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With all the news about the territorial dispute over Pedra Branca, I’m sure a lot of people are trying to find it in Google Earth.Well unfortunately it’s not all that easy. If your geography’s not too good, you could try typing “Pedra Branca” in the search box in.........
The Panoramic Earth site showing panoramic pictures from around the world has been available for a while, but they’ve now included the functionality to embed their content in your own web site. See the example below, run your mouse over the picture of City Hall for the full joy….This.........
The recent updates and improvements to the satellite imagery of Singapore in Google Earth have been replaced with older imagery. I’ve no idea why they’ve done this as it seems a step backwards, not only are the images now being displayed older but they’re of lower quality (that.........
Google have updated the satellite images for parts of Singapore. Not all of the island is covered by the update, but the Marina Bay area is and the images seem to date from around January 2007. The Singapore Flyer is clearly visible, as is the work on the Marina Barrage. Also that annoying cloud.........
As if navigating our small island wasn’t enough Google have now gone all Galactic on us. Today they announced Google Sky. You’ll need to download a new version of Google Earth, but it’s well worth it.There’s a small new button on the toolbar, it’s size doesn’t.........
Google have announced new functionality to Google Maps to allow the maps to be “embedded” easily in web pages, similar to the way in which YouTube videos are embedded.Any map created at http://maps.google.com can be turned into an embeddable map. The user doesn’t need to tackle.........
Google have just announced a new layer in Google Earth - “Google Book Search”. And it’s absolutely fascinating.Google has put a lot of effort into building a literature database and this database is now accessible via Google Earth. If you activate the “Google Book.........
Google have added geocoding for Singapore addresses to the Google Maps API, this should be a big help to the local mash-up brigade. I’ve stolen Google’s example using the API geocoder and modified it for Singapore, see below. You can enter in any address you’d like (be sure you.........
Now that Google have added Singapore Driving Directions to Google Maps, those same driving directions are also available via the Google Maps API. This means it’s possible to build customised maps that include the ability for the user to get driving directions to a location. Here’s a.........
The Google Earth Network Link has been updated with the NEA dengue data from 19 & 20 July. If you have saved the Network Link in Google Earth, just right click on it and choose refresh to see the latest data. If you don’t yet have the Network Link you can download it here.If you .........
Google has added a new NASA layer to Google Earth. The new “NASA” layer has three components:Astronaut Photography of EarthSatellite ImageryEarth City LightsThe Earth City Lights imagery is fascinating, here’s a view of how SE Asia looks:To access the NASA imagery select the.........
The Google Earth Network Link has been updated with the NEA dengue data from 16, 17 & 18 July. If you have saved the Network Link in Google Earth, just right click on it and choose refresh to see the latest data. If you don’t yet have the Network Link you can download it here.If .........
The Google Earth Network Link has been updated with the NEA dengue data from 12 & 13 July. If you have saved the Network Link in Google Earth, just right click on it and choose refresh to see the latest data. If you don’t yet have the Network Link you can download it here.If you .........
The Google Earth Network Link has been updated with the NEA dengue data from 10 & 11 July. If you have saved the Network Link in Google Earth, just right click on it and choose refresh to see the latest data. If you don’t yet have the Network Link you can download it here.If you .........
The Google Earth Network Link has been updated with the NEA dengue data from 9 July. If you have saved the Network Link in Google Earth, just right click on it and choose refresh to see the latest data. If you don’t yet have the Network Link you can download it here.If you don’t have.........
The Google Earth Network Link has been updated with the NEA dengue data from 6 July. If you have saved the Network Link in Google Earth, just right click on it and choose refresh to see the latest data. If you don’t yet have the Network Link you can download it here.If you don’t have.........
The Google Earth Network Link has been updated with the NEA dengue data from 5 July. If you have saved the Network Link in Google Earth, just right click on it and choose refresh to see the latest data. If you don’t yet have the Network Link you can download it here.If you don’t have.........
A user named Archi Joe has built a 3D model of The Gateway, one of my favourite buildings in Singapore. The model is available in the Google 3D Warehouse or you can download it here.I’ve also added the model to the 3D Singapore collection (this is a 5.2MB download), which contains all the.........
The Google Earth Network Link has been updated with the NEA dengue data from 4 July. If you have saved the Network Link in Google Earth, just right click on it and choose refresh to see the latest data. If you don’t yet have the Network Link you can download it here.If you don’t have.........
The Google Earth Network Link has been updated with the NEA dengue data from 3 July. If you have saved the Network Link in Google Earth, just right click on it and choose refresh to see the latest data. If you don’t yet have the Network Link you can download it here. Cases are now .........
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