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

Three years ago, local property owners mowed the words "Bush Be Gone" into their field. They were recently surprised to learn that if their address is typed into Google Earth, the message appears even though the field grew in long ago. picked by hisidea 2 years 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

For a millennium it has lain undisturbed beneath the waves a stone's throw from one of Britain's best-loved beaches.

But now modern technology has revealed this ancient fish trap, used at the time of the Norman Conquest. picked by AutumnLotus 9 months ago

There is a growing body of evidence that suggests the Earth's magnetic field is about to disappear (at least for a while). As the magnetic poles shift position, it will have a significant effect on our terrestrial weather as well as all the gadgets we've launched into Earth orbit. picked by BrownTrout 3 years ago

As well as homing in on visual feasts around the globe, users of Google Earth may soon be able to listen to the sounds that accompany them. picked by AutumnLotus 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

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

Residents with pools have woken up to find youngsters having a dip or have even come back from work to find their pool full of beer cans, police have said. picked by punthe 1 year 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

Volunteers track through the rainforest daily, using GPS to catalog sacred and cultural sites as well as locations where they've discovered illegal mining and logging. Other volunteers visually scan high resolution satellite images of their land, provided specifically for the project on Google Earth, for signs of invasion by loggers and miners. picked by cactushair 1 year ago

Next time you’re virtually roaming Google Earth, make sure you take a close look at any unusual landforms.

Geologist Arthur Hickman did just that, and is now the proud parent of the Hickman Crater, a meteorite crater in the Hamersley Ranges. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago