Overheard on the Web, and other Web links From The Herald's Research Editor
Wednesday, June 29, 2005
It's Google's World
If you think Google is taking over the earth, you're right. Google has now come out with Google Earth, a downloadable program that will bring the earth to your desktop. It uses your PC's 3D capacities to deliver satellite images that you can tilt and rotate, has address searches, directions, and more. You'll need broadband Internet access, a PC (this doesn't work on Macs yet), and may need to confirm you have a 3D-compatible graphics card. Downloading is free, although there's a Plus version with GPS capacity for $20, and a 'Pro' version for $400. (Via Steve Doig and SearchEngineWatch.)
If you'd rather find something like this from another source, there's World Wind, from NASA, which is also a download and offers zooming and 3D topography using satellite images from Landsat and Shuttle Radar Topography. posted by liz at 9:52 AM
Elisabeth (Liz) Donovan was a Herald librarian for 10 years, and Research Editor for 13 years. She came to The Herald in 1981, following several years at the
Washington Post. She started blogging in 2000, with a news research blog, followed by the blog at Herald.com in 2003. A frequent speaker and writer on news research, she was honored in 2004 by the
News Division of the Special Libraries Association for her contributions to
the field.
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