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Google Earth 5, World Time Zone Clock - Javascript and KML

February 5th, 2009

Here’s a KML and Javascript(!) hack for the new Google Earth 5.
It overlays a time zone map and allows you to click anywhere on the globe to see a running clock with the current time for that location.
Grab the KML file here:
World Clock
This uses normal KML to display a balloon when a polygon is [...]

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#uksnow Twitter Animation - Google Earth 5

February 3rd, 2009

A much more significant event than the release of Google Earth 5.0 yesterday was the fact the much of Britain (particularly S. England) was covered by a sprinkling of snow.
As a knock-on of this there’s been a large amount of media buzz about the use of Twitter as a mob-sourced geo-mashup [...]

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Google Earth 5.0

February 3rd, 2009

Latest version of Google Earth, 5.0 is now out. This is a massive ugrade to Google Earth, which takes the application forwards in lots of new ways. For sheer scope and range of new features easily the biggest update yet.
Headline features are Historic satellite images, 3D Ocean terrain, [...]

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