google recently moved into the gigantic port authority building in chelsea. and it just so happens that doubleclik is on the floor below them. talk about an easy merger!

BBC News:

 

 

Sounds bring Google Earth to life

 

As well as homing in on visual feasts around the globe, users of Google Earth may soon be able to listen to the sounds that accompany them.

 

A Californian company has created software that can layer relevant recorded sounds over locations in Google Earth, New Scientist reports...

while not google developed, has anyone ever tried using Trulia?

 

It takes MLS listings and puts them on a google map. I find it a wonderful tool as I'm in the very early stages of house scouting. I've found that no realtor provides a one stop map for only their listings.

 

sample search of 44113: http://www.trulia.com/OH/Cleveland/44113/

That's pretty cool.

There is also a site called Zillow.

 

Same sample search:

http://www.zillow.com/search/Search.htm?addrstrthood=&citystatezip=44113&GOButton=

Financial Times:

 

Google’s goal to organise your daily life

By Caroline Daniel and Maija Palmer

 

Published: May 22 2007 21:08 | Last updated: May 22 2007 21:08

 

Google’s ambition to maximise the personal information it holds on users is so great that the search engine envisages a day when it can tell people what jobs to take and how they might spend their days off.

 

Eric Schmidt, Google’s chief executive, said gathering more personal data was a key way for Google to expand and the company believes that is the logical extension of its stated mission to organise the world’s information....

 

Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2007

What do San Francisco, Denver, Las Vegas, Miami and new York all have in common with Google Maps?

 

They are all available at street level on gMap.

 

Google Announces New Mapping Innovations at Where 2.0 Conference

 

This morning at the Where 2.0 conference in San Jose, John Hanke, Director of Google Earth & Maps, announced new innovations for Google Maps that offer a whole new perspective on search: Street View and Mapplets. Available on Google Maps at maps.google.com, Street View and Mapplets further Google's commitment to provide users with the most innovative maps available online and developers with new tools for creating and sharing geographic content.

 

Street View is a new feature of Google Maps that enables users to view and navigate within 360 degree street level imagery of various cities in the US. Street View provides users with a rich, immersive browsing experience directly in Google Maps, enabling greater understanding of a specific location or area. Street View imagery will initially be available for maps of the San Francisco Bay Area, New York, Las Vegas, Denver and Miami, and will soon expand to other metropolitan areas. By clicking on the "Street View" button in Google Maps, users can navigate street level, panoramic imagery. With Street View users can virtually walk the streets of a city, check out a restaurant before arriving, and even zoom in on bus stops and street signs to make travel plans.

 

Google also announced the launch of Mapplets, a powerful new tool for developers and consumers alike. Mapplets enables third party developers to create mini applications that can be displayed on Google Maps, much like Google Gadgets are displayed on iGoogle. These Mapplets contain a variety of information, from housing listings to crime data, and tools like distance measurement. Users can select from a wide range of Google and third party Mapplets to display on the Map, essentially creating their own "mashup of mashups" directly on the Google Maps site, while still enjoying the built-in functionality of Google Maps, such as local search and driving directions. A number of our partners, including WeatherBug, Booking.com and Platial have already created Mapplets. This feature is available at http://maps.google.com/preview..

 

 

 

 

Holy crap...that's awesome!

didn't amazon or somebody start something along those lines back in the day, it was called A9 technology and basically involved a truck with a camera mounted at the top.

Was it Amazon, or was it Yahoo?

(basically the same thing)

I remember it too.

 

i dk if its been mentioned, but if no....fyi my spouse says if you sign up for google's gmail you get extra features.

 

if she gets access to anything else of interest after the doubleclik buyout goes thru (this summer) i'll let you all know and hook you up if i can.

 

 

google recently moved into the gigantic port authority building in chelsea. and it just so happens that doubleclik is on the floor below them. talk about an easy merger!

 

Ya, my friend works for the firm that did the renovation.  I'll ask if I can post some of the renderings of the inside of the office since I have no photos of its completed state. 

Anybody here think this is a privacy issue?

