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Sheikh's Name Written in Sand Visible from Space
The word, HAMAD, is miles long, and visible from space. CREDIT:2011 google - Imagery2011 DigitalGlobe, Cnes/Spot Image, GeoEye, U.S. Geological Survey Hamad bin Hamdan al Nahyan, a billionaire Sheikh and member of Abu Dhabi's ruling family, has had his name carved into the sandy surface of an island he owns in the Persian Gulf.

LOOK: google App Gets HUGE Makeover
The search giant rolled out an update to its virtual globe application on Thursday, calling this latest version "the most beautiful google earth yet." One frustrating characteristic of google earth since it was released in 2005 has been its patchy, mosaic-like images of earth's surface.

google takes Atlantis out of google earth
"Atlantis," reads my copy of The Dictionary of Imaginary Places, "a vast island-continent submerged under the waters of the Atlantic towards the year 9560 BC; parts of it are still inhabited and can be visited." Alas, it's no longer on google earth: google's just removed the fabled lost city from its virtual globe mapping software - if you believe ... (more)

google earth Ocean Terrain Receives Major Update: Data Sharpen Resolution of Seafloor maps, Correct 'Discovery' of Atlantis - Science Daily
"The google map now matches the map used in the research community, which makes the google earth program much more useful as a ... by Sandwell and NOAA researcher Walter Smith using satellite gravity measurements. The two developed the prediction technique ...

WunderMap Shows Weather From the Past & Future
Weather Underground's interactive WunderMap now enables users to go back and forth in time.

google earth update offers smoother graphics, google+ integration - Venturebeat.com
“The google earth globe is made from a mosaic of satellite and aerial photographs taken on different ... since it’s a little more dynamic than the standard google maps street view feature. The new update is available on both the mobile ...

google earth update removes undersea grid that sparked Atlantis furor
A while back google earth started using images of the oceans to allow people to explore the depths and see the terrain under the sea.

'Streets of Atlantis' Erased by google earth Update
google earth celebrated the three year anniversary of its ocean floor map feature with a massive update of the data used to generate its undersea maps.

google earth UPDATE; FOR DESKTOPS, ANDROID AND google+ - ebrandz.com
This effect is basically a product of google using various satellite images and photographs ... a blog post noted that its new version, google earth 6.2, has changed the way it renders images, making maps appear more seamless. Frederic Lardinois wrote ...

google earth Ocean Terrain Receives Major Update
Data from Scripps, NOAA sharpen resolution of seafloor maps, correct "discovery" of Atlantis Internet information giant google updated ocean data in its google earth application this week, reflecting new bathymetry data assembled by Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego, NOAA researchers and many other ocean mapping groups from around ... (more)