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Here's the recent Google Geonews not yet covered on Slashgeo. There are new countries which benefit from the Weather layer of Google Earth, including Europe, Canada, Alaska, Hawaii, and Puerto Rico (previous announcement). Google also announced a major imagery update last week, touching over 86 countries. There's the 2008 Olympics torch relay maps and related information. We now have the New York Times directly in Google Earth in real-time, the GEB also provides additional coverage (thanks Frank for letting me know directly). Here's new Google Transit covered areas and discussion about GTFS, an open format named Google Transit Feed Specification. There's a new Greenpeace layer, UNICEF and much more in Google Earth. Spatially Adjusted has an entry about leveraging Google App Engine in GIS applications. Slashdot discuss the privacy lawsuit against Google StreetView, and so does the Spatial Law blog. See also our Google topic for Google geonews already covered on the site.