Blogs get local

A new site currently in beta, VerveEarth, allows users to link their blogs on a GoogleMap.  You can browse blogs, newspapers and other local content in a particular state or …

Getting local with EveryBlock

EveryBlock is a new website that aims to collate localized information for major cities and urban areas. The site, which now includes information on New York, San Francisco, and Chicago …

Collaborate on maps

Would you like to have your students work together to build an annotated map? Google Maps has just added a collaboration feature. When you are creating a personalized, annotated map …

Map the candidates (in Google Maps)

Slate has an online feature as part of their election coverage that allows you to trace the activities of the various Presidential candidates.  Using Google Maps, the page lets you …

More news on Google Earth

Google Earth has recently published new imagery, allowing higher resolution viewing in some areas in over 130 countries. You can read more about it and follow clues to the new …

Google Earth Outreach Showcase

The outreach showcase describes a wide variety of projects   that use Google Earth to bring geographic context to their stories. The resulting visualizations may complement course content or spur ideas …

Sky now included in Google Earth

Google has added an extension to Google Earth that allows you to use many of the features of the software on maps of the night sky. Google Sky is available …