Natasha Wyatt, Google Earth and Maps for Business Team Today we announced changes to the data that powers Google Maps API Premier , Google Earth Builder and Google Earth Pro in the UK, Germany, Sweden and Finland. Among other improvements, the updated maps will show more detailed bodies of water and local parks and will ultimately provide better, more accurate geospatial information for your employees and customers. As Google Maps and Google Earth for Business customers,

Posted by Dylan Lorimer, Google Earth and Maps for Business Product Manager Since 2008, Google has worked with GeoEye to publish millions of square kilometers of satellite imagery to Google Earth and Maps users. In addition to the imagery the company shares with Google, GeoEye also collects satellite imagery for licensing by numerous governments and business customers around the world.

Posted by Coleman Rusnock and Dan Cohen, Google Earth Pro team We are pleased to announce the newest release of Google Earth Pro ! Version 6.1 focuses on user experience improvements that empower professionals to make faster geographic-related business decisions. Google Earth Pro is a simple yet powerful tool used by industry professionals all over the world. Businesses in retail, construction and insurance save travel time by inspecting,

At Google we're committed to opening up our cloud infrastructure so that others can benefit from our enormous computational power. Today I'm going to share some exciting details on our plans to make our cloud technology available for processing and serving geospatial data. Over the past six years, the way we explore the world has changed dramatically.

Two months ago, the Google Maps team launched Fusion Tables Protected Map Layers for Google Maps API Premier customers. With the Fusion Tables Protected Map Layers, developers and businesses can upload tabular data to Fusion Tables and display this data on a Google Maps API implementation. Join us for a live webinar to learn about Google Fusion Tables and how you can add Protected Map Layers into your Google Maps API Premier implementations. When: May 3rd,

Since we launched data layers in Google Earth Pro , we've seen strong and steady growth in use. To make the data even more valuable to our users, we're providing an update that greatly expands coverage for all layers. We hope you enjoy the data refresh! If you're new to Google Earth Pro, watch a video about the layers or download a free trial and explore the layers first-hand. Here's what's new: U.S.

Back in August we announced Google Earth Enterprise 4.0 . This version introduced the new Google Earth Portable Solution, and a Google Earth Android Client, for enterprise use. Since then, we've been speaking with numerous customers about the release, learning all about the compelling ways they're using our portable and mobile technologies and listening to their helpful feedback. We've made additional developments based on that feedback,

) Cross posted from the Google Lat Long Blog ( We're excited to announce a new addition to the Advanced Measurement Tool Suite in Google Earth Pro : you can now measure in 3D! Pro customers recently ranked Area Measurement as one of the most valuable Google Earth Pro tools, so we wanted to add more to the package. In a continued effort to mirror the real world, allowing you to lift measurements off the ground and extend them in to the 3D realm seemed a natural next step.