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Google Imagery December Update, New Features and More

posted by Satri on Monday December 17, @06:52PM        Permalink  Trackback URI  Slashdotthis  Diggthis  Del.icio.us
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Several Google geonews in the last few days. Let's start with fresh new imagery for Google Earth, answers are found here. There's also Antarctica which received attention (previous post). Panoramio's geotagged photos are now searchable. There's also a showcase of the Google Earth Outreach program (previous post). And why not enhancements to the 3D warehouse. And new support in the Google Maps API for Google Sky, Moon and Mars data. And finally, a minor Google Earth patent.

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• Official location of the updates

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  by Satri (3) on Thursday December 20, @12:11PM (#2097)
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  Here [blogspot.com].