How Google Earth explains the financial crisis

Posted by Matt in May 9th, 2009 | no comment

Published in Economy, Container Ships, Contributor, Earth International, Economic Crisis, Financial Crisis, Global Economy, Global Financial Crisis, Google, Google Earth, International Economy, Parking Lot, Singapore, Smick

Want to get a sense of just how bad things are? Take a spin on Google Earth.
The latest issue of International Economy, edited by FP contributor David Smick, has a clever graphic showing the depth of the economic crisis, so I thought I’d share.
The above image, pulled today from Vesseltracker.com’s Google Earth file, shows container [...]

Google Earth reveals Afghanistan’s hidden treasures

Posted by Matt in July 21st, 2008 | no comment

Published in Google Earth, Abc Australia, Abc Science, Archaeologists, David Thomas, Earth, Fieldwork, Fortress, Google, Google Earth, Guerrillas, Hidden Treasures, Indiana Jones, Inset, Morning Herald, Obstacle, Researcher, Screenshot, Southern Afghanistan, Soviet Invasion, Sydney Morning Herald, Theodolite, Trowel

These days even Indiana Jones might think twice about packing his trusty trowel and theodolite for some fieldwork in southern Afghanistan. But guerrillas and foreign armies are no obstacle for archaeologists who are using Google Earth to identify hundreds of new sites. They have also drawn up plans of more than 45 known but previously [...]

UN and Google to Map Global Conflict Regions

Posted by Matt in April 9th, 2008 | no comment

Published in Google Earth, Burmese Refugees, Conflict Regions, Global Conflict, Google Earth, Refugee Agency, Refugees, Somalia

A new partnership between the UN refugee agency and Google allows users of the powerful Google Earth search tool to track refugees in global conflict regions. By Patrick McGroarty more…

Baghdad’s Refugees: Trapped in the Green Zone
UN Representative in Somalia: ‘They Are Dying in Our Arms’
Exploiting Thailand’s Burmese Refugees: The Children of the Mae Sot Dump

Using Google Earth to Find Ancient Cities

Posted by Matt in January 20th, 2008 | no comment

Published in Google Earth, Aerial Photograph, Aerial Photography, Ancient Cities, Ancient Treasures, Computer Desks, Computer Programmer, Earth Community, Earth Satellite Maps, Google, Google Earth, High Tech Tools, Internet Search Company, Nasa Satellites, National Archaeological Museum, Roman Ruins, Roman Villa, Satellite Data, Satellite Images, Search Google, Using High Tech Tools, Virtual Globe

Gone are the days of a fearless Indiana Jones battling through the jungle in search of ancient treasures. Today’s archaeologists are using high-tech tools – from NASA satellites to Google Earth – to do the hard work for them.
In 2005 the Internet search company Google launched its virtual globe Google Earth constructed from satellite images [...]

Top 10 secrets of Google Earth

Posted by Matt in November 28th, 2007 | no comment

Published in Google Earth, Air Bases, Airplane Graveyard, Alien Technology, Badlands, Continent Of Atlantis, Corn Field, Country Weather, Cruise Missile, Davis Monthan Air Force Base, Discover, Earth Software, Firefox Crop Circle, First Man On Moon, Flight Simulator, Google, Google Download, Google Earth, Hidden Secrets, Jassim, London Skyscrapers, Lost Continent Of Atlantis, Man On Moon, Military Aircraft, Missile Test, Neil Armstrong, Oil Consumption By Country, Oprah, Share Photos, Share Your Photos, Stars, Time Track, Track Earthquakes, Track Flights, Virtual Tours, Wildlife Reserves, Wingate Reef, Zoom

Don’t just zoom in on your back garden – discover 10 hidden secrets in the amazing Google Earth.To find out how to create your own virtual tours, search the stars, master the flight simulator, share your photos with the world and model your house in 3D, read the Hidden Power of Google Earth feature in [...]

How not to find Syrian nukes with Google Earth

Posted by Matt in October 5th, 2007 | 1 comment

Published in Google Earth, Syria, Google Earth, Syria

Remembering this, I set out to discover if there happened to be any high-resolution images on Google Earth around the area where the Israeli air strikes reportedly took place. The London Times story purported to offer some clues:
An audacious raid on a Syrian target 50 miles from the Iraqi border was [...]

Google Earth Turns Unwelcome Eye Towards Israel

Posted by Matt in October 5th, 2007 | 1 comment

Published in Google Earth, Israel, Google Earth, Israel

Actually, Israelâ€™s one of many countries – around 130 – that were covered by the Google Earth update, but it appears to be most affected. As posted on Monsters and Critics, â€œGoogle Earthâ€™s upgraded archive of satellite pictures exposes key Israeli military and security sites, the Israeli Yediot Ahronot daily reported Friday, warning it [...]

Google Earth Forces the Navy to Do Some Remodeling

Posted by Matt in September 28th, 2007 | no comment

Published in Google Earth, Off-Topic, Google Earth, Off-Topic

The Naval Base Coronado near San Diego has gone unnoticed since it’s groundbreaking in 1967. Then Google Earth had to come in and ruin everything. The satellite mapping site revealed to the public that, from the air, the structure was shaped like a swastika (oops!). Turns out that the Navy knew about this all along, [...]

Google sets sight on faraway skies

Posted by Matt in August 22nd, 2007 | no comment

Published in Google Earth, Off-Topic, Google Earth, Off-Topic

Backyard astronomers can float through the cosmos, navigating 100 million stars and 200 million galaxies, with Google’s latest online venture.
The internet giant this week unveiled Sky, part of its popular Google Earth program, which allows users to view the night sky above and zoom in on faraway constellations and planets.
The high-resolution images have been provided [...]

Chinese Village of Huangyangtan

Posted by Matt in July 20th, 2007 | no comment

Published in China, Google Earth, Military, China, Google Earth, Military

Those among you who like your skies darkened by black helicopters are invited to mosey on down to the remote Chinese village of Huangyangtan which hosts what must be the strangest military installation ever spotted by the Google Earth Community:
It turns out that this scale model corresponds to a 450×350 kilometer piece of real estate [...]