As we have all been anticipating the grand arrival of Earth Day, it has finally come. For everyone who has been trying to shrink their environmental footprint and go greener than ever before, we can all hug a tree today. Some of the Googlers have come up with a great idea to allow [...]
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 [...]
This week in Russia, researchers from IFAW (the International Fund for Animal Welfare) and veterinarians from the Moscow Zoo returned five orphaned bear cubs to the wild. This is not unusual as Zoos all over the world take in orphaned or injured animals, nursing them back to health. This goes for oceanic animals [...]
Google Earth, the now commonly known mapping service that allows users to move through 3D satellite images of cities worldwide, offers a close-up view of U.N. refugee camps and aid projects in Chad, Iraq and Colombia. These images are spreading awareness of the types of activities that go on when one is residing in [...]
We all know Santa lives in the North Pole, but now we can see his polar opposite (pardon the pun) as NASA introduces LIMA. The new Landsat Image Mosaic Of Antarctica can be viewed at lima.usgs.gov so everyone can enjoy a shot at the Earth’s bottom.
Working together on this joint effort, the U.S. Geological [...]
