About these Resources
Google Earth is a rapidly moving target. Almost every facet is changing, from the underlying topography and satellite imagery, to the applications that can be added. Even the interface changes surprisingly often.
Assess your skills and behaviors in reference to the following levels. Novice
General News and AssistanceGoogle LatLong News and notes by the Google Earth and Map team. Ogle Earth Blog Lots of new about Google Earth and how it is being used. Google Earth Community Official forum for the Google Earth Community. Here is the Entrance to the Community site.
Collected Google Earth Wisdom A very useful set mostly tutorial assistance, including some Youtube videos. Created by the Google Earth Community. Using Google Earth Learn tricks and tips to explore your world more effectively in Google Earth. Maintained by someone on the Google Earth team. Google Earth Library "Interesting Things to do With Google Earth." Foreign Language Blogs Belgeoblog Google Earth, Maps news. (Belgian) Blogs for the Visualization and the Cartography InclinedGoogle Earth Design "Good design for your Google Earth map." Useful commentaries on the use of Google Earth. The Map Room A mapping-oriented site that sometimes includes information about Google Earth. Google Maps Mania Tracks the websites, mashups and tools being influenced by Google Maps Free Map Tools Blog Provides a number of useful tools Foreign Language Blogs RenaLId "GeoWeb, Mashups, Géolocalisation et API cartographiques." (French) Technical BlogsGoogle Maps Mania Google Maps mashups, with lots of examples and technical information.
Google Planet Professional GIS software. Often filled with interesting data and visualizations.
James Fee GIS Blog "Blogging GIS, Google Earth, Virtual Earth and Programming."
Planet Geospatial If you really, really want to keep up with all the news, this is the place to visit, visit, visit. Foreign Language Blogs Geoblogger.eu European aggregator that is similar to Planet Geospatial. (European languages) Useful ToolsGazetteersFind coordinate locations, and often other information, by looking up a name in a gazetteer. The Wikipedia link (see the bottom of the entry) has an extensive, annotated list of gazetteers.Coordinate ConversionGoogle Earth Video Tools |