 

 

Google's street views have privacy advocates crying "Don't be Evil" 

Jun 7 01:16 AM US/Eastern

 

 

Street-scene photographs added to Google Maps and Earth last week capture passers-by in delicate situations and have privacy advocates accusing the world's most popular Internet search firm of breaking its own "Don't be Evil" code.

 

Google's "Street View" feature weaves photographs into seamless panoramas of parts of San Francisco, New York, Las Vegas, Denver, Miami, and renowned technology Mecca Silicon Valley in northern California...

two words for anyone:

 

First Amendment

I think that takes the first amendment too far, better argument needed here

 

you have no right to privacy outside on the street.

I think that takes the first amendment too far, better argument needed here

 

 

no, not really. You are in a public space, they are in a public space......

^ hold on there. that's a new feature and the lawyers havent caught up with it yet. it's not that clear cut.

 

the thing here is google is for profit. remember the person did not sign a model release. expect lawsuits. also, many images of buildings and the like are in fact proprietary and you have to pay if they are used. so expect lawsuits and rulings on this, too.

 

eventually anytime someone zooms in like that on certain things it will cost google money. they will prob have to block out anything that can identify an individual person as well.

 

 

google recently moved into the gigantic port authority building in chelsea. and it just so happens that doubleclik is on the floor below them. talk about an easy merger!

 

Ya, my friend works for the firm that did the renovation.  I'll ask if I can post some of the renderings of the inside of the office since I have no photos of its completed state. 

 

if you really wanted to know, i suppose i could go take them myself. but i have posted pics on here from doubleclick before and its the same thing, different floor...except to add they are all salivating over google's free "gourmet" cafeteria lunches - ha.

 

hopefully we can get some access to upcoming google features.

 

 

It's really funny when you think about it.  Most of the stuff mentioned in that article is about PEOPLE being irresponsible, not google.  It's all about the dirty part of american society.  As if we didn't already know we are being watched for the past few decades by security cameras and what not.  And as if we didn't already know when the internet became popular, people would be seen doing stupid things on sites such as youtube.

 

I side with google on this issue.  If people really don't want to be photographed on a public street, then stay in your house, and pull the curtains shut.

 

 

I side with google on this issue.  If people really don't want to be photographed on a public street, then stay in your house, and pull the curtains shut.

 

it all comes down to what is done for profit. a surveillance camera image is not for profit, is kept private and is destroyed. otoh google publicizes some individual's image here for profit with no rights and clearances to do so. none for the individual proprietary building images either. depending on where this goes, the lawyers will be involved at some point:

 

http://apnews.myway.com/article/20070609/D8PLHML80.html

 

 

 

 

also they are a private actor, not a governmental actor

Wait, that still doesn't make any sense.  If that was the case, professional photographers would have pay the random subjects of the work when they put their work up for sale in a gallery.  That old rustic barn, the random city shots.  They are profiting off property and people in those photos.  It's completely legal.  And they never asked anyway.  The laws are already clear cut aren't they? 

 

Think about it, we post photo threads of people's homes businesses, and their faces on this site everyday.  And there are advertisements on each page!  (not that anyone is profiting still....)

 

I just don't see why people are overreacting.  I can understand some of the privacy issues, and from what I'm reading, google will respond to any images found offensive and replace them.  Right now it just takes time, since this was unexpected.  Why do people care if their images is used for profit?  So what?  Don't we owe google for the services they've provided to us over the years?

the thing here is google is for profit. remember the person did not sign a model release. expect lawsuits. also, many images of buildings and the like are in fact proprietary and you have to pay if they are used. so expect lawsuits and rulings on this, too.

 

no no no.

 

http://www.gentilephoto.com/html/bio_frame.htm

 

excerpt for those lazy:

 

North Olmsted photographer Chuck Gentile has the right to sell posters of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum without violating any trademark laws, U.S. District Judge Patricia Gaughan has ruled.

the thing here is google is for profit. remember the person did not sign a model release. expect lawsuits. also, many images of buildings and the like are in fact proprietary and you have to pay if they are used. so expect lawsuits and rulings on this, too.

 

no no no.

 

http://www.gentilephoto.com/html/bio_frame.htm

 

excerpt for those lazy:

 

North Olmsted photographer Chuck Gentile has the right to sell posters of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum without violating any trademark laws, U.S. District Judge Patricia Gaughan has ruled.

