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January 22, 2009

Thursday, January 22, 2009 9:07 AM/EST

Google-Powered Nycgo.com Site Is Great Lesson in Interactive Web Maps

Google and New York City have partnered on a new local information Web site, a what's happening hub for tourists and adventurous locals to find hotels, restaurants, stores, theater and other stuff in the city's five boroughs. Are those table computers Windows Surface platforms? I know Google doesn't make those yet ... or does it?

April 13, 2007

Friday, April 13, 2007 2:59 PM/EST

Google Earth adds hiking trails

Maps wasn't the only piece of Google software to get an update recently. The G Poppa has also added hiking trails to Google Earth.The new layer, sponsored by Trimble Outdoors Trips, features GPS-marked trails for hiking, biking, backpacking and running,...

January 29, 2007

Monday, January 29, 2007 9:25 AM/EST

Google Maps Are Inconsistently Edited

Much ado about maps this weekend: Another thread on Slashdot discusses how some potentially sensitive areas, like this nuclear facility in Boston, are blurred out on Google Maps. The concern over Google censorship comes after the Telegraph reported earlier this...

November 13, 2006

Monday, November 13, 2006 10:44 AM/EST

Images of Google Earth's New Historical Maps

Google released an update to Google Earth recently (build 4.0.2416 (beta)), and it contains a bevy of historical maps.

October 31, 2006

Tuesday, October 31, 2006 11:34 AM/EST

Google Earth: Photos of Google's New Central Park Penthouse

One of the Google co-founders recently bought space in the tower section of 15 Central Park West, a yet-to-be-completed behemoth in Manhattan that also houses Denzel Washington, Sting, and hedge fund manager Daniel Loeb.

October 11, 2006

Wednesday, October 11, 2006 4:10 PM/EST

Google Earth: Images from Today's Manhattan Plane Crash

A small airplane crashed into a 50-story residential building in Manhattan today, according to several news reports and the view out my window.


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