Google Earth, an Eye on Katrina

// September 10th, 2005 // Technology Bits

On CNN this morning they ran a segment about Google’s satellite imagery available through Google Earth. I’ve been excited about Google Maps and Google Earth for awhile, so enjoyed watching them show shots of New Orleans before and after Katrina. Google has made updated Katrina related imagery available on their site. One thing CNN said that amazed me was that just a couple years ago they paid over $10,000 for access to satellite imagery Iraq. Now Google is providing a similar service to the general public for free.

If you don’t have Google Earth yet, go get it. This is one of the coolest desktop applications I’ve played with in a long time. I like that I can bookmark my favorite locations and add notes. Then I can play back a tour of those points automatically. I’m certain I will end up wasting a lot more hours using this. I’m even considering paying the fairly reasonable $20 yearly fee to get Google Earth Plus.

The following are some fantastic related sites that have sprung up since the inception of Google Maps and Earth.

Another great must see site is Google Sightseeing. They’ve highlighted some of the most interesting things to see in Google Maps or Earth.

I’ve also recently been turned on to Google Earth Hacks. This site has a lot of great downloadable features to work with Google Earth specifically.

The Google Earth KML Tutorial has information about how to create KML files for sharing Map data.

Finally gCensus has combined census data with Google Maps to produce some fantastic results as you zoom in. This is a very useful resource.
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40 Responses to “Google Earth, an Eye on Katrina”

  1. BorkWeb says:
    September 11, 2005 at 8:38 am

    Google Services

    After posting about Google Maps’ implementation of satellite imagery from Hurricane Katrina, it was suggested that I do a follow-up on Google Earth. I think I’ll go one step further and elaborate on some of Google’s hottest service…

  2. NoSheep! » Google Maps API says:
    September 12, 2005 at 4:45 pm

    [...] Update 3: I’ve been getting a lot of incoming traffic looking for Google Earth, for more about that, Google Earth, an Eye on Katrina [...]

  3. Adrian Verzaal says:
    September 27, 2005 at 12:41 pm

    Which website for individual sites?

  4. Geotags.org says:
    October 31, 2005 at 8:45 am

    Google Earth, an Eye on Katrina

    [Source: NoSheep!] quoted: On CNN this morning they ran a segment about Google’s satellite imagery available through Google Earth. I’ve been excited about Google Maps and Google Earth for awhile, so enjoyed watching them show shots of New O…

  5. jaya says:
    November 2, 2005 at 10:40 am

    i want india map

  6. Patti Spencer says:
    November 9, 2005 at 9:19 pm

    I want to find a picture of my house 221 Holly Lane ****,## +++++

  7. Pandora says:
    January 4, 2006 at 7:28 am

    I wish to make one comment about Patti Spencer. Don’t you think it’s a bit bloody stupid to put your actual address on the internet?
    Any stalkers yet?

  8. zbtirrell says:
    January 4, 2006 at 7:29 pm

    yeah, that is unfortunate… For her sake I’ve now obfuscated it…

  9. farooq says:
    February 16, 2006 at 7:11 pm

    I want the map of mumbai.

  10. smiley says:
    March 4, 2006 at 11:28 am

    i want a map of india,such that i can have aerial view of each place in the country.

  11. melissa says:
    April 20, 2006 at 10:44 pm

    I WANT THE MAP OF MY HOUSE IN MUMBAI

  12. vivi says:
    July 31, 2006 at 3:19 pm

    i want to find pic of my country in middle java Indonesia

  13. georgi says:
    August 2, 2006 at 6:15 pm

    ok

  14. daved says:
    August 5, 2006 at 7:53 am

    hi all

  15. anand says:
    August 29, 2006 at 11:48 am

    hello
    i want map of alnavar

  16. sania says:
    October 8, 2006 at 4:52 am

    i want 2 see the whole world

  17. mehdi says:
    October 10, 2006 at 5:54 am

    I WANT NEW MAP OF MY CITY AND HOUSE IN IRAN KARAJ MEHRSHAHR

  18. y s rawat says:
    October 11, 2006 at 11:15 am

    I want map of my town (Lansdowne)in Uttaranchal, India.

  19. aamir says:
    November 7, 2006 at 2:51 pm

    i want to see all world

  20. maxamed says:
    November 11, 2006 at 3:41 am

    waan ku alaamay sxb

  21. fatmir nikqi says:
    November 14, 2006 at 3:21 am

    germany

  22. vietnam says:
    November 16, 2006 at 11:04 am

    i want to see the map of VietNam

  23. ASH says:
    November 28, 2006 at 5:00 pm

    EGYPT ON THE LAST DAYS

  24. veera singh says:
    December 1, 2006 at 10:11 am

    i want see hyderabad in india

  25. veera singh says:
    December 1, 2006 at 10:13 am

    hi all

  26. john says:
    December 2, 2006 at 10:23 am

    i went to see oman

  27. waqar ahmad says:
    December 7, 2006 at 4:54 pm

    i wante see pakistan

  28. simon G says:
    December 24, 2006 at 10:02 am

    hi i try to see my home land ,but it is diffical
    how i can any body can help me

  29. tanvir khorshed roman says:
    December 26, 2006 at 5:49 am

    plz update the map of dhaka and bangladesh. thanks

  30. will-g says:
    December 26, 2006 at 6:20 pm

    bienvenu sur will-g.com

  31. payel says:
    January 9, 2007 at 8:14 am

    i want a sattelite image of Bangladesh

  32. raj says:
    January 30, 2007 at 7:01 am

    i want 2 see kanpur(u.p)

  33. ronak says:
    February 19, 2007 at 10:39 am

    i want to see the gujarat in india

  34. piyush says:
    February 21, 2007 at 8:11 am

    i want the picture of my house

  35. RAJASHEKAR says:
    February 27, 2007 at 1:35 am

    i WANT TO SEE my house with google earth

  36. Aman says:
    March 4, 2007 at 12:20 pm

    I want the picture of my house

  37. bigstar says:
    March 6, 2007 at 1:48 am

    i want see our company in with google earth

  38. HASSAN REZVANI says:
    March 9, 2007 at 11:05 pm

    dears
    i would like to watch my hometown a vilage south-west of esfahan center of iran called DEHAGAN
    MANY THANKS H REZVANI

  39. aewaz says:
    April 11, 2007 at 6:44 am

    i want iraq map

  40. harsh gusain says:
    September 14, 2009 at 3:24 am

    i want a map of lansdowne garhwal

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