 

^yes, yes, yes.

 

don't be mislead with this. the rockhall did not establish proprietary ownership rights on the building's image. basically.....they need better lawyers.  :wink:

 

see the judge's ruling for yourself:

 

Decision 

Vacated and remanded.

The trademark holder failed to show a likelihood of success on its merits of its infringement claim, due to its inconsistent use of the museum's design to serve a source-identifying function. Not all inherently distinctive symbols function as trademarks. To be protected, designation must create separate and distinct commercial impression which performs trademark function of identifying the source of merchandise to customers. The trademark holder had been inconsistent in its use of the building's likeness. Further, the use of the name may have been fair use. Since there is not a strong likelihood of success on the merits, no injunction should have been issued. 

 

according to the link same is true for the rock hall as for the st louis arch and esb....but not chrysler and other buildings. so be careful before you put your building poster out there -- and its only going to get worse/tighter very soon for image rights.

Financial Times:

 

Google agrees changes on privacy

 

By Maija Palmer in London

 

Published: June 12 2007 12:38 | Last updated: June 12 2007 18:27

 

Google on Tuesday made fresh concessions to European Union data protection officials, agreeing to limit the amount of time it keeps users’ personal search data to 18 months.

 

The US internet group also said it would “radically redesign” its policy on keeping information from “cookies” or identifier programmes on individual computers...

 

Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2007

I've been trying to get my old department at CSU to do this. The IT guys say they won't touch anything in beta.

 

 

From the BBC:

 

 

Google's e-mail for universities

By Sean Coughlan

BBC News education reporter

 

Google is expanding its empire into universities - with entire campus e-mail networks switching over to using Google's e-mail service.

 

This will give the internet company a "relationship for life" with students - who can carry on using these e-mail addresses after graduating....

 

Story from BBC NEWS:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/1/hi/education/6741797.stm

 

Published: 2007/06/11 23:07:07 GMT

 

© BBC MMVII

Time Mag:[

 

quote]Tuesday, Jun. 12, 2007

Google Maps: An Invasion of Privacy?

By S. James Snyder

 

Is that man breaking into an apartment building? Does that tollbooth operator realize she's being photographed? And isn't it illegal to have cameras in New York's Brooklyn Battery tunnel?

 

Such questions have been raging online in recent weeks, as Google's new" Street View" has sent techies scrambling to browse through the miles and miles of street-level photos now available through Google Maps. But while such blogs as BoingBoing.net and Mashable.com have made something of a joke out of the many humorous (a man apparently caught mid-sneeze), bizarre (the ghost of E.T.?) and lewd (a woman's underwear poking out of her low-riding jeans) images captured by the web giant, privacy concerns have led many watchdog groups to quickly retort that Street View is no laughing matter...

 

Street View Fun (or Street View Tourist)

 

 

http://www.streetviewfun.com/

^Good stuff

 

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

 

 

Intel and Google Join with Dell, EDS, EPA, HP, IBM, Lenovo, Microsoft, PG&E, World Wildlife Fund and Others to Launch Climate Savers Computing Initiative

Broad effort organized to drive energy-efficient computing; goal to save $5.5 billion in energy costs and reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 54 million tons per year*

 

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., June 12, 2007 – Intel Corporation and Google Inc. joined with Dell, EDS, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), HP, IBM, Lenovo, Microsoft, PG&E, World Wildlife Fund (WWF) and more than 25 additional organizations today announced the Climate Savers Computing Initiative (www.climatesaverscomputing.org). The goal of the new broad-based environmental effort is to save energy and reduce greenhouse gas emissions by setting aggressive new targets for energy-efficient computers and components, and promoting the adoption of energy-efficient computers and power management tools worldwide. "Today, the average desktop PC wastes nearly half of its power, and the average server wastes one-third of its power," said Urs Hölzle, senior vice president, Operations & Google Fellow. "The Climate Savers Computing Initiative is setting a new 90 percent efficiency target for power supplies, which if achieved, will reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 54 million tons per year -- and save more than $5.5 billion in energy costs. "We are asking businesses and individuals throughout the world to join with us to institute better power management of their computing equipment and purchase energy-efficient computers," Hölzle added. Initial companies who intend to participate in the initiative represent both the demand and supply side of the computer industry, including computer manufacturers and chip makers, as well as environmental groups, energy companies, retailers, government agencies and more. The group will formalize its membership in coming weeks. "By 2010, the Climate Savers Computing Initiative will cut greenhouse gas emissions in an amount equal to removing more than 11 million cars from the road or shutting down 20 500-megawatt coal-fired power plants -- a significant step in reducing the emissions affecting our planet," said Pat Gelsinger, senior vice president and general manager of Intel's Digital Enterprise Group.

