Why it's Google's greatest achievement to date... Who would have thought maps could be so much fun? I've always been fascinated by travel and able to lose myself in maps and the potential they promise ...

Google Maps and Earth have revolutionized how we see the world. Google Maps navigates unknown cities in real time, and Google Earth operates on a larger scale. Google Earth takes us on an immersive ...

When Google ditched its desktop Earth app in favor of a web-only experience, it said it was "almost ready" to work on Firefox and other browsers. That was nearly three years ago, but Google has ...

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Google teased that it would be launching a ‘brand new experience’ for Google Earth, and it has today announced the details. The biggest change is that Google Earth is no longer a standalone app on ...

In context: Google Earth is one of the oldest Google services out there, first launching way back in 2001. Young adults nowadays will probably remember interacting with the service in their youth, ...

Yesterday Google released a new version of Google Earth Pro (for the Desktop version of Google Earth – not mobile) version 7.3.2. I’ve copied the highlights from their announcement post at the Google ...

I’ve been considering writing some new posts (just a few now and then) about what’s been going on with further development of Google Earth applications (for mobile, the web, desktop, and VR), and for ...

Michael Eisenberg (a partner at VC firm Benchmark Capital) has posted on his blog about a rumor he's heard regarding a Google plan to build a virtual world based on Google Earth. Eisenberg writes: ...

Since Google Earth launched in the early 2000s, its ability to fly to various places and show parts of the world in 3D has been widely used, especially on TV broadcasts. Instead of just capturing a ...

Chromium-based Microsoft Edge users who try to use Google Earth are welcomed by an error message and a link directing them to download Google's Chrome web browser ...