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December 9, 2006

Google Adds The Geographic Web To Earth

Natali Del Conte

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Google has added some new layers to Google Earth. The new layers are part of what is now called the “Geographic Web.”

The Geographic Web is a mashup of content from Wikipedia, the Google Earth Community, and Panoramio, a geographical photo sharing site. As you zoom into a specific location, you can see place marks of points of interest, user-generated photos, and selected Wikipedia articles. Hopefully it will remain uncluttered as content fills in but it appears that Google is only using select information in the Geographic Web from the three user-generated feeds.

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  1. Dabby

    December 9th, 2006 at 6:34 pm

    They should incorporate data from flagr and platial as well…

  2. Anita

    December 9th, 2006 at 6:58 pm

    Sounds like they are trying to make sure the Ask Local service won’t gain any legs.

  3. Rob Leathern

    December 9th, 2006 at 8:05 pm

    Just wait until the Google Earth-dodgeball integration. As if :-)

  4. Voice of Reason

    December 9th, 2006 at 9:36 pm

    I smell a zoomer plug real soon ;)

    Is it time to close the doors yet?

  5. Chris

    December 9th, 2006 at 11:28 pm

    Clever move, Google

  6. Jim

    December 10th, 2006 at 2:22 am

    Where is that island at?

  7. Steve E

    December 10th, 2006 at 3:13 am

    This is great! Earth is becoming the most useful travel tool available. I’d like to see Tripadvisor getting their hotel reviews on there all geocoded with the ability to search for highly rated hotels in a specific area. Good one Google!

  8. Rajeev Vashisht

    December 10th, 2006 at 4:49 am

    I think google is doing what UN should be doing. Creating a International Earth Database with photographs and day to day activities af all human beings. A Earth Wiki to be precise. What was the subject of Hollywood futuristic flicks a few years back appears to be happening right now in the Web 2.0.

  9. Denver Wang

    December 10th, 2006 at 7:16 am

    I’d like to check it out now….but I am using mac, don’t know if it works.

    http://www.ezecho.com

  10. helge

    December 10th, 2006 at 7:48 am

    the island looked familiar to me - and indeed i’ve been there a year ago. it’s ellaidhoo island on the maldives. see http://helge.at/photos/maldives2005/

  11. helge

    December 10th, 2006 at 7:51 am

    ps. at the very location of the beach bungalow the water falls off from 4m to 30m ;-)

    very nice diving spot!

  12. Katie Quinn

    December 10th, 2006 at 8:36 am

    Isn’t this just a rip-off of http://www.grapheety.com?

    It’s interesting how Google gets credit for coming up with ideas that are already well established.

  13. arvil gray

    December 10th, 2006 at 12:02 pm

    Isn’t it amazinghow much things stay the same as they supposedly change ?

    Each of these young upstarts thinks their idea is new , novel and original.

    Add some cash and wealth in the mix and it is the old story ” When you are rich they thingk that you really know something.”

    Its General Motors in the future all over again.

  14. vitol

    December 10th, 2006 at 12:37 pm

    Cool!!!
    I NEED to test it immediately!

  15. DocB

    December 10th, 2006 at 1:40 pm

    Denver Wang, works fine on a Mac. Have to get home though before I can try uploading to Panoramio.

  16. Foo

    December 10th, 2006 at 2:18 pm

    Coolness : http://www.dancclark.com

  17. Dale Boyz

    December 10th, 2006 at 3:31 pm

    I like those location-centric services more than Panoramio’s photo-centric design. I have been using Rrove to organize my photos with geographical information. Look at this cool map: http://www.rrove.com/set/item/73/us-theme-parks

  18. People Finder

    December 10th, 2006 at 4:14 pm

    Interesting development with Google Earth.

  19. skyreal

    December 10th, 2006 at 4:49 pm

    interesting!

    I love GE~~~

  20. Adrian Keys

    December 10th, 2006 at 6:22 pm

    Intriguing…simply intriguing! Its a great time to be alive.

    http://www.revafinancial.squarespace.com

  21. ThisToo

    December 10th, 2006 at 10:01 pm

    http://wikimapia.org/

  22. Frédérick Dubois

    December 11th, 2006 at 5:19 am

    Talk about a + value!

  23. Dave

    December 11th, 2006 at 2:39 pm

    So is Google ready to track every individual on earth yet? The NSA sure would like that!

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