For more detailed elevation information, consider using Google Earth Pro. ... Make sure the toggle for View topography and elevation is turned on in the Terrain pop-up at the bottom of the map.

The Topography of Plate Tectonics in Google Earth. March 6, 2014. It’s somewhat surprising to me that after all the years that Google Earth Blog has been around, ...

The elevation of nearly every place on Earth is now available, thanks to a NASA satellite mission. By analyzing 1.3 million images collected by a Japanese instrument aboard the spacecraft, the ...

Who needs Google Earth? NASA and Japan just improved the most complete—and free—digital topographic map of Earth. The Japanese Advanced Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer, or ASTER, is ...

An interesting aspect of the ‘historical imagery’ feature in Google Earth is that when you turn it on Google Earth displays a different dataset for the ocean floor. Based on the copyright ...

Breathtaking new images from Google Earth View display our planet landscapes at their most spectacular. The new platform, a database of topography, has released 1,000 new images that capture the ...

Before we used Google Earth and Google Maps to find our way, the CIA used similar tools for spy missions in Iraq. The earliest version of the CIA's satellite imagery software, called EarthViewer ...

Google has released an “Ancient Rome 3D” layer for their popular Google Earth geographic browser. The new layer shows many of the buildings, structures and topography that made up the city ...

Historical satellite imagery on Google Earth has disappeared for India. The imagery is available for other parts of the world. Google says it will be restored later.