MetaFilter posts tagged with Earth and Google

Look Out Below

netbros — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 16:54:44 -0800

Google Earth is a program where you can look at the Earth through aerial photos. At Google Earth Cool Places (GECplaces) you can find and share weird, cool, and beautiful places. You will need Google Earth to get the most out of this website.

V.I.L.E. henchmen are still nowhere to be seen

theodolite — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 12:45:14 -0800

MeFi's own Alan Taylor brings us another crop of stunning aerial imagery from Google Earth, inviting you to guess what you're looking at. Now with multiple choice! (previously)

Take a drive with Google Earth

iffley — Sun, 08 May 2011 09:32:38 -0800

Enter start and destination and watch your route payed out.

Global Warming?

gman — Mon, 07 Mar 2011 19:45:07 -0800

Clement Valla uses Google Earth to zoom in on bridges and roads in a way which makes them appear warped.

The images are screenshots from Google Earth with basic color adjustments and cropping. I am collecting these new typologies as a means of conservation – as Google Earth improves its 3D models, its terrain, and its satellite imagery, these strange, surrealist depictions of our built environment and its relation to the natural landscape will disappear in favor of better illusionistic imagery. However, I think these strange mappings of the 2-dimensional and the 3-dimensional provide us with fabulous forms that are purely the result of algorithmic processes and not of human aesthetic decision making.

Geometry, Surfaces, Curves, Polyhedra

nickyskye — Mon, 01 Nov 2010 09:34:49 -0800

Geometry, Surfaces, Curves, Polyhedra (many of which are beautiful) l Google Earth Fractals l fractals and chaos. By Research Associate Professor, Paul Bourke. Previously and previously.

Virtual New York City

Blazecock Pileon — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 15:00:30 -0800

Dazzling new 3D buildings for New York City in Google Earth [via]

Google Invents The Holodeck

Effigy2000 — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 21:01:32 -0800

Google has invented the Holodeck. Well, not really, but for the moment it's probably the next best thing. Google's Liquid Galaxy Project, a virtual glass elevator that lets you fly around the world, makes for a stunning presentation. Developed as part of Google’s “20 per cent time” initiative, which sees its engineers encouraged to pursue their own projects on company time, Liquid Galaxy allows users to fly through the Grand Canyon, leap into low-Earth orbit and back down into the oceans and even perch oneself on the Great Pyramid of Giza, all without even breaking a sweat. Check out the amazing video here.

NYC circa 1924

jefficator — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 08:01:44 -0800

Precursor to Google Maps? Overhead photos of NYC circa 1924. (Click the camera icon and slide to 1924)

Hot Rocks

Artw — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 13:06:09 -0800

Google goes geothermal with EGS.

Hold infinity in the palm of your hand

the painkiller — Wed, 22 Aug 2007 07:52:29 -0800

Not content to merely index all things terrestrial, Google Earth now lets you set your sights on the sky.

Got the whole world in your hands

blahblahblah — Thu, 10 May 2007 07:10:24 -0800

Have you played with Google Earth recently? You can track flights live and in 3-D, or watch an animation of global cloud cover over the last 10 days, or simply make Google Earth prettier using NASA images. Google Earth isn't limited to the current, you can also enable historical maps from the 1700s, and view an animation that will show you what will happen in the future to New York and San Francisco if the sea levels rise. Google Earth can also shed light on previous MeFi discussions, from the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald (and, indeed many other ship wrecks) to the discussion over America's top 150 buildings, now in all of their 3-D glory.

Archaeological treasures found on Google Earth

stbalbach — Tue, 17 Oct 2006 20:07:56 -0800

Archaeological treasures found on Google Earth. In 25 years on the ground, "I've found a handful of archaeological sites. I found more in the first five, six, seven hours [on Google Earth] than I've found in years of traditional field surveys and aerial archaeology,"

What did the big tomato say the the squished tomato? SketchUp!

rzklkng — Thu, 27 Apr 2006 10:52:57 -0800

Google Releases Sketchup for All. Google has released a free version of SketchUp (video and tutorials), quite possibly the coolest and most intuitive 3D authoring tool. An added bonus of SketchUp is it's integration into Google Earth. Google has also provided a 3D Warehouse for the posting of your models, which can be downloaded into either application (SketchUp for editing, Earth for displaying). Kind of gives you some insight into their plans for using Google Earth as an Automotive (Honda and Volkswagen) GPS service. (Sidenote: how long until this is seen as a threat to national security?)

2006 Google Earth Census

divabat — Fri, 17 Feb 2006 06:09:28 -0800

Seen anyone on Google Earth lately?

Google Earth threatens democracy

thecollegefear — Tue, 13 Sep 2005 19:16:36 -0800

Google Earth threatens democracy The planet's military bases apparently cannot hide from Google's all seeing eye.

Help me fold this map up...

rzklkng — Wed, 29 Jun 2005 08:06:12 -0800

Google Earth: Zero Hour +1 If Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith was responsible for a productivity loss of $600 million (for people playing hooky), then the release of Google Earth has to be responsible for at least $100m. So the next question is...what's next? When you think about all the Google Maps hacks, from craigslist, to GasBuddy (offline), Chicago Crimestats and Transit Maps, London Traffic Cams, various sight seeing sites, NYC Subway Stops, plus integration with BlogWise, Terraserver, Host-IP (broken?), Yahoo Traffic, and the US Census, you might wonder what else could be integrated into gEarth?

Things I'm hoping for? How about integrating historical markers, daytrip resources, factory tours, social demographics (like Nationmaster), politics (fundraising, election results, registration, polling place location, election irregularities), mapped to do lists, real-time weather and traffic, things that aren't there anymore, custom atlas creation, IMDB movie location shoots, tighter integration with topographical maps, WiFi access Points, a News Attention Index, shipwrecks, Job Searches, and tighter integration with the USGS. As shown in the gEarth interface (left hand side, first one in "Layers"), their online community is already working on using, improving, and customizing gEarth's new features, including some updates (Caution, requires the integration of *.kml file, *.eta, or *.kmz files.)

Google acquires keyhole service

glenwood — Sun, 21 Nov 2004 17:37:56 -0800

Use the free 7 day trial while it's available! This lil program lets you zoom in pretty darn close on just about any spot in the world. And it is FREAKING COOL. I don't have much better commentary than that, sorry. You can zoom around to your favorite locations, tilt the camera, show all road names, rotate views - and once you've got a bunch of stuff plugged in its really neat to just click between them and watch the flyby. I can't believe this isn't a double post, but couldn't find it on search. Have fun!