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Google has recently added some new aeriel images to the Google Earth Database, and one of the places that has received significantly better coverage is Portsmouth, UK.

Portsmouth College provide some fantastic (historical and current) aeriel pictures of Portsmouth on their website, so I thought I’d try comparing them to see just how good the rendering in Google Earth really is. More…

Earlier this week we mentioned that it was Brett’s birthday, and that Brett was getting married. We’ve not heard from Brett since then (obviously, because he’s on honeymoon) but knowing that he’s a resourceful chap we’re sure that regardless of the fact that they’ve just been in a hurricane they’ll be fine. More…

Google are running a public beta of Google Earth, and in keeping with their “don’t be evil” policy, the basic version is free for anyone to enjoy. More…

When Google bought Keyhole a few months back, several of us were moved to a sharp intake of breath. The potential of combining Google’s search capabilities with a three dimensional model of Earth was just so interesting that only luddites, and my dad (The Grand Luddite), could fail to be impressed. More…

It didn’t take Google long to innovate again. Several months ago I wrote about Google’s acquisition of Keyhole, describing how it provides Google with a means of presenting location based information. It appears that this may be the first step that’s required before the fruits of that acquisition can be harvested - enter Google Maps. More…

Google’s purchase of Keyhole (announced yesterday) is, I think, the most significant thing they’ve done of late. Google desktop, gmail, groups, news, blogger, froogle are all sidelines, they are mere content providers compared to this. More…