Although most people start exploring Google Earth by searching for a famous landmark or their home address, many surveyors realize the extensive online database is a valuable tool for visualizing the ...

Google Maps and Earth have revolutionized how we see the world. Google Maps navigates unknown cities in real time, and Google Earth operates on a larger scale. Google Earth takes us on an immersive ...

Google’s map offerings build in the human intelligence on the front end, and that’s what allows its computers to tell you the best route from San Francisco to Boston. In an exclusive story by the ...

Google Earth allows you to measure the distance between two points on the Earth, as well as the circumference of a circular section of the ground — or even the elevation of a mountain. But in order to ...

In 2001, John Hanke had an idea. What if you could create a searchable, digital version of the entire Earth–and it’d all be easily accessible through a web browser? Fast-forward three years. His ...

Google Earth revolutionized mapping technology by offering the everyday user access to detailed satellite imagery for the entire globe. Additionally, Google created detailed street maps, that have ...

Release your inner explorer. Here’s a way to relive, commemorate or envision a favorite place in the world by creating an illustrated map. By Nate Padavick Travel and travel planning are being ...

Google Maps can help your business generate detailed customized maps for free right from your browser. You can create online maps and share links to them with others on the Web. This is helpful when ...

We continue to receive many emails each week asking how to correct map errors in Google Earth (address in the wrong location, point of interest is missing, etc), so I thought it’d be worth revisiting ...

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.--Google unveiled on Monday a new version of its Google Earth application, which features greater coverage and higher resolution, even showing people walking in some ...

Russell McLendon is a science writer with expertise in the natural environment, humans, and wildlife. He holds degrees in journalism and environmental anthropology. No matter how green your thumb is, ...