NASA and Japan has released a new digital topographic map of Earth that covers more of our planet than ever before. The map was produced with detailed measurements from NASA's Terra spacecraft. NASA ...

Several years ago, Google engineers figured out a way to stitch together satellite imagery to remove clouds, giving Google Earth and Google Maps users a better and more comprehensive view of the ...

[UPDATE May 2007: Read about the new version of Globe Glider and see a video of it in action.] Every once in a while, someone does something truly groundbreaking with Google Earth. Globe Glider is an ...

Google's one billion Maps users should start to see sharper and more detailed images of Earth after the search company sifted through nearly a petabyte of NASA's latest satellite imagery to find the ...