Posts tagged with "google earth"
Tuesday, 31. January 2006, 16:03:13
perth, australia, google earth, car
The mystery of the flying car in Perth, Australia just won't go away. I noticed just today that the Sydney Morning Herald just ran an item on the topic (See
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2006/01/30/1138469638185.html). I have to admit, I noticed last week there was a flurry of activity surrounding this topic but I really wasn't that interested in learning more about it. After seeing yet another news item published today curiosity got the best of me and I looked a bit deeper. Low and behold it really is an interesting item, although hardly the first time a "UFO" has been spotted. For fun, and if you have absolutely nothing better to do tonight (except maybe catch the next episode of 24!), check out the in-depth report at the guardian that goes as far as listing several actual photos from the position in question... nice bit of investigative reporting!!! See
http://www.theregister.com/2006/01/25/flying_car_launch_site/ - FYI, you can load this KMZ in Google Earth to see the flying car for yourself -
http://www.theregister.com/2006/01/23/flying_car.kmz
Wednesday, 18. January 2006, 19:24:55
google earth, gis, maps, theinquirer
theinquirer (a popular UK-based news resource - www.theinquirer.net) figures that rooftop advertising - something that's been going on long before google earth came along - is now gaining popularity due to the popularity of Google Earth. This is a good example of what they are referring to (http://adverlab.blogspot.com/2005/08/advertising-with-google-maps.html), however, I had to chuckle when I read in the article by Nick Farrell (http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=29048) that the objective was to get the attention of the Google satellite!! Pardon me, but since when has google used their own satellite ??? Too funny... I guess someone needs to notify the inquirer that google licenses the imagery from commercial data providers... OOPS!
Monday, 16. January 2006, 18:57:17
3D, gps, google earth, 3dtracking
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Here's the skinny... using your mobile phone or PDA, along with your GPS receiver, you can record and view your movements in detail on Google Earth or Google Maps. You can even use the free service for live tracking using Google Earth or Google Maps. What's needed? Download of the required 3dtracking application, as well as use of the website, is completely free (and there are no future plans to charge for this either. Ever according to (Roydon Michael, Managing Director - 3dtracking Ltd). From Roydon... "The web server also retains all the data you’ve ever recorded and submitted, so you can always go back and view your older recorded data at any time". For more info see the FAQ or instructions on the website at
http://www.3dtracking.net. (Source: lbszone.com)
Sunday, 15. January 2006, 23:13:19
cad, google earth, sketchup, 3D
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So much news, so much innovation... not sure how I missed this one but on the heels of Google Earth being released for the MAC OS (see
http://earth.google.com/download-earth.html) the folks at Sketchup have developed a cool Google earth (gearth) plug-in - recall Skecthup is a CAD program used in 3D design. The skinny on the "Sketchup Google Earth plugin" is as follows... you can use Google Earth to view 3D models in their real-world context. You're no longer limited to just viewing the world through satellite imagery; now you can build on the tapestry provided by Google Earth. The announcement was made official at MacWorld - See
http://www.sketchup.com
Sunday, 15. January 2006, 21:44:16
gis, google earth, earthcontest
I recall this was previously announced, however, it seems to have resurfaced. The contest (hosted at
http://EarthContest.com) claims to have some 60,000+ entrants already yet it hasn't been officially opened. The objective here is to register and then take part in the biggest, baddest geo contest on the planet! The Big Game, scheduled to launch at midnight January 31st 2006 challenges players to solve mysteries, complete puzzles, and travel around the globe to defeat The GameMaster - think of the amazing race except you're at your desk and using a PC and the Google Earth client. Sounds cool, loads of hype... prizes?? Not sure yet. If anything it may be getting loads of attention by playing on the google earth "hysteria"... akin to the milliondollarhomepage idea.. you know... get rich without really doing anything except coming up with a cool idea that nobody else thought of... then sit back, watch the $$ roll in and issue PR and setup press interviews etc... I haven't decided if I'll take part yet since I likely have about 101 more important things to do.
Sunday, 15. January 2006, 04:00:59
google pack, google earth, picassa
Thanks to Rob Elkins (http://myesri.blogspot.com/) for a tip on this one from Google - Google Pack is a collection of free software essentials (you may already have many of them on your PC). the pack includes picassa, google earth, a free 6 months Norton AntiVirus (special edition) , google toolbar, and more... pretty cool stuff... make sure you grab firefox as well! See
http://pack.google.com/pack_installer_required.html
