September 10, 2005 | 62 Comments
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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