Google Earth

Overheard - Privacy and Google Street View

Google’s Street View can be a helpful tool, but it is meant to help Google sell ads and make money, not protect your privacy. Brian Cooper, Google Street View Continues to Raise Privacy Concerns

So how can you protect yourself? First, check your address using Street View. To report a concern with Street View imagery, enter the address you desire and click “Search Maps.” Then, click “Street View” in the thought bubble that appears on the map. Once the “Street View” image appears, click “Report a Concern” in the bottom left corner of the Street View image and enter the details of your complaint.

Overheard: What do aliens see when they look at planet Earth?

Without a doubt, the best thing that ever happened to crop circles is Google Earth. PC Magazine, The Strangest Sights in Google Earth

With Google Earth, you can extend your brand with crop circles, a type of geoglyph. A geoglyph is simply a drawing on the ground. It can be a natural — a geographical formation that we interpret as a face, for example — or it can be man-made. Coca-Cola has a geoglyph. So does Firefox.

It’s surprising how many people spend time using Google Earth for entertainment too. Check out this video.