From f343ef4d92352f9fc442aeb9c8b1abee27d74c62 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: luxagraf Date: Tue, 28 Apr 2020 10:24:02 -0400 Subject: cleaned up wired import --- .../Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/07.16.07/Fri/gearth.txt | 14 ++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+) create mode 100644 wired/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/07.16.07/Fri/gearth.txt (limited to 'wired/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/07.16.07/Fri/gearth.txt') diff --git a/wired/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/07.16.07/Fri/gearth.txt b/wired/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/07.16.07/Fri/gearth.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..4c0a024 --- /dev/null +++ b/wired/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/07.16.07/Fri/gearth.txt @@ -0,0 +1,14 @@ +Google Earth has rolled out some spectacular new layers including "Astronaut Photography of Earth" with images from the last 40 years of NASA and "Earth City Lights," views of the planet at night. + +The [new layers][1] highlight images from the collaborative effort between Google Earth and NASA which is designed to promote NASA's various "earth" programs. + +As the Google LatLong Blog notes, "People are usually familiar with NASA's space missions, but not everyone knows that NASA also devotes a considerable amount of effort to Earth explorations." + +The new layers can be found in the Featured Layers section on Google Earth, there's no need to update the application, the layers should be there. + +The images for the Astronaut Photography layer are highlights from Nasa's online [Astronaut Photography collection][2] (an excellant way to waste time on the lazy Friday). + +Google Earth has also updated its European roads content, adding 15 new countries in Europe, as well as adding more content for the Netherlands, like business listings layers and country names in Dutch. + +[2]: http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov/ +[1]: http://google-latlong.blogspot.com/2007/07/nasa-in-google-earth.html \ No newline at end of file -- cgit v1.2.3-70-g09d2