Places In The News: Darfur

I have been trying for months to formulate a post that might capture your imagination about the ongoing situation in Darfur. If a picture says a thousand words, then a video says…

China Launches Olympic Satellite

In Bejing earlier this week, China has launched a second satellite in recent months. These satellites are being launched to better forecast the weather for the Summer 2008 Bejing Olympics. Obviously weather will be a factor in the Summer with the heat and outdoor activities. I expect the United States to dominate […]

Satellite View of Cyclone Nargis Flooding

We are all heart struck by the tragedy in Burma, where thousands have perished in a natural disaster. Satellite images have captured the cyclone in action in a series of several images shot from above.

By rolling your mouse over the images from left to right and you can see the progression of flooding and […]

Google Maps Introduce MyInfo Service For New BMW X6

BMW is joining up with everyone’s favorite well known mapping monopoly, Google Maps, to bring a new addition to the BMW Assist Safety Plan. It’s called “MyInfo,” and it’s a service which will allow BMW Assist subscribers to send business locations, street addresses and their associated phone numbers to Google Maps within their car.

So for […]

Penguin Digital delivers “The 21 Steps” via Google Earth

Product Review: “The 21 Steps” by Charles Cumming (Penguin Digital)
by Christine Bush for EarthSatelliteMaps.com
Date: 2008-08-24
Source: http://wetellstories.co.uk/stories/week1/
KML, the XML-based language used by Google Earth, allows the geospatial data service to be extended in surprising ways. One example of its extensibility can be found in an interesting promotion in progress now by Penguin […]