Browse the news geographically, explore the stars with Google Earth

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Browse the news geographically, explore the stars with Google Earth

by Danny Mendez Apr 8th 2008

Just when you thought -- "I wonder what Google could possibly develop next?" -- the company busts out a new layer for Google Earth which gives users the ability to browse the day's New York Times headlines by region.

In all honesty, the feature is a great idea, and we're sure the company has some work to do (hopefully adding support for other news outlets), but it comes off as "half-assed" for now with New York (what a surprise!) getting the most NY Times markers. California, Mexico, Michigan, and a few other places get a marker too, and as you can see in the picture, the NY Times provides Google with the most important of news stories. Oh well, it'll probably get a lot better.

Other Google Earth improvements in version 4.2 include a simpler GUI, high-res photos of terrain, the ability to explore stars and constellations, and more.

[via Techmeme]

Tags: earth, google, location, map, maps, news

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Christian said 12:22PM on 4-08-2008

Doesn't Wii have this functionality first?

Quikboy said 11:37PM on 4-08-2008

Google Earth is nice, but I think the future goes to the Virtual Earth platform MS has. They've done some really nice things and they're going to continue on.

I just wished custom layers, or any type of layer data would appear on Live Maps/VE.

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