ArcGIS Earth
When I visited university (I have t admit, this was some years ago 😉 ) I was told ArcGIS cannot “do” 3D. This was the part where CAD…
Tag: google
Google Earth Pro is now for free!
Google recently made an announcement that left me very happy: Google Earth Pro, the enhanced version of the world’s most popular digital globe, is now available for free.…
digital’s digest – 37/2014: compare google with OSM, balloon and kite Mapping, rectify maps online, load OSM tiles in QGIS, High Road OSM filter
Digital’s digest – This new post series gives you a weekly overview about new exciting geo-, project- and gis-links. We should write about a special link? Please submit…
Skybox Acquired by Google
So I have been hearing rumors for a few weeks now that Google is trying to close a deal to buy Skybox Imaging (TechCrunch, May 23, 2014) and…
Google maps April fools
Every year we face this strange behavior of people to do some pranks on first of April. So Google pranks on this particular day of the year are…
Geocoding Google Spreadsheets: the simpler way
As we have tried to geocode addresses in Google Spreadsheets automatically we have found a solution. It turned out, that this solution is not usefull if you want…
geocoding addresses directly in LibreOffice Calc
In a recent post I’ve described a way to geocode in a Google Spreadsheet quite easily. Now let’s move a little bit away from this crazy web 2.0…
Geocoding Google Spreadsheets
For our job site here on digital-geography I was searching for a way to auto geocode spreadsheet location cells. So I’ve found this very short announcement from Max.…
short announcement: The Mercator Puzzle
A lot of articles here at Digital Geography deal with maps and projections. You may have wondered how wrong the different map projections are or let’s say, what…
Google Earth Engine – free spatial data- and analyse-workspace
Google’s Earth Engine offers spatial researcher-tools in combination with their huge amount of collected satellite data. In fact you have the possibility to access e.g. 40 years of…
short announcement: Earth Engine by Google
On the 9th of May Google introduced an astonishing new technology that makes the good old flickr function in Erdas Imagine quite useless. With the Earth Engine from…
short announce: Google Maps – the treasure map
Explore the new Google Maps with the treasure map, have a look on hand painted maps and features in Google Maps. You can enjoy streetview in a historic-style,…