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A man in California was recently doing some historical investigation, and with the help of Google Earth, may have found a lost treasure ship that sank during a hurricane in 1822 somewhere not far from Corpus Christi.
Specifically, this is a man named Nathan Smith, who is a musician in Los Angeles. He had read a book called “Lost Treasures of American History” and decided to check the information in that book against the current information available to him in Google Earth. He actually drove to the Gulf Coast to investigate with a metal detector. And is now trying to get legal permission to dig.
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On February 4, 2009, Google launched a new system called Google Latitude. This latest tool is designed to allow users track the whereabouts of their friends or find their way when they get lost, or you just want to keep tabs on the places that all your friends haunt. If you’re going to use the device this way, don’t be surprised when somebody accused you of stalking. Only a stalker would behave like a ‘tracker.’ Of course, it would be understandable if you got a bit attached to your mobile phone while still in the learning stage of using the mobile interface for Google Latitude.
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Google Latitude - The GPS That Tracks People
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On February 2, 2009, Google released the newest version of Google Earth 5.0. After only a week since release, the reaction from users around the world is definitely positive. The 4 major new features that elicited much excitement are:
Google Ocean, as the most thrilling and most-awaited feature, will help more people understand the different environments in the oceans of our planet; and also be aware of the multitude threats against the creatures living in these underwater worlds. Waiting beyond the 3d bathymetry are ‘ocean’ layers, containing informative data about man-made threats to oceanic environments, glazier ice melting rapidly at the north and south poles, and over-fishing activities.
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Google Ocean - Travel the Underwater World in Google Earth!
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New cars, not yet released and still getting tested, are good sources of money for spy photographers. Photos of these hot cars are really in-demand, even those that were taken from afar, or a bit blurred, or covered with misleading camouflage.
Car manufacturers always test their new cars on public roads in different parts of the world. And these car companies have different strategies to avoid getting ’shot’ by spy photographers. They used every technique they could think of to hide and disguise their new car models when they go testing. The Mercedes had been known to use decoy cars to screen the prototype from any camera.
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Catch Porsche’s Latest Models on Google Earth
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This coming spring of 2009, UK users of Google Street View will be seeing many of the British metropolitan areas (London, Manchester, Birmingham, and Edinburgh) displayed in full 3D representations.
The collection of 3D imagery data, featuring millions of 3D photographs taken at street level of major British cities, will enable users to pop along and travel around Google Maps using the program’s features as well as Google Earth’s. Viewed at 360-degree horizontal and 290-degree vertical panoramic ground level views of any location, users may virtually ’stroll’ around downtown.
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Google Launches UK Street View in Spring 2009
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In February 2008, the Uttar Pradesh Police had arrested one of the Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorists. His name is Fahim Ahmed Ansari. Fahim stated that he and his group were shown maps and detailed locations through Google Earth. With just a few mouse clicks, the specific targets of the planned bombing were pinpointed to them.
A top Lashker officer referred to as ‘Kahasa’ had asked Fahim to point the spots in Mumbai on Google Earth satellite maps. These sensitive places in India are the following:
- Kalina Army Gate
- BARC
- Stock Exchange Building
- Church Gate Railway Station
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Too Much Google Earth May be Bad for Everyone
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Posted on February 18th, 2009 by EarthGirl
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