NASA have now made their amazing montage of city lights across the Earth at night available as a layer on Google Earth.
To switch it on, go to Layers > Featured Content > NASA > Earth City Lights, but before you do that, for maximum impact, navigate to an area you know well, like Scotland, and [...]
Posted on Sunday 22nd July 2007 in Blog, Science tagged Computers, energy, environmental, landscapes, mapping, Photos, Science, space, technology, with no comments.
Some amazing videos created by artist Aaron Koblin which show flight traffic over the USA. What may at fist appear a dull subject is transformed by these magical videos, with streaks of colour dancing across the screen. Patterns emerge, including the shape of the continent, and the onset of daybreak across the country. Definitely [...]
Posted on Monday 1st January 2007 in Computers, Engineering tagged art, Computers, Engineering, mapping, mathematics, transport, USofA, with no comments.
Those crazy folk over at Google have updated the satellite imagery around Torino for the winter games, and you can pan down the actual courses on your own computer with Google Earth. How impressive is that, and who would have predicted that 10 years ago. A kmz place file for the venues is available [...]
Posted on Saturday 11th February 2006 in Blog tagged internet, Links, mapping, technology, with no comments.
Google maps now have satellite imagery of New Orleans, taken in the last couple of days, and showing some of the impact of Hurricane Katrina. This can be compared to the standard satellite and road maps.
While seeing the damage caused by the flooding brings home the chaos it is causing to those affected, it [...]
Posted on Saturday 3rd September 2005 in Blog, Engineering tagged climate change, construction, Engineering, environmental, Links, mapping, natural-disaster, Photos, with one comment.