 

"Computers have helped us make huge strides toward a more efficient world today, with reduced travel, more productivity, online transactions and more," Gelsinger added. "But with today's latest energy-efficient technologies, we can do even more. The commitment of the member companies that are here with us today is a firm statement to the collective resolve to make an enormous impact."

 

Computer and computer component manufacturers who support the initiative are committed to building energy-efficient products that meet or surpass the EPA's Energy Star® guidelines. Businesses must also commit to requiring high efficiency systems for the majority of their corporate desktop PCs and volume server purchases, and to deploy and use power management tools on desktop PCs.

 

Individual consumers can also support the Climate Savers Computing Initiative by signing up at www.climatesaverscomputing.org, where they will be able to pledge to purchase an initiative-certified system. The Web site will also help consumers learn how to take advantage of their existing computer's power-saving capabilities such as sleep and hibernate modes, which can reduce the amount of energy consumed by up to 60 percent.

 

The Climate Savers Computing Initiative licensed its name from the WWF Climate Savers program, which involves several leading companies working to reduce their carbon footprint.

 

"This is the first time our Climate Savers program has been applied to an entire sector, engaging manufacturers, retailers and consumers," said John Donoghue, senior vice president for the World Wildlife Fund. "We are pleased to join these industry leaders to provide solutions to address climate change."

 

The initiative's energy efficiency benchmarks will initially follow the EPA's Energy Star guidelines; but with increasing requirements during the next several years. For example, 2007 Energy Star specifications require that PC power supplies meet at least 80 percent minimum efficiency. The initiative would require a minimum of 90 percent by 2010. In addition, the initiative sets a higher efficiency target in the power supply for volume servers (1U and 2U single-socket and dual-socket systems): an increase from 85 percent to 92 percent efficiency by 2010. For a complete description of the requirements, see www.climatesaverscomputing.org.

 

