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Visit DisneyLand Paris Using Google Street View

Disneyland Paris is the first amusement park available in Google Street View. "Last October, as the last few rays of sunlight remained high enough in the sky, Disneyland Paris opened its gates early to our Street View car to capture some of the magic at street-level. We drove up Main Street USA (outside of Paris!), through Adventureland, and around Fantasyland and even in Walt Disney Studios Park," explains Google.

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You can also view an impressive 3D model of Disneyland Paris in Google Earth. "More than 85,000 photos (450GB worth) were taken over a 20 day period for this project. The castle alone is comprised of over 354 textures derived from over 2,000 photos. (...) There are over 500 unique landscape elements that were created to make the park look as realistic as possible."

Clipped from: YouTube - Announcing 3D Disneyland Resort Paris - in Google Earth

Sources:

1. Visit DisneyLand Paris Using Google Street View
2. Google Maps

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Google Street View Italy

clipped from www.gearthblog.com Google Street View Italy Released - October 29th I've been traveling this evening, or I would have reported sooner: Quick on the heels of France and Spain, now Italy gets some Street View coverage as well. Included locations are: Milan, Florence, Rome and Lake Como. That's essentially three new countries to get notable Street View coverage in two weeks. Reports came in from Google Maps Mania, Digital Earth Blog and Google Blogoscoped, and I got an E-mail from GEB reader 'Munden' as well. clipped from blogoscoped.com clipped from googlemapsmania.blogspot.com The new locations with Street View are Milan, Florence, Rome and Lake Como.

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Google Earth Blog: Google Street View Italy Released - October 29th
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Google Maps Mania: Street View Comes to Italy
Street/Map Control - StreetCities.com - Google Street View Resources - Embeddable Street View and Google Earth Control
Using Map Features - Google Earth User Guide
Google Street View - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Dynamic data in Google Earth

The new version 4.3 of Google Earth provides many new features, including the day/night effect a clouds layer, dynamic data of traffic, weather, news and more.

clipped from google-latlong.blogspot.com We've done several dynamic things already: traffic, weather, news courtesy of the New York Times, and YouTube. But don't wait for us to create more dynamic data - we've always believed that the greatest content is created by our users. Through the magic of Network Links in KML, any dataset can be set to auto-update at whatever interval is appropriate. The KML Gallery has several great examples, such as real-time earthquakes and current air quality. clipped from google-latlong.blogspot.com you can now animate the Earth through different times of day! Check out how much more dramatic these hills look during sunset: My favorite image is one of the Earth from space, overlaid with the cloud layer, and with the sun mode turned on: clipped from google-latlong.blogspot.com If you're running the latest version of Google Earth, you'll notice a new "Weather" folder in the layers panel: clipped from google-latlong.blogspot.com All the news that’s fit to print on a map: The New York Times in Google Earth clipped from google-latlong.blogspot.com Real time Traffic in Google Earth clipped from earth.google.com Real-time Earthquakes clipped from earth.google.com Current Air Quality

The History of Democracy in 90 Seconds (animation)

From the first ancient republics to the rise of self-governing nations, see the history of democracy: 4,000 years in 90 seconds...!

March of Democracy

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Map of Ocean Damage

Almost half the world's oceans have been damaged by human activity, says a new study by a team of researchers who mapped the severity of the effects.

clipped from www.washingtonpost.com Study Finds Humans' Effect on Oceans Comprehensive Human activities are affecting every square mile of the world's oceans, according to a study by a team of American, British and Canadian researchers who mapped the severity of the effects from pole to pole. clipped from www.npr.org A new map reveals ocean areas most damaged by human activities. "These are the most impacted ocean areas on the planet," Halpern says. "It's where the combination of human activities, from shipping to fishing to land-based pollution, are coming together to make things really bad." clipped from www.universetoday.com "Whether one is interested in protecting ocean wilderness, assessing which human activities have the greatest impact, or prioritizing which ecosystem types need management intervention, our results provide a strong framework for doing so." - Kimberly Selkoe of the National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis (NCEAS) in Santa Barbara, CA and the University of Hawaii.

Mapjack

Something like Google Maps Street View but with a remarkable quality and some surprising features.

clipped from www.mapjack.com clipped from www.mapjack.com The purpose of MapJack is to provide good looking pictures from cities all over the world, to get an immersive feeling of actually being there. To make the experience of walking down a street easier, MapJack feature three main functions. The picture display, at the top of the screen, where immersive panorama pictures can be viewed. The map, at the bottom of the screen, which gives context to the current location. The search function, at the left of the screen, to find street addresses and local businesses. MapJack's browser window can be resized, and the borders between the three functions can be dragged with the mouse cursor to customize the screen space. Main display Tools Sharpness Quality Projection The map Map mode clipped from www.mapjack.com Home | Help | About | Feedback

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