The donut capital of the world found on Google Streetview

Here's the Google Maps link

Hat tip: Tammo in the comments on Googlesighting

New StreetView cities and embeddable panoramas

