If you've been wanting to explore the world in a new and exciting way, Google Earth has added a new feature to its browser ...

Google has brought its long-hidden desktop flight simulator feature to the web version of Google Earth, letting anyone fly over real-world terrain directly from a browser with no download required.

Every map of the world that you have ever seen is inaccurate. Well, of course, you might think. How could they map out the world when it's round, not flat? True. But that isn't the point. See, the ...

There are many, many weird things seen on Google Earth. The service, which was launched in 2005, compiles images from various sources, from satellites in geosynchronous orbit that snap low-resolution ...

Ever wondered why Greenland looks as big as Africa on the map? It’s because of something called the Mercator projection. Putting a 3-D planet on a two-dimensional world map was challenging for early ...