I've written a couple of articles (What's Your Latitude? Part 1 & Part 2) about Google Earth and Google Maps. Both applications continue to evolve. This article will focus on Google Maps, the 2D web based map application. Google Maps allows users to choose and customize the data that is presented on the maps. Users can ...

I wrote an article in August talking about Google Earth and Google Maps. There have been a number of new features added to both products since I wrote that, but first, I would like to write some more about the features in Google Earth. Google Earth does a great job mapping the Earth. Roads, borders, 3D buildings, parks, ...

Since I was a kid, I've had a fascination with geography and maps. I have a large collection of both road and topographical maps. I use to spend hours looking at and studying my maps, trying to imagine and visualize what distant places looked like. I became fairly adept at reading topographic maps. I could easily see where mountains and valleys, ...