Google Earth is probably best known for its huge collection of freely available satellite and aerial photos for places all around the world. Almost everyone who has access to a computer has given it a ...

[UPDATE 2140: This new layer is apparently only available to English GE users. Apparently the Google’s Book Search content is not yet extended to other languages, so the layer isn’t available except ...

Last week it was a plan to save the world. This week, Google is helping to make people realize why the world needs saving. In the past, we've touched on how Google is using its Google Earth platform ...

Google Earth does the job when you want to zoom in on your hometown or see your own roof, but it’s more than an interactive map. Discover a new dimension to Google Earth, and find out how to create ...

Google announced they have added a new geographic web layer over Google Earth with information from Wikipedia, Panoramio and the Google Earth community. This information is accessible via Google Earth ...

Google Earth is in the news this morning with the announcement that the Keyhole Markup Language, used to create content layers in Google Earth, is now an open standard. There are already thousands of ...

A new Google Earth KML file presents a geographical account of global deforestation. The KML, developed by David Tryse, provides deforestation data from a number of sources for individual countries, ...

Users of U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) earthquake information now have an additional way to access that information. By viewing worldwide historic earthquake data with Google Earth mapping technology, ...