Here is a quick trick that I have found useful on all sorts of occasions. KML files are “Keyhole Markup Language” files which contain geographic information for display in software such as Google ...

So, what are these KML and KMZ files anyway? They are Google Earth’s file format for storing placemarks, network link information, and much more. I won’t go into detail here, since there are excellent ...

Last month I shared one of my favorite recipes on tracking local search data with Google Analytics for wordpress. This month I figured that one of the most uncovered and “uncooked” areas in local ...

[UPDATE Sept. 1: Google has released the official list of locations (and KML file) with new or updated imagery – see here.] Frank Taylor started the Google Earth Blog in July, 2005 shortly after ...

Google Earth is useful for storing geographic information such as land coordinates and placemarks for places of interest. It is a valuable tool for businesses that do asset management or land surveys ...

Google Earth displays aerial views of Earth geography, annotated with markers denoting locations. It enables you to locate customer or vendor addresses, identify competitors' locations, map out and ...

Google has just added a pretty cool layer to Google Earth – near real-time flight location of every flight over the US. The KML file, provided by FlightWise, can’t be offered in real-time because of ...