Initial Supporters

<b>Initial Supporters</b>

Intel Corporation (<a href="http://www.intel.com/">www.intel.com</a>), Google Inc. (<a href="http://www.google.com/">www.google.com</a>), Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (<a href="http://www.amd.com/">www.amd.com</a>), Canonical Ltd. (<a href="http://www.canonical.com/">www.canonical.com</a>), Center for Information Technology Research in the Interest of Society (<a href="http://www.citris-uc.org/">www.citris-uc.org</a>), Coldwatt, Inc. (<a href="http://www.coldwatt.com/">www.coldwatt.com</a>), Dell Inc. (<a href="http://www.dell.com/">www.dell.com</a>), Delta Electronics, Inc (<a href="http://www.delta.com.tw/">www.delta.com.tw</a>), eBay (<a href="http://www.ebay.com/">www.ebay.com</a>), Electronic Data Systems Corporation (<a href="http://www.eds.com/">www.eds.com</a>), EMC Corporation (<a href="http://www.emc.com/">www.emc.com</a>), Fujitsu Limited (<a href="http://www.fujitsu.com/">www.fujitsu.com</a>), HP (<a href="http://www.hp.com/">www.hp.com</a>), Hipro Technology Inc. (<a href="http://www.hipro-us.com/">www.hipro-us.com</a>), Hitachi, Ltd. (<a href="http://www.hitachi.com/">www.hitachi.com</a>), IBM Corporation (<a href="http://www.ibm.com/">www.ibm.com</a>),  LANDesk Software (<a href="http://www.landesk.com/">www.landesk.com</a>), Lenovo (<a href="http://www.lenovo.com/">www.lenovo.com</a>), Linux Foundation (<a href="http://www.linux-foundation.com/">www.linux-foundation.com</a>), Massachusetts Institute of Technology (<a href="http://web.mit.edu/">web.mit.edu</a>), Microsoft Corporation (<a href="http://www.microsoft.com/">www.microsoft.com</a>), Natural Resources Defense Council (<a href="http://www.nrdc.com/">www.nrdc.com</a>), NEC Corporation (<a href="http://www.nec.com/">www.nec.com</a>), One Laptop Per Child (<a href="http://laptop.org/">laptop.org</a>), PG&E Corporation (<a href="http://www.pgecorp.com/">www.pgecorp.com</a>), Power-One, Inc. (<a href="http://www.power-one.com/">www.power-one.com</a>), Quanta Computer Inc. (<a href="http://www.quantatw.com/">www.quantatw.com</a>), Rackable Systems (<a href="http://www.rackable.com/">www.rackable.com</a>), Red Hat, Inc. (<a href="http://www.redhat.com/">www.redhat.com</a>), Starbucks Corporation (<a href="http://www.starbucks.com/">www.starbucks.com</a>), Sun Microsystems, Inc. (<a href="http://www.sun.com/">www.sun.com</a>), Supermicro Computer Inc. (<a href="http://www.supermicro.com/">www.supermicro.com</a>), Ubuntu (<a href="http://www.ubuntu.com/">www.ubuntu.com</a>), Unisys (<a href="http://www.unisys.com/">www.unisys.com</a>) United States Environmental Protection Agency (<a href="http://www.epa.gov/">www.epa.gov</a>), University of Michigan (<a href="http://www.umich.edu/">www.umich.edu</a>), Verdiem Corporation (<a href="http://www.verdiem.com/">www.verdiem.com</a>), World Resources Institute (<a href="http://www.wri.org/">www.wri.org</a>), World Wildlife Fund (<a href="http://www.worldwildlife.org/">www.worldwildlife.org</a>), Yahoo! Inc. (<a href="http://www.yahoo.com/">www.yahoo.com</a>).

 

About Intel

Intel, the world leader in silicon innovation, develops technologies, products and initiatives to continually advance how people work and live. Additional information about Intel is available at www.intel.com/pressroom. Information on Intel's environmental programs and policies is available at www.intel.com/intel/other/ehs/.

 

About Google Inc.

Google's innovative search technologies connect millions of people around the world with information every day. Founded in 1998 by Stanford Ph.D. students Larry Page and Sergey Brin, Google today is a top web property in all major global markets. Google's targeted advertising program provides businesses of all sizes with measurable results, while enhancing the overall web experience for users. Google is headquartered in Silicon Valley with offices throughout the Americas, Europe and Asia. For more information, visit www.google.com.

 

Media Contacts:

 

Barry Schnitt

Google Inc.

650-930-3555

[email protected]

 

Bill Calder

Intel Corporation

503-264-5669

[email protected]

 

# # #

 

* Based on IDC projections of desktop and server volumes between 2007 and 2011. Emissions savings in mid-2010, and savings are annual starting in 2010.

* Climate Savers ® is a trademark or registered trademark of WWF used under license. Intel and the Intel logo are trademarks of Intel Corporation or its subsidiaries in the United States and other countries.

so does anyone have a picture of the google photo truck?

 

If it ever makes its way to cleveland, i can't wait to make an ass of myself for the internets.

I want to drive behind it the whole time.

I will be everywhere.

This could have gone in the Cleveland Clinic thread as well.

 

Crain's:

 

Cosgrove to advise Google workers

 

By SHANNON MORTLAND

 

10:23 am, June 29, 2007

 

Cleveland Clinic CEO Dr. Delos “Toby” Cosgrove is among 22 health care professionals named to the new Google Health Advisory Council.

 

The experts named to the council will help Google employees make Google search results “more medically relevant and more helpful to users,” according to Google’s online blog at http://googleblog.blogspot.com.

 

Also serving on the council is Dr. Bernadine Healy, who is the health editor and a columnist at U.S. News & World Report and the former head of the National Institutes of Health. Dr. Healy headed the Clinic’s Lerner Research Institute from 1985 to 1991 and is married to Dr. Floyd Loop, who was CEO of the Cleveland Clinic for 15 years before stepping down in 2004...

