Google Earth Blog Exclusive: The new Globe Glider has finally been released. Globe Glider first came out over a year ago and allowed you to tie a Google Map to Google Earth in an integrated fashion.

Since this blog is obviously focused on Google Earth, I have not devoted a great deal of attention to Microsoft’s new competing product: Virtual Earth and, specifically, Virtual Earth 3D (VE3D).

The BBC Worldwide filmmaking unit aims to bring a trio of giant screen projects to theaters, museums and visitor attractions around the globe from 2014. By Stuart Kemp One Life BBC Monkeys Hugging - P ...

Earth is getting its first major update since 2012 with staggeringly cool 3D maps, guided tours, and a whole lot more. Share on Facebook (opens in a new window) Share on X (opens in a new window) ...

Defense and security company Saab and DigitalGlobe, Inc. (DGI), a leading global provider of high-resolution earth imagery solutions, today announced the creation of a joint venture – Vricon, Inc.

As outdoor enthusiasts, we care deeply about the planet we live on. There is always more to learn about our changing world including past, present, and future information. AstroReality has launched ...

Updates for worldwide virtual mapping applications are like buses: you wait ages for one then two come along at once. We had a spare minute this morning, so we thought we'd take a look at Virtual ...

An ingenious interactive website, created by American software engineer Ian Webster, lets site visitors see what Earth looked like at different points in its history, from 750 million years ago, right ...

A research team has developed a tool that allows a 3D journey in ten sites of geological and palaeontological interest in the Guadalquivir basin (Huelva, Spain). In the virtual tour, developed with ...

Google Map’s Street View technology now plays a significant role in Google Maps as part of the new version 6 of the mapping software. Google Earth version 6 was released Monday giving new meaning to ...

Our clocks and calendars originate from the regular and predictable motions of the Earth, moon and sun. The first handmade clocks were works of art displayed prominently in the homes of the wealthy.