Have you ever used the “Image Overlay” feature of Google Earth? Perhaps, as one of my professors did a few years ago, you want to add an old German military map of Stalingrad over the current city, or ...

Last year, when experimenting with Google Earth popups we created a popup with a Google Map in it. It was intended only as a demonstration of the functionality of Google Earth popups, and not as a ...

Maps are all imperfect because they portray the globe in just two dimensions. Most maps, like the Mercator projection, distort the size or shape of land masses, which skews our perceptions of how big ...

Go to maps.google.com, enter an address and choose your preferred zoom level. Click the "Satellite" option on the top left of the map. The Satellite option changes to display "Map." Do not more your ...

Image overlays have consistently been one of the neatest features in Google Earth. The most common use of overlays is to show imagery that is more fresh than what can be found in Google Earth (such as ...

Google maps already can display pandemic-related transit alerts and let people know when buses or trains might be crowded. An updated version will have a Covid-19 layer to give a sense of the number ...

Maps are all imperfect because they portray the globe in just two dimensions. Most maps, like the Mercator projection, distort the size or shape of land masses, which skews our perceptions of how big ...