Google Earth

Google describes Google Earth as "a globe that sits inside your PC. You point and zoom to anyplace on the planet that you want to explore". It is a free computer application released by Google in June of 2005. The application is based on a product called "Keyhole" which Google acquired when they purchased Keyhole (the company), in 2004. Google also added the imagery from the Earth database to their web based mapping software. It maps the earth by the superimposition of images obtained from satellite imagery, aerial photography and GIS 3D globe. It is available under three different licenses: Google Earth, a "freebies" version with limited functionality; Google Earth Plus ($20 per year), which includes additional features; and Google Earth Pro ($400 per year), which is intended for commercial use.

The application is currently available for use on personal computers running Microsoft Windows 2000, XP, or Vista, Mac OS X 10.3.9 and above, Linux (released on June 12, 2006), and FreeBSD.

Google Earth can be downloaded from the Google Earth site. 

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• Get your community in 3D on Google Earth

  
  Arun's Blog — Authority: 129
  Google has announced a competition to show your community love by creating a 3D portrait of your... Click on the title to read the full article
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• 3- Dimensional Map feature of Google earth

  
  Download Google Earth — Authority: 142
  Google earth has brought a great variance in our vision towards life. The technological advancement has made the whole world to come in our hand. The fabulous features of Google earth let you to accomplish the desired task in a very easy and quick manner. Google earth keeps doing upgrades to add more functionality. It ...
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• Music to Fly Helicopters to

  
  Ask MetaFilter — Authority: 649
  Can you suggest suitable soundtrack music to accompany a Google Earth flyover created from helicopter GPS data? The terrain is dramatically mountainous for the most part. (Or conversely, what would be amusingly inappropriate ?)
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• NORAD Santa Tracker for 2009 Live now!

  
  D' Technology Weblog — Authority: 544
  The NORAD (North American Aerospace Defense Command), to track Santa for 2009 is live now. In addition to taking phone calls, NORAD shows Santas location online . There you can view a collection of video snippets from Santas journey last year, play holiday games (a new one released each day), receive updates from ...
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• Google Model Your Town Competition for Google Earth 3D Launched

  
  D' Technology Weblog — Authority: 544
  Google launched an international “Google Model Your Town Competition”. Every town that participates has a chance to be included in Google Earth s 3D Buildings layer where millions of people can see it. Winning town will win money for its schools, a Google-sponsored party for its modelers and plenty more. You ...
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• Introducing the Google Model Your Town Competition

  
  WORDPRESS-TEMPLATES-PLUGINS-RSS — Authority: 146
  Introducing the Google Model Your Town Competition Have you ever noticed that a lot of the bigger cities in Google Earth have photo-realistic 3D buildings in them? (See Valencia, for example.) Have you ever wondered when someone’s going to get around to modeling the world’s smaller towns and villages? Today, ...
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• Portraits seen from Google Earth

  
  WagerWeb Entertainment — Authority: 452
  The Château de Versailles, although some 20 km from the capital of France, was once the centre of political power, making it a revered institution and highly-visited sight. The gardens of Versailles cover 800 hectares of land and have been carefully manicured for centuries in the traditional French style. Only since ...
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• Visit Ancient Rome in Google Earth

  
  Jayce Nugent DotCom — Authority: 129
  Visit Ancient Rome in Google Earth The Roman Forum. The Colosseum. These buildings and monuments are among the icons of Ancient Rome and represent some of the touchstones of an entire culture and civilization. Yet, with only 300 original ruins still standing today, preserving the memory of this empire in new and ...
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• Argleton: the world mapped imprecisely, sort of…

  
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• Failure is Not an Option

  
  I-COOL — Authority: 142
  Team Google Earth This week we finished picking out some points of interest and put them in Google Earth. Each point of interest is an event that happened with the glider such as a change in deflection depths, fin offset, or bio blips. We labeled each point of interest with the month, day, and caption that ...
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• Google Earth Air and Water

  
  Sheepdrove's Weblog — Authority: 118
  Our planet animations to illustrate the world’s limited resources of air and water now link to Google Earth. Fans in the Google Earth community have taken more than 100 downloads of the dedicated Google Earth file  in GE forum posts. The educational KMZ file features a fly-over tour between Tarifa, ...
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• Diigo Links 11/30/2009 – The Google Earth Edition

  
  EdVentures in Technology — Authority: 92
  Joe Wood Online PBWiki / Google Earth in the Classroom More great classroom resources tags : google , google-earth , google earth , education , technology , resources , g-earth , tutorial , video , teaching , lessonplans , geography Middle School Google Earth Resources Thanks to @derallg for ...
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• Digital Explorer work enhances geographical understanding for 80%

  
  Digital Explorer — Authority: 92
  A recent report on the impact of Digital Explorer’s two year programme to improve the use of technology in the geography classroom has resulted in 80% of teachers involved noting an improvement in pupil engagement and understanding. This is fantastic news and shows the positive impact that technology can have. A ...
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• Using Google earth to Search the business listings

  
  Download Google Earth — Authority: 142
  Google earth is used for various applications in several fields. This multipurpose tool has fabulous features. It will not be exaggerating if anyone says that Google earth has become an essential need of every business. In this article we will see how it can be used for searching business address listings. There is a ...
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• Amazing functionalities of Google earth

  
  Download Google Earth — Authority: 142
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• Create 3D buildings for Google Earth with Building Maker

  
  Devils Workshop — Authority: 433
  Have you ever killed time on Google Earth ? I do pass my time looking up cities all over the world which I don’t think I can afford to visit. One of the great features of Google Earth are the 3D buildings they have. This gives you a 3 dimensional birds eye view of monuments and famous buildings across the world. ...
  2 days ago

• Ethnographic maps built using cutting-edge technology may help Amazon tribes win forest carbon payments

  
  Mongabay.com News — Authority: 142
  A new handbook lays out the methodology for cultural mapping, providing indigenous groups with a powerful tool for defending their land and culture, while enabling them to benefit from some 21st century advancements. Cultural mapping may also facilitate indigenous efforts to win recognition and compensation under a ...
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• Conference Time

  
  AssortedStuff — Authority: 113
  I’m just about finished with my not-quite-at-the-last-minute prep for my trip to our annual state edtech conference , sponsored by the Virginia Society for Technology in Education. The program starts on Monday but I’ll be headed to beautiful downtown Roanoke just before noon tomorrow, mainly so I don’t have ...
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• Google Pack Software – The Good, the Bad and the Useless

  
  Bill Mullins' Weblog - Tech Thoughts — Authority: 139
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• Curriculum for Excellence, Science, Change and New Technologies (SSERC Conference 2009)

  
  OllieBray.com — Authority: 128
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