PC World:

 

GrandCentral May Unite Gmail and Google Talk

 

Google's buy of the small Unified Communications (UC) tech company GrandCentral is a sign that voice communications will soon become a big part of Gmail. The deal was announced yesterday...

.

Business Week:

 

Apps vs. Office: Google Ups the Ante

The search king's free Web-based business software has 100,000 small-biz clients. But will big corporate fish bite for a paid "premier" version?

 

by Aaron Ricadela

 

Noah Sachs, general counsel, business development director, and resident computer expert at a biotechnology startup named Enzymatics, has one word for the holdouts who still use Microsoft Office to create documents and spreadsheets. They're "curmudgeons," he sniffs.

 

Most of the people at the 10-employee company use Web-based software from Google (GOOG) for these tasks and e-mail. Since they're all delivered online, "any computer I sit down at becomes my computer," says Sachs. Enzymatics, based in Beverly, Mass., is experimenting with other Google software, too, including a specialized search engine that combs competitors' Web sites for information on rival products and prices. To build such a tool from scratch using Microsoft (MSFT) software would have entailed buying multiple product licenses. "I have enough on my plate without having to worry about that," he says...

 

Ricadela is a writer for BusinessWeek.com in Silicon Valley.

 

http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/jul2007/tc20070716_231231.htm?chan=technology_technology+index+page_top+stories

this little article is funny -- the famous google lunchroom i mentioned before made the nytimes "bits" blog recently. btw this article was a huge scandal at dc and the employees were told not to give anon info out or blog about the merger or else...!

 

 

July 12, 2007,  6:41 pm

DoubleClick Employees Worry About Gaining the “Google 15″

By Louise Story

 

Tags: doubleclick, food, Google, Online advertising

 

Since Google agreed to acquire DoubleClick for $3.1 billion, the online advertising giant has begun introducing DoubleClick employees to the Google way of life...

this one is new to me: http://labs.google.com/goog411/

 

has anyone tried it? Its a free 411, provided by google. gotta be better than using my verizon one which like to charge me.

Works pretty well, but I've used is sparingly.

This is a Google Alert.  You are currently being hooked into the Googlematrix.

Please do not be alarmed.  Resist the urge to go outside, for google apps have almost made the real world obsolete!  Google is love...

 

This has been a public service annoucement.

 

 

 

And all joking aside, I know I use google too much.  I'm either on a search engine, on the world or in g-mail.  Should I worry? ;p

CNET News:

 

July 21, 2007 9:27 PM PDT

Google acquires ImageAmerica to boost mapping

Posted by Stephen Shankland

 

Google has acquired ImageAmerica, a company that builds high-resolution cameras and uses them to take aerial photographs.

 

The search engine giant announced the move Friday on its LatLong blog about Google Earth and its other mapping efforts. It didn't disclose terms of the deal...

washington post:

 

FCC to Rule on Wireless Auction

Lobbying Intense As Google Seeks To Open Market

 

By Kim Hart

Washington Post Staff Writer

Monday, July 30, 2007; A01

 

The Federal Communications Commission will set the rules tomorrow governing the auction of $15 billion of public airwaves, a decision with stakes so high that the major U.S. cellular carriers and Google have spent millions of dollars on a lobbying campaign in an attempt to influence the outcome. The decision could dramatically alter the nation's cellphone industry...

I heard there is a Google web-site that lists dates when color aerials were last updated, and are next to be updated. But I can't find the post that this originated from, and can't locate it on Google Groups. I'm curious as to when some aerials will be implemented.

^Don't know.

But here is the official Google Earth and Maps blog:

http://google-latlong.blogspot.com

 

And yesterday they released a whole bunch of new imagery.

 

Where in the world is... (Answers)

Monday, July 30, 2007 at 2:23 PM

Posted by Matt Manolides, GIS Specialist

 

Great detective work to everyone who was able to figure out what areas we updated! Here are some answers in case you weren't able to answer all of them.

 

Q:Two states known for their majestic peaks have gotten an upgrade.

A: Alaska was updated with new terrain and Colorado was updated with new imagery.

