 2007
- Links: Glider Towing, 3D Bonanza, John Hanke Presentation, Google Maps Profiles, Virtual Earth 3D Modeling - October 19, 2007
- 3D Warehouse Update - Collada Files - October 18, 2007
- Business Layers Have Reviews and Pictures in Google Earth - October 16, 2007
- New Google Earth Add Content Button - October 12, 2007
- New Community Maps Search Results in Google Earth - October 11, 2007
- Ten Easy Steps to Learn About a Place with Google Earth - September 27, 2007
- Beautiful Sky in Google Earth - September 26, 2007
- 3D Warehouse Open to All 3D KML Content - September 25, 2007
- Links: Planet Orbits, SuperOverlay 2.0, GEC 1 million, Google Social Network - September 24, 2007
- 3D Red Bull Flights in Google Earth - September 21, 2007
- New Google Earth Layers Update - September 19 - September 19, 2007
- New Update to Google Earth: v4.2.0198 - September 16, 2007
- 3D Buildings - Groningen, Netherlands - September 14, 2007
- New Google Maps Moon Update - September 13, 2007
- Sky News Roundup: New Horizon, SpaceNavigator, Google plans for Sky - September 12, 2007
- Back to School - Educational Uses with Google Earth - September 11, 2007
- News Roundup: Flight Sim Tips, Clouds and Weather, KML 2.2, Google Solar Panels, Pollution - September 10, 2007
- Adding New PhotoOverlays to Google Earth - September 07, 2007
- Flight Simulator HUD Display Guide, and an Advanced Tip - September 06, 2007
- News Roundup: Flight Simulator Goodies, PhotoViewer Stuff, Video tourism - September 04, 2007
- Video for Flying with Google Earth Flight Simulator - September 03, 2007
- Flight Simulator Mode in Google Earth 4.2 - August 31, 2007
- Sky Goodies: Hubble Tracker, Sky KML Guide, Horizon Add-on - August 30, 2007
- Google Earth 4.2 Roundup - August 27, 2007
- Google Earth 4.2 - Release notes wanted, new icons - August 26, 2007
- Hidden Feature in Google Earth Sky - August 23, 2007
- Embed Video In Google Earth 4.2 Placemarks! - August 22, 2007
- New Google Earth Book Search Layer - August 20, 2007
- Our Sailing Holiday in Google Earth - August 10, 2007
- Using Google Earth and Web 2.0 Mapping Tools for GIS Visualizations - August 07, 2007
- Biography of Neil Armstrong in Google Earth - August 06, 2007
- Panorama of 3D Denver from Google Earth - August 04, 2007
- New Layers Update - Earth at Night NASA Layer - July 18, 2007
- Energy Production Information for Western US - July 17, 2007
- New Seven Wonders of the World in Google Earth - July 08, 2007
- Philosophy Behind Google Earth and Maps - July 05, 2007
- How Google Earth Really Works - July 04, 2007
- Google Earth Layer Changes - Geographic Web, Roads Layers - June 26, 2007
- Google Earth Sky - Part II - June 25, 2007
- How to Add a Sky to Google Earth - June 24, 2007
- News Roundup: GE 4.1 Stuff, Plotting a Trail, Business Reviews, More Second Earth - June 20, 2007
- Photo Finding in Google Earth - Just for Fun - June 15, 2007
- London Eye Animation with Shadows for Google Earth - June 11, 2007
- Huge Imagery Update Now Available in Google Maps - June 10, 2007
- Google Earth More Realistic with Better Terrain - June 06, 2007
- Google Transit in Google Earth - June 05, 2007
- Google StreetView Sightseeing - May 30, 2007
- Mini-News Roundup: SpaceNavigator Drawing, New York in 3D - May 29, 2007
- US Township and Range Land Survey Info for Google Earth - May 22, 2007
- New Layer for German Google Earth - May 21, 2007
- FlickrVision - And Now for Google Earth - May 15, 2007
- Google Earth in Portuguese, Dutch, Russian, Polish, Korean, Arabic, and Czech - May 11, 2007
- Google Earth 4.1 (beta) Released! SpaceNavigator for the Mac! - May 09, 2007
- Multilingual Global Place Names for Google Earth - May 08, 2007
- The Google Earth Network Link - April 19, 2007
- Continuous Flow of New 3D Buildings - April 17, 2007
- About.com on Google Earth Archaeaology - April 09, 2007
- Directions from Google: "Swim across the Atlantic Ocean" - March 29, 2007
- Image Gallery of Google Earth Blog - March 25, 2007
- Google Supports GeoRSS, KML in Maps API - March 22, 2007
- Skype + Unype = Multi-User Google Earth - March 10, 2007
- Google Earth Links Page Updated - March 06, 2007
- Google Earth Tutorials - Making 3D Poloygons, GE Pro Movie Making - February 21, 2007
- 3D Video Inside Google Earth - February 07, 2007
- News Roundup - India Censorship, SightSeer, Plazes, Education - February 05, 2007
- Google Street Maps Overlay for Google Earth - February 02, 2007
