A Google company blog says that as of today all new users of Google will have their personal information tracked, collected and stored for a so-called better customer experience using Google... picked by monkeyman 3 years ago

It’s exactly forty years ago today that Neil Armstrong took man’s first step on the moon.

And to mark the historic occasion Google Earth has taken the same leap in cyberspace.

The search engine leader today launched Moon in Google Earth, an interactive 3D atlas of the moon which allows space fans to take their very own virtual steps on the surface of our closest satellite. picked by AutumnLotus 4 months ago

One of the most remarkable posts I’ve come across while trawling through the blogosphere is Google Sighteeing’s ”Top ten naked people on Google Earth“. picked by secretsather 3 years ago

Google Earth has some amazing and interesting images to be found. Here are a few, shown in video form (if you can ignore the cheesy music). picked by tundramonkey 3 years ago

You can download a Google Earth file that shows the cases of bird flu outbreaks, and how they're linked with a 'tree'. picked by TheStep 3 years ago

Google needs a new logo. Who's going to help? Dilbert, of course! picked by TheStep 3 years ago

The current Google logo is rife with awesomeness, celebrating both the New Year and the adoption of TCP/IP protocol, the basis of almost all internet communications.

blogspot has more here. picked by abandonedcouch 2 years ago

From the first idea, to the last. How Google moved from plain, to an icon we all now acknowledge. picked by MUPpetMAKer 2 years ago

Scenes from the Bible have been imagined by countless artists over the centuries, but never quite like this. God’s Eye View portrays four key Biblical events as if captured by Google Earth. 4 really amazing images and a very cool sculpture, must see! picked by 2manyusernames 2 years ago

It promised the world views of the entire planet from their laptop. But could Google Earth have unravelled our favourite mystery of the deep?

One internet fan claims he found the legendary Loch Ness monster in satellite images on the virtual globe. picked by AutumnLotus 3 months ago

Amateur spies and armchair sleuths using Google Earth have discovered a suspicious development in the Burmese jungle thought to be linked to the pariah state's clandestine nuclear program. picked by AutumnLotus 4 months ago

The head of U.S. Air Force intelligence and surveillance on Thursday said data available commercially through online mapping software such as Google Earth posed a danger to security but could not be rolled back. picked by DrNothing 2 years ago

Officials in Kiryat Yam, a small city in northern Israel, have filed a complaint with police against the Internet search engine Google. The city argues that one of Google’s programs, Google Earth, gives viewers false information that offends the city’s image. picked by Ionb 2 years ago

Guess the company from their logo. picked by Mershaullk 3 years ago

Blue, red, yellow, blue, green, red.

It comes from the building materials used for the first incarnation of the web crawler that indexes the internet.

Bornbad's post here made me think of this. picked by pocksucket 2 years ago

PhotoOverlay creator has been made specifically to place high resolution imagery into Google Earth. The tool supports full 360x180 degree panoramas, partial cylindrical panoramas and standard photographs or images, all within a simple point and click interface. picked by wildminou 2 years ago

Shows the rejected logo, holiday, and reason for rejection. Some reasons are just silly("too geeky"). picked by streetlight22be 2 years ago

How is this possible, anyone? picked by niceplime 3 years ago

It could be a glass building but it casts no shadow. Whatever it is, it is located between the Earth's surface and the satellite.

direct link to map picked by BrownTrout 3 years ago

Some of Europe's greatest paintings can be viewed in minuscule detail thanks to a partnership between a famous museum and Google Earth.

Works by artists including Rubens, Rembrandt and Bosch are on display in a virtual gallery. picked by AutumnLotus 11 months ago