August 24, 2011
When a big name brand with a swelling bank account and past record of providing innovative products and services creates a sub-par mobile app, many of us have to resort to the mobile web or give up altogether. It’s a shame because software that runs natively on your device should perform faster, provide a couple of extra bells and whistles and much of the time allow some limited offline access too.
August 4, 2011
If you haven’t tried out Google Earth, you may be missing out. But it can sometimes be a resource hog. Additionally, Google Earth is made by, well, Google, which might lead some people to automatically boycott it. In any case, even though there is a Linux version, there’s also a decent open source alternative that users can try as well.
June 29, 2011
Google Street View is a feature both on Google Maps and Google Earth that brings you panoramic 360 degree views from many locations around the world. It started from the United States and now embraces all the continents (even Antarctica). Google Street View has also given rise to a motley of websites and apps – some fun, some really useful. Let’s check out six of them.
March 18, 2011
If I had to name one thing that I love about the latest advancements in technology and the Internet, it’s the integration of GPS technology with web and mobile applications. Here at MUO, we’ve covered a number of cool mobile GPS apps, like my article about the geocaching adventure I went on with my kids, [...]
January 17, 2011
Have you ever wondered how your favorite place used to look like 50 or 100 years ago? Would you like to refresh your childhood memories and find out what your native town looked like when you were a kid. If “yes” is the answer to either of the questions, you’ll find the three projects shared [...]
November 12, 2010
Here’s a little something for Flickr fans who want just a bit more out of that data they’re putting into Flickr. TripperMap (once known as FlickrMap) is a mashup of Google Earth and your own Flickr account. What this means for you is that by tagging your photos in Flickr you can create a map [...]
July 19, 2010
Google Earth is a great tool to enhance our knowledge of Earth’s geography and, with Google Earth Street View enabled, it is possible for anyone to have a virtual tour of the destinations they love or plan to visit. Street View can be enabled in Google Earth by checking the layer of the same name [...]
May 12, 2010
Google Earth is a fantastic simulation of our planet. You really can do without playing games on it. But games based on Google Earth do up the fun quotient. You can spin the virtual globe with your mouse and have a lot of globetrotting fun from the comfort of your armchair. With air travel not [...]
February 19, 2010
We all love Google Earth, right? Who doesn’t like to zoom in on our home town, see our own roof, where we go to school, or where we work? As it turns out, Google Earth is good for even MORE than just zooming around or even finding places of interest (check out past MakeUseOf articles [...]
February 15, 2010
When the original Earth program was re-launched in 2005 under the Google brand, there was a lot of interest in it. Being able to view satellite imagery of pretty much anywhere in the world was cool. However, as time went on, I think we all noticed that buildings in our areas which were knocked down [...]