 

Q: I can now see where my favorite maple syrup is made.

A: Vermont was updated with new imagery.

 

Q:Certain Florida beaches (and 1 mountain) are looking much improved.

A: Orlando (Space Mountain), Daytona Beach, and Melbourne Florida were all updated with new imagery.

 

Q: Try counting the warthogs in the Boneyard.

A: I have yet to count them all, but check out Tuscon Arizona and try yourself!

 

Q: Peek inside the home of the Brew Crew.

A: Just outside Milwaukee, you can see Miller Park, home of the Brewers, with its retractable roof closing.

 

Q: You can read the Skin's logo painted on their field.

A: The Washington Redskins play right outside of Washington DC, at FedEx field.

 

Q: An historic state capitol building is now in high res.

A: Historic Charleston, West Virginia is now visible.

 

Q: This city was named after the Native American name of a nearby mountain, "Tacobet."

A: Tacoma, Washington is the name of the city.

 

Q: A "far away" city that played a key role in trans-Saharan trade can now be seen close up.

A: As the saying goes... "From here to Timbuktu"

 

Q:The town where Jane Austen spent her final years is much clearer.

A: Jane Austen spent her final years in Winchester, England.

 

Q: The topic of Vincent van Gogh's Cafe Terrace at Night is now bright as day.

A: This cafe is in Arles, France. It is now called Cafe Van Gogh (try searching for it in Google Earth).

 

Q:Take a look at "la ville noir," where Cointreau was invented.

A: Cointreau was invented in, and only distilled in, Angers, France.

 

Q: Only a third of this country's land is arable, but you can now view the entire country in high res.

A: Italy is now covered with SPOT 2.5m imagery.

 

Q: From 1880 to 1884 this German city was home to the world's tallest building.

A: Cologne is the city name you were searching for; the Washington Monument took the title from Cologne.

 

Q: Rockets may be used to disrupt rain clouds over this city next summer.

A: It is said that rockets will be used above the skies of Beijing to prevent rain during the 2008 Summer Olympics.

 

Q: This country received an impressive terrain update, you might call it Lord of the Terrain.

A: New Zealand has been updated with 10m terrain; the mountains are especially breathtaking.

 

 

For a more complete list of updates in this push, see the notes below.

 

 

New high resolution:

US: State of Vermont, State of Nevada, State of Colorado, Chenango County (NY),

Oswego County (NY), Lancaster (PA), Montgomery County (MD),

Prince George's County (MD), Charleston (WV), Frankfort (KY), Leon County (FL),

Volusia County (FL), Orlando (FL), Melbourne (FL), Ridgeland (MS), Tucson (AZ),

Phoenix (AZ), Pierce County (WA), Walworth County (WI), Waukesha County (WI),

Milwaukee (WI), Washington County (WI), Ozaukee County (WI), Puerto Rico &

US virgin Islands.

 

South America: Maracabio, Venezuela

 

France: French Riviera, Arles, Biaritz, Strasbourg, Grenoble, Angers, Amiens,

Bourges, Clermont Ferrand, Loire River

Italy: 2.5m imagery for the entire country.

 

Germany: Aachen, Bielefeld, Braunschweig, Stralsund, Duisburg, Halle,

Hannover, Herten, Itzehoe, Karlsruhe, Cologne , Norderstedt, Pinneberg,

Quickborn, Recklinghausen, Rellingen, Schenefeld, Tornesch, Wentorf

 

 

Updated Imagery:

Americas: Regina, Canada; Saskatoon, Canada; Winnipeg, Canada;

Ottawa, Canada; Quebec, Canada; Chemung County (NY, US);

Cortland County (NY, US); Broward County (FL, US); Fairbanks (AK, US);

Boise (ID, US); Colorado Springs (CO, US); Aquas Calientes, Mexico;

Brasilia, Brazil; Santiago, Chile; San Salvador, El Salvador;

Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.

 

Europe: Lisbon, Portugal; Madrid, Spain; Naples, Italy; Rome, Italy; Athens, Greece;

Moscow, Russia; St Petersburg, Russia; Kazan, Russia; Saratov, Russia; Prague,

Czech Republic

 

Middle East/Africa: Timbuktu, Mali; Cape Town, South Africa; Tunis, Tunisia; Tbilisi,

Georgia; Mecca, Saudi Arabia; Jeddah, Saudi Arabia; Riyadh, Saudi Arabia;

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia; Alger, Algeria; Lusaka, Zambia; Nouakchott, Mauritania; Sana, Yemen;

Tashkent, Uzbekistan;

 

Asia: Beijing, China; Shanghai, China; Mumbai, India; Pyungyang, North Korea

Oceania: Melbourne, Australia;

 

 

Updated Terrain:

Eastern US 10m, West Virginia 3m, Alaska 60m, New Zealand 10m

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From the Creepy Cleveland blog:

 

http://creepycleveland.blogspot.com/2007/04/creepy-cleveland-maps.html

 

Creepy Cleveland Maps

 

Have you seen the new Google 'My Maps' yet? It's pretty cool. I'm using it to track the locations of many Creepy Cleveland locations. I made the Creepy Cleveland Map public in order to try to attract some fresh visitors, but I want to know what everybody else thinks too. The link is over on the right under 'Important Links'. Click on the push-pin icons to get links to stories and posts about the more popular locations. Click the map-marker icon to read a story or post about a location you may not have heard of.

 

If, while checking it out, you notice something wrong - let me know and I'll fix it. A lot of the locations are fairly easy to spot using Google Maps hybrid feature, but some are so out-of-the-way or vague that I may have gotten it wrong.

 

Whenever I have a decent picture of the location I'll include it on the map pop-up. If you've got a picture of a place (or a better pic that I've got) and want to share - send it in!

 

Link to Creepy Cleveland Google map:

http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&mssort=1&z=9&om=1&msid=103371153049874487323.00000111c37682683a33b&msa=0

http://www.flashearth.com has ASK.com aerials in a nice interface. ASK.com's aerials are high-res color and are quite nice, and get in areas that Google Maps has yet to cover fully.

here's a new feature, but its in beta and i think you have to be invited for now. you get one number to ring on all your phones and can put all your phone messages together in one place:

 

http://www.grandcentral.com/home

I've got it.

Love it.

Computer World:

 

Report: Google shows phone prototype to vendors

Ben Ames

 

 

August 02, 2007 (IDG News Service) Google Inc. has developed a prototype cell phone that could reach markets within a year, and plans to offer consumers free subscriptions by bundling advertisements with its search engine, e-mail and Web browser software applications, according to a story published Thursday in The Wall Street Journal.

 

Google is showing the prototype to cell phone manufacturers and network operators as it continues to hone the technical specifications that will allow the phone to offer a better mobile Web browsing experience than current products, the Journal said...

 

http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9028763

Market Watch:

 

Google-EarthLink San Francisco Wi-Fi on hold

By John Letzing, MarketWatch

Last Update: 9:41 PM ET Aug 2, 2007

 

SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Questions have been raised about the future of a pivotal plan for Google Inc. and EarthLink Inc. to cover San Francisco with wireless Internet access, following negative comments by EarthLink's top executive and that company's reported lack of direct communication with city officials...

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blogoscoped.com

 

New Google Street View Cities

 

Google Maps has added 4 new cities for their Street View feature, as Callum of StreetViewr.com points out: San Diego (high-resolution, this one is Google’s data), Houston, Los Angeles and Orlando (these three are using lower resolution data from Immersive Media). Switch to the “Street View” tab in Google Maps when you’ve got the US in view to see this. Let the search for funny pictures begin, again.

Reuters:

 

Google Web applications expanded to 5 universities

Thu Aug 16, 2007 8:53PM BST

 

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Google Inc said on Thursday that five U.S. universities have signed on for its Internet-based applications including e-mail and instant messaging....

 

http://uk.reuters.com/article/internetNews/idUKN1645238820070816

Whoa! This is big.

 

Motley Fool:

 

Google's Latest Software Move

By Anders Bylund (TMF Zahrim) August 16, 2007

 

Google (Nasdaq: GOOG) and Sun Microsystems (Nasdaq: SUNW) have just put their heads together and decided to make StarOffice available for free, as part of the Google Pack service...

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