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WOWHAA! I saw some new screenshots of the new Google Earth viewer. I did not know that they are goin to embed real 3D blocks for builings. My man those crazy folkz!

See the Google Earth Interface.
Visit some more Blogs like this.
And check if your city is covered by Keyhole.

I just spend some time to create a slim bookmarklet that enables mapping, geocoding and (of course) geotagging directly in your Flickr photo page. It works with all common browsers (Firefox, IE, Safari, Opera) without the need for any extension.

To run it, simply drag it to your tool bar, visit one of your photo pages, hit it again and your done. No sluggishly page refresh, just simple AJAX style behind the curtain ;)

UPDATE
- Switch to fullscreen version (NEW)
- Smooth zoom when map was double clicked (NEW)
- Link to map added in description (NEW)
- Batch tagging: Remember last saved location (NEW)
- See where someone else's photo has been taken
- GeoCoder adjusted (try search for "nyc", "10101")
- Long/Lat input possible (eg. "N 40°45', W 73°59'")
- Easy EXIF geo data extraction (if you've used GPS-devices)

Localize Bookmarklet

ps: I developed it using dynamic scripts. So all future improvements will be available without any worry. If you miss something, drop it in the comments and I'm gonna care about...


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Very funny: http://moon.google.com/.
Try zooming to maximum resolution :))

There are over 100 Search Engine Optimization factors that Google uses to rank pages in the Google search results. Here is the speculation - educated guesses by SEO webmasters on top webmaster forums. Various confirmed and suspected Google SEO Rules are listed at Ranking Factors - SEO List.

For Japan - the mobile society - it was no surprise that Google added Google Local with Maps for Google Mobile some days ago, immediately after local Google Maps introduction for Japan. Just like on your PC, enter any keyword and address or just town name, it returns list of shops or offices with click-to-call phone numbers, as well as Google Maps with push-pin placemarks - on your mobile phone screen.

(via GoogleMapsMania)

Google now serves satellite views all over the world! Here are quick links to Tokyo, Weimar and my home town.

Happy zooming ;c)

"The combination of improved interface, better images, and tight integration makes Google Earth a blazing success."

Der Inoffizielle Google Weblog hat das erste Review über Google Earth verfasst. Soll die nächsten Tage rauskommen und sieht echt super spannend aus! Endlich lassen sich Bookmarks an bestimmte Stellen setzen und die Mapansicht optional dazu schalten. Alles, was man bei NASA World Wind noch vermisst hatte. Ich bin gespannt!

Bad News first: The Earth download page is down. This is, what the Google Earth Page currently says:

"Thanks for your interest in Google Earth, but we're sorry we can't offer you a download right now. As you know, Google Earth is in beta, and we're still building out our ability to take on new users. ..."

(Google Earth - Temporarily Closed)

So, leave the passive role of the spectator and build your own interActive maps using the freshly released Google Maps API:

http://www.google.com/apis/maps/

"Google Sitemaps is an experiment in web crawling. Using Sitemaps to inform and direct our crawlers, we hope to expand our coverage of the web and improve the time to inclusion in our index. By placing a Sitemap-formatted file on your webserver, you enable our crawlers to find out what pages are present and which have recently changed, and to crawl your site accordingly."

Google Sitemaps (BETA) Help
(via theunofficialgoogleweblog)

For the first time Google is promoting its services. And it is somehow strange to see picture ads on the used-to-be-reduced-to-the-max site.

Not sure wht to think about it: services.google.com/university