It’s now been a few days since the Google Earth Plugin API was released during the Google I/O developer conference in San Francisco. I can tell you that I witnessed many KML developers get very ...

Hundreds of thousands of Grok chatbot chats, including sensitive data, were exposed on Google after xAI’s share feature leaked them. AI is rapidly moving beyond creating static videos to generating ...

It's not just for Firefox, Internet Explorer, Flock, and Safari anymore. The Web-based version of Google Earth works in Google's browser. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 and wrote ...

Last week we had a look at a tool called GE Grids that is based on the Google Earth API. Its basic function is to draw grids on satellite imagery and allows you to mark squares in the grid. This is ...

Google has just announced the release of the Google Earth API and browser plug-in. Essentially it’s offering the same functionality as Google Maps, but with the added excitement of being 3D. It hasn’t ...

In a demonstration of its efforts to bridge the chasm between Web-based applications and client, or native, applications, Google announced changes to its Google Earth 3-D mapping software as well as ...

Josh Lowensohn joined CNET in 2006 and now covers Apple. Before that, Josh wrote about everything from new Web start-ups, to remote-controlled robots that watch your house. Prior to joining CNET, Josh ...

ARCore gained a Geospatial API at Google I/O 2022 to let developers more easily place virtual content in the real world. To encourage adoption, Google is starting the ARCore Geospatial API Challenge.

is a senior editor and author of Notepad, who has been covering all things Microsoft, PC, and tech for over 20 years. Google is opening up its web-based version of Earth to browsers like Firefox, Edge ...