New Google Earth Imagery
Google has just pushed out another update, and they’ve already pushed it completely out, as this imagery can already be found in Google Maps and in the official updated areas KML file. Thanks to GEB reader ‘Andreas’ for letting us know about it!
The updated areas include:
- Brazil: Many small patches across the country
- Chile: Various areas
- India: Mumbai
- Iran: Various areas
- Italy: Patches in the northern part of the country
- Japan: Various northern areas
- Namibia: Various areas
- Pakistan: Central area
- South Africa: Various areas
- Sudan: Many areas in the southern part of the country
- Switzerland: Large area just south of Bern
- United States: Parts of California, Florida, Kentucky and Virginia
- Zimbabwe: Various areas
A few other areas have been updated as well, but those are the main ones. To see all of the updates, simply load the updated areas KML file and check them out for yourself!
Announcing Google Shopper for iPhone
- Learn more about products and read relevant user reviews
- Compare prices at online and local stores
- Save and share products for later consideration
Let’s say you’re planning a special meal for Valentine’s Day – but you need a cast-iron skillet to get the recipe just right. With Shopper, finding one is easy enough: just type in “cast iron skillet” or say it using Voice Search. Then, from the results, you can choose a specific product that appeals to you. Alternatively, if you were in the store and wanted to see product reviews, you could also scan the barcode of a particular product.