The City of Berlin has released over 44,000 3D models of buildings of the city. Almost 10% of the city so far. This is a fly through demonstration in Google Earth. Read more and get a link to try it yourself at Google Earth Blog:
http://tinyurl.co m/2n6g9x
This is an example of flying with the new Google Earth 4.2 Flight Simulator mode.
Read more tips on using it at Google Earth Blog: http://tinyurl.com/3 4j938
Also, see tip on getting 3D Buildings in GE 4.3:
http://www.gearth blog.com/blog/archiv es/2008/04/how_to_ge t_3d_buildings_in_go ogle_e.html
This is a re-make of the very cool video of a fighter jet tour through the Swiss Alps by Skyhunter - using the latest Google Earth 4 with high resolution terrain. I've tried to re-make the same flight sequences as the original.
Original: http://www.youtube.c om/watch?v=IDbMCM_2Z uc
Google Earth Blog story about how and why this was done: http://tinyurl.com/2 629xl
Google and Disney got together and have modeled in 3D Disney's major theme parks and resorts in Orlando, Florida. All available in Google Earth right now. Read more about it here:
http://tinyurl.co m/56uq3u
Video by Frank Taylor, Google Earth Blog
3DConnexion Space Navigator used to fly through the models.
This shows the new 3DConnexion SpaceNavigator being used with Google Earth. This is the new smoothest way to interact with 3D worlds.
See review at Gearthblog.com here:
http://tinyurl.co m/tnz7r
This video demonstrates the new "Sky" feature of Google Earth 4.2 just released on August 22, 2007 . It lets you look up at the night sky and zoom in on photographs taken by powerful telescopes like the Hubble Space Telescope. It also provides placemarks to cool things you can see in the universe.
A new feature in the Google Earth 4.2 beta allows you to view photos in a really cool new way. They also have a new layer under "Featured Content" called "Gigapxl Photos" which lets you view very high resolution photos with the new technique.
A Google Earth-like 3D globe for iPhone by earthscape.com. Seen while attending Where 2.0 in San Francisco May 14th. Watch how you can tilt your view by tilting the phone.
See Google Earth Blog post about this:
http://www.gearth blog.com/blog/archiv es/2008/05/iphone_ea rth_coolest_thing_i_ saw_at.html
Winners of Google's 3D Campus Contest now have their buildings built-in to Google Earth's 3D Building layer. This fly-through video was created by Frank Taylor of Gearthblog.com to show off the contest winners' work. Music by Tartan Rascals.
More details at Google Earth Blog:
http://www.gearth blog.com/blog/archiv es/2007/07/3d_campus _winners_no.html
Demo of using SpaceNavigator with Microsoft's Virtual Earth 3D. Part of a comparison review of VE3D with Google Earth. Read more at:
http://tinyurl.co m/34tldm
This shows a KML file that turns Google Earth into the Sun and shows scale 3D models of the 34 biggest moons and the planets of our solar system. The KML was created by James Stafford of http://barnabu.co.uk / Video produced by http://Gearthblog.co m
Google has just published an awesome collection of 3D buildings with photo textures for use with Google Earth. This video shows you how to find them and gives you a fly-by tour of some of the buildings. The flying was done with a 3DConnexion SpaceNavigator. Brought to you by http://Gearthblog.co m.
This is a 4D animating view of the London Eye ferris wheel from within Google Earth. A very cool example of dynamic 3D models possible with the free Google Earth. Read the following Google Earth Blog story for more details on this model:
http://tinyurl.co m/2v5rap
The 4D model was created by Google Earth Community member 'barnabu'.
Taken during Where 2.0 on May 30. Immersive Media is the company which has the technology used in Google Maps new Street View. This demonstration shows that the camera used actually captures 30 frames a second in every direction at the same time. Very cool!
See how to turn Google Earth into a fantastic weather visualization tool. Track storms, see satellite photos, and more all with a few clicks in Google Earth. Impress your friends by becoming a weather man!
Follow this link to get the Storm Tracking tools:
http://www.gearth blog.com/blog/archiv es/2007/08/best_stor m_tracking_and_weath er_tools_for_google_ earth.html
See the Las Vegas Hotels and Casinos buildings recently added in 3D inside Google Earth. These models were added in the "3D Buildings" layer update for Google Earth in mid-February, 2007.
Great way of visualizing domestic flights in US using Google Earth. Created by James Stafford:
http://www.barnab u.co.uk/google-earth -complete-us-air-rou tes/
Video by Frank Taylor of http://gearthblog.co m
Very few people got to see the 2008 Google Earth April Fools Joke. Google Earth Blog (http://gearthblog.c om) captured it for posterity. When you zoomed out, the earth turned into Pangea (the merging of the contintents 100s of millions of years ago).
Read more about it at: http://tinyurl.com/2 6o66j
Or watch the video!
From National Snow and Ice Data Center, this animation shows the Arctic Ice concentrations during the past 90 days as a time animation in Google Earth. Read more here at the Google Earth Blog:
http://tinyurl.co m/6yucj2
Watch an example of showing video on a 3D model surface inside Google Earth 4. For more information on this read the blog entry at Google Earth blog:
http://tinyurl.co m/2ygrqx
