GEB takes an expert look at the new features in Google Earth 6. We have had a chance to play with some of the powerful new features and content. And we have a few important tips and observations to ...

If you’re ready to do some exploring, an amazing compilation of sites assembled by Andy at The Megalithic Portal will keep you busy for hours! He’s released a compilation of more than 25,000 ...

This is the fourth and final in a series of posts about the size of the data in Google Earth. We already looked at: How much data 3D imagery requires How much data different types of 2D imagery ...

Street View has been a part of Google Earth since 2008, but it’s always felt a little bit bolted-on. You had to find it under the layers, and it was a bit clunky to navigate around. Now, the ...

Thank you for GEB reader Jonah for being the first to let us know. Google has added yearly global mosaics using Landsat and Sentinel 2 data going back to 1985. Google has long had these mosaics on ...

Scrolling down the page and you see there’s a world to explore with a new feature called Voyager. And there’s a new Google Earth for Android version as well. Back at the top, there is a button that ...

Thank you to GEB reader Sebastien for letting us know that the Field of View can be adjusted in Google Earth by means of a tour. There are other techniques mentioned here such as a KML with ...

Google’s SketchUp 3D Basecamp in Boulder, Colorado has just begun, and they kicked it off with a big announcement — the release of Google SketchUp 8! The biggest difference in this version of SketchUp ...

Ever since Google Earth was first released, users have been spotting aircraft in flight in the imagery. When an aircraft is captured in flight in Google Earth it is not uncommon for it to have a ...

We’ve mentioned Planet In Action‘s Paul van Dinther on GEB quite a few times in the past. From his games like “Ships” and “Drive the A-Team Van” to his amazing projects like the A-tour, he always has ...

Our KML map of 3D areas has been steadily growing in size as new areas are added. We have considered converting it to KMZ format, which is the compressed version of KML files. KMZ uses standard ZIP ...

With Christmas this weekend and Santa being tracked around the world, but the exact location of his base near the North Pole remaining secret, it is a good time to talk about why the poles are not ...