Google Adds News Layer to Earth
21 May, 2008, 3:27 pm IST | by
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Google has added a layer to Google Earth that shows Google News from more than 4,500 news sources, about the area the user is looking at. To activate the Google News layer, users will have to navigate to the "Layers" menu on the left-hand side of Google Earth. Expanding the "Gallery" node in the layers tree will expose the "Google News" layer. Users are then required to check the box next to the Google News layer and start zooming into the places on the globe they're interested in. Each story is represented by a Google News icon on the globe. Clicking on the news icon opens up the news story's snippet, along with links to learn more about the event. "By spatially locating the Google News' constantly updating index of stories from more than 4,500 news sources, Google Earth now shows an ever-changing world of human activity as chronicled by reporters worldwide. Zoom into areas of personal interest and peruse headlines of national, regional and, when fully zoomed in, even the most local of interest. From school menus to global warming, there is now literally a world of information at your fingertips," said Brandon Badger, Google Earth Product Manager. |
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