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.

[UPDATE May 2007: Read about the new version of Globe Glider and see a video of it in action.] Every once in a while, someone does something truly groundbreaking with Google Earth. Globe Glider is an ...

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 ...

Google has been on a roll with new features for its Maps service this week, from matching users to restaurants that they might like to adding battery percentage to location sharing. Rather than settle ...

Google Earth is already a powerful tool for observing our planet, but today it’s getting a major upgrade with the introduction of a new 3D time-lapse feature. Described by Google Earth director ...

Google Earth, the interactive digital globe known for its sweeping satellite views and exquisite 3D flyovers, is turning 20 years old this month. To celebrate two decades of helping people explore ...

For Earth Day 2017, Google Earth rather appropriately received a huge revamp that dropped the desktop app for a web client, redesigned the mobile apps, and added several features to better explore the ...

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 ...

Google Earth is going through an evolution. Back in 2019, photographers Larry Strange and Joe Del Tufo traveled 1,200 miles to buy one of only two Seitz Roundshot VR Drive cameras in the United States ...

Google Maps is the most popular online navigation tool on the planet, but until recently, it only showed a flat depiction of the Earth when you zoomed out. Now, Maps finally shows a globe. While many ...

Explore new features coming to Google Earth and take a look back at the major milestones of the platform since 2005. Macy is a writer on the AI Team. She covers how AI is changing daily life and how ...