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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71 Responses to “Google Earth, an Eye on Katrina”

  1. saraswathi says:
    April 7, 2008 at 4:43 am

    I want to see the Angel Falls in Venesuela

  2. Md.MUZIBUL ALAM says:
    April 29, 2008 at 6:42 am

    I want to see my house.

  3. Md.MUZIBUL ALAM says:
    April 29, 2008 at 6:46 am

    I wanna see my city.DHAKA BANGLADESH

  4. Les says:
    May 17, 2008 at 1:34 am

    “Visited” the Taj Mahal in India using Google maps. Spectacular beauty clearly seen with a satbird’s eye view from the dizzy height of 700Km as seen from a geostatic orbit satellite over the Indian Ocean!
    From:
    The Armchair Tourist, leslouw@hotmail.com

  5. pratik says:
    June 11, 2008 at 8:20 am

    i want to see my village balad in taluka-kheralu,district-mehsana,state- gujarat india

  6. Himanshu Singhal says:
    July 1, 2008 at 10:53 pm

    Not good to see as doesn`t show exact location of my house in Jaipur.Himanshu Singhal

  7. mahendra pal singh says:
    July 4, 2008 at 4:43 am

    I want to sea my house at in utter pradesh in meerut in kabatta

  8. mahendra pal singh says:
    July 4, 2008 at 4:44 am

    i want to watch my house in india in utter pradesh in meerut in kabatta.

  9. mahendra pal singh says:
    July 4, 2008 at 4:45 am

    i want to watch my house in meerut.

  10. vinay says:
    September 7, 2008 at 5:41 am

    wanted 2 see my vilage gadag,karnataka,india

  11. ranjith says:
    September 24, 2008 at 6:15 am

    wanted 2 see my villege kollengode kerala india

  12. RAMJI SINGH says:
    November 12, 2008 at 3:42 am

    Iwant to see my house in UP State Dist Ghazipur Village : Yusufpur

  13. Hussain Ahmed says:
    December 2, 2008 at 10:20 pm

    I want 2 see my own city in pakistan, dist battagram, teh allai,

  14. dilipom says:
    December 19, 2008 at 11:01 am

    i want see my home in kanpur

  15. don says:
    December 29, 2008 at 5:32 am

    dil se bolo

  16. don says:
    December 29, 2008 at 5:38 am

    tera hi likha hai bilo rani

  17. don says:
    December 29, 2008 at 5:43 am

    I WANT TO SEE MY HIMACHAL IN INDIA

  18. ASHISH AWASTHI says:
    April 16, 2009 at 3:06 am

    i want to see my house in utterpradesh

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