Posts Tagged ‘Google Earth’
Karnak, one of the largest temple complexes in the world, “stands as a micro-cosmos of ancient Egypt.” Egyptologists and technologists at UCLA have made their research available, free of charge, to a broad audience. The site is information-rich and interactive. A Timemap allows you to scroll through the eras and see how Karmak has evolved over the years. Also included are a model in Google Earth, an extensive photo archive, 3-d renderings, narrative descriptions of the remains, and educational videos.
Tags: 3-D, ancient architecture, Egypt, Google Earth, Karnak, models, temple, UCLA
Posted by Joan Winter on September 22, 2009 in architectural history, maps | No Comments »
The New York Public Library has integrated a collection of photographs documenting the American landscape with Google Earth. Now you can view and browse Photographic Views of the United States spatially rather than alphabetically. Download the KML file here.
Tags: Google Earth, historic preservation, NYPL
Posted by Joan Winter on June 12, 2009 in architecture, images, landscape, maps, photography | No Comments »
Outline and Index Map of Atlas of New York City : Manhattan Island (1897). Courtesy of the New York Public Library Digital Gallery.
The NYPL has included 2,000 maps from from the New York City Fire Insurance Atlases (1852-1923) in the Google Earth index. These highly detailed maps illustrate individual building structures, lot dimensions, neighborhood zoning and the region’s topography. By incorporating historic collections with Google Earth’s platform, the NYPL provides the curious with a contextual structure for browsing and comparing cartographic documents. Once you’ve downloaded the map index, you can launch Google Earth and chart the development of the built environment in NYC.
For more detailed information about the New York City Fire Insurance Atlases and to download the Google Earth index, visit the NYPL’s website.
Tags: Google Earth, maps, New York, NYPL, urban planning
Posted by Joan Winter on April 2, 2009 in architectural history, architecture, maps | No Comments »
The newest incarnation of Google Earth extends the boundaries of previous versions, catapulting users underwater, into outer space and into the past.
The underwater layer utilizes data from National Geographic, Cousteau Ocean World, and shipwrecks to render a 3D map of the ocean floor. Dive through the depths of a previously flat maritime map.
In collaboration with NASA, Google Earth now includes a representation of Mars.
Changes over time in topography and city construction have also been included – though the archive mainly extends back to the late 90s.
Users can also record a movie that traces their steps through Google Earth. Documentation of your trip, however, is limited to the Google Earth platform.
Tags: Google Earth
Posted by Joan Winter on February 16, 2009 in GPS, landscape, maps | No Comments »
Google Earth has incorporated into its virtual globe a selection of fourteen masterpieces from the Museo del Prado’s collection, including the “Garden of Earthly Delights” by Hieronymus Bosch and Diego Velázquez’ “Las Meninas,” as well as a three dimensional depiction of the museum. Images are restoration-quality and 1,400 times clearer than what can be rendered with a 10-megapixel camera. Scrutinize brushstrokes and varnish cracks – details you were once only able to see while standing on a ladder with your face pressed to the canvas.
Tags: Google Earth, Google maps, Museo del Prado
Posted by Joan Winter on January 16, 2009 in art, images | No Comments »
From the David Rumsey Historical Map Collection:
The over 120 historical maps in the Google Maps and Google Earth Rumsey Historical Maps sites have been selected by David Rumsey from his collection of more than 150,000 historical maps; in addition, there are a few maps from collections with which he collaborates. These maps can also be seen in the Gallery layer of Google Earth, Rumsey Historical Maps layer.
All the maps contain rich information about the past and represent a sampling of time periods (1680 to 1930), scales, and cartographic art, resulting in visual history stories that only old maps can tell. Each map has been georeferenced, thus creating unique digital map images that allow the old maps to appear in their correct places on the modern globe.
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Tags: David Rumsey, Google Earth, Google maps
Posted by Elizabeth Schaub on August 14, 2008 in GPS, maps | No Comments »
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