- Navigation Tricks with Google Earth 4 - January 31, 2007
- Video Tutorials for SketchUp to Google Earth - January 30, 2007
- Discovery Sunrise on Google Earth - January 29, 2007
- Google Earth Data Error Compendium - January 24, 2007
- Google Earth Save Image Option - January 23, 2007
- Setting Up Google Earth Options - January 16, 2007
- News Roundup - KML indexing, GPS tools, SketchUp PhotoMatch Tutorial, GE Blogs - January 13, 2007
- Google Earth Layers - January 11, 2007
- Play Tour Mode in Google Earth - January 10, 2007
- Google Releases New 3D Buildings Layer for Google Earth - January 07, 2007
- Overview Map in Google Earth - January 06, 2007
- Important Basics for Google Earth - January 03, 2007
- Using GPS in Real-time with Google Earth - January 02, 2007
- Shipwreck - A Historical Documentary Including 3D in Google Earth - December 08, 2006
- Animating 3D Models - New Examples - November 20, 2006
- Enhanced Graphics Settings for Google Earth - November 18, 2006
- New Google Earth 4 Tutorials - November 14, 2006
- Google Supports Geography Awareness Week - November 13, 2006
- Jupiter Clouds in Motion in Google Earth - November 12, 2006
- Geotagged Photos from X PRIZE Cup, GPS Track too - October 25, 2006
- News Roundup: AGU, Superoverlay tools, Marijuana bust, Sensor web update, Burning Man - October 24, 2006
- New US Elections 2006 Layer, Larry Page visit - October 22, 2006
- Google Earth Biographies: Hank Williams, Bob Marley, AC Gilbert - September 29, 2006
- Google Earth as a "Flight Simulator" - September 15, 2006
- Google Earth 4 Time Feature Example - September 14, 2006
- How to Make a Google Earth Panorama - September 06, 2006
- Back to School - Educational Uses with Google Earth - August 29, 2006
- Google Earth 4 Visual Guides - August 21, 2006
- Travels of Odysseus in Google Earth - August 12, 2006
- Make Picasa Web Album into a Google Earth File - August 11, 2006
- Goggles - Google Maps Flight Simulator, Also: Google Earth Flying - August 08, 2006
- Update to Ping Pong Ball Interface for Google Earth - Video - August 03, 2006
- ReefBase - Status of the World's Coral Reefs - July 25, 2006
- News Roundup - July 15, 2006
- Transportation Layer Improvements for Google Earth - July 14, 2006
- Google Earth V4 - New Terrain Detail Option - June 20, 2006
- GE-Path, GE-Graph - Useful Freeware for Google Earth - May 04, 2006
- Using the New 3D Warehouse Network Link - April 28, 2006
- New Search Feature in Placenames - Cool! - April 21, 2006
- Tutorials for Google Earth and GE Community - April 10, 2006
- Colored Description Bubbles in KML for Google Earth - April 07, 2006
- Google Earth Visual Guides - March 22, 2006
- Tutorials for Google Earth - March 18, 2006
- Street-Level Driving in Google Earth - March 01, 2006
- Image Overlay Creator for Google Earth - February 27, 2006
- Touch and Gos - February 22, 2006
- Why Google Earth and Prime Meridian Don't Line Up - February 11, 2006
- BatchGeoCode - Convert Addresses into Placemarks for Google Earth - February 01, 2006
- Important Basics for Google Earth - January 10, 2006
- FAQ: "Weird Circles" Seen From Space - December 26, 2005
- Enhanced Google Search Integration in Google Earth - December 20, 2005
- Need for Standardization for Referring to Google Earth Files - December 10, 2005
- Funky Buildings, Haunted Boats in Google Earth - December 07, 2005
- Jamaica Me Krazy in Google Earth - November 29, 2005
- Matching Photos to Google Earth - November 17, 2005
- Fantastic Google Earth Documentary on Sir Ernest Shackleton - November 14, 2005
- New Version of Google Earth (3.0.0739) - November 04, 2005
- Setting Up Google Earth Options - November 03, 2005
- Nice Global Cloud Map - September 26, 2005
- Hurricane Rita - Using Google Earth to Track - September 23, 2005
- Google Earth Files - KML/KMZ - September 15, 2005
- Link Google Earth to Online Maps - September 07, 2005
- Popular 3D Structures - September 06, 2005
- Offline Google Earth Use - August 31, 2005
- Ogle Earth Blog - August 27, 2005
- Overview Map - August 26, 2005
- Play Tour (aka Fly Mode) - August 25, 2005
- 3D Buildings in Google Earth - August 23, 2005
- Google Earth Uncensors - August 17, 2005
- New Cities Added - August 16, 2005
- Flying - Keeping a Flight Log - August 05, 2005
- Controlling Google Earth Pan/Tilt - August 04, 2005
- Geotagged Flickr photos on the fly... - August 03, 2005
