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Google SketchUp Update

Google SketchUP the 3D modeling tool has a new version. This new version is the first – one of a kind, major update after 10years of its launch. According to Google there are over 1 million people using sketchUp. “That’s a pretty humbling number for a a 3D model maker said product manager John Bacus [...]

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Google Maps Street View tour of UNESCO World Heritage

Google Maps Street View tour of UNESCO World Heritage

Take a virtual walk around some of the world’s most remarkable natural and cultural landmarks using Google Maps, Google Earth and Street View. Google is partnered with UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) to put imagery of World Heritage sites into Street View. And’ve released new imagery for 19 UNESCO sites around Europe, [...]

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Google Transit: Plan a trip using public transportation

Google Transit: Plan a trip using public transportation

Couple of days ago I told you guys about planning your trips inside the city a new product in google labs. Here is some thing similar called the the Transit Layer in Google maps and its a part of Google Transit. Whereas the main Google Transit product has the goal to provide full schedule information [...]

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Google celebrates Giovanni Schiaparelli’s Birthday and the new release of google maps

Google celebrates Giovanni Schiaparelli’s Birthday and the new release of google maps

Today is the 174th birthday of the famous Italian astronomer and cartographer Giovanni Schiaparelli. In 1877, Schiaparelli began producing some of history’s most iconic planetary maps, and he single-handedly invented the naming scheme we use to identify features on Mars today. His maps are famous for their detail and beauty, as well as for showing [...]

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google earth 5.0 has mars data and historical map materials

google earth 5.0 has mars data and historical map materials

Google Earth 5.0 published, updates contain Google Mars and historical map materials.. The new function is available in Google Earth 5.0…. So far Googles Mars with Google Earth 5.0 stood for the download ready. In the meantime in Google Earth offers “Mars", with which the user can experience more over the development of the science [...]

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