Google Earth
RSS Google EarthBigtable: A Distributed Storage System for Structured Data
White Paper Many projects at Google store data in Bigtable, including web indexing, Google Earth, and Google Finance. Despite these varied demands, Bigtable has successfully... [25 Jun 2009]
The Weekly Round-Up: 05.06.09
Round-Up And finally this week - Microsoft has clearly moved heaven and earth to get Windows 7 ready for market and full credit to it, and this week the company announced that the operating system will be unleashed in October. [05 Jun 2009]
Bing: Now you can try Microsoft's search
News Virtual Earth gets a name change and is now Bing Maps for Enterprise. Microsoft's Bing search engine has started to become publicly available, allowing the world to decide whether the company's latest effort has the... [02 Jun 2009]
Microsoft Live Search successor debuts: Will we soon Bing it?
News The company is calling Bing a "decision engine" rather than a search engine, and is including various pre-configured search categories such as shopping, travel, healthcare and local, together with a fully integrated version of its... [29 May 2009]
Notes From an Intersection: Google Earth @ SAS
White Paper This paper examines the issues one encounters using SAS to create data-driven placemarks viewable in Google Earth. Come along for a ride on the SAS train from proprietary traffic counts to... [29 May 2009]
Human robots, Android Magic and classic radar tech
Photo Users of Google Earth can travel underwater using the latest version of the worldwide mapping software, released in February. Dive deeper into Google Earth here.... [02 Mar 2009]
Location, Location
White Paper People are all familiar with web based mapping applications such as Google Maps, Yahoo Maps or Microsoft Windows Live Local, as well as the Google Earth or Microsoft Virtual... [01 Mar 2009]
Google AdWords rocks up in News
News In recent months, it's begun showing ads in Google Earth and Google Finance, for example. Google has extended its AdWords program to Google News... [26 Feb 2009]
Photos: What will be in your pocket this year?
Photo Samsung also announced an 'eco' touchscreen phone called Blue Earth, which is designed to resemble a smooth pebble. The handset that created the biggest stir was the HTC Magic (pictured on the screen above) - aka the... [24 Feb 2009]
Exclusive: ID cards are here - but police can't read them
News Google Earth - deep-sea dive and travel back in time The first UK ID cards have already been issued - but no UK police officers or border guards have any way of reading the data stored on them. Currently... [04 Feb 2009]
Photos: Google Earth - deep-sea dive and travel back in time
Photo Google Earth 5.0, which was released on Monday, lets users travel underwater to see the sea floor. Google Earth also highlights areas of the ocean that are not capable... [04 Feb 2009]
The Weekly Round-Up: 23.01.09
Round-Up Just like you can on Google Earth for free. Yes, for a mere $10,000 kids can navigate to anywhere on earth by rotating the onscreen globe and then zooming in to an area of interest. But... [23 Jan 2009]
Programming Languages and Translators
White Paper GECL allows users access to capabilities of Google Earth that normally cost money or are too difficult to implement. These have mostly to do with creating 2D and 3D polygons on Google... [03 Jan 2009]
Google's ambitious Android
Comment If you don't have a Google account you have to create one - but honestly, if you're not already Google's drone why on earth are you buying Google's phone? Natasha Lomas... [23 Dec 2008]
Cineworld goes green with virtualisation
Case Study The best of Google Earth UK cinema chain Cineworld has relaunched its website, saving money and reducing power consumption in the process. The company has been working with hosting company Carrenza,... [15 Dec 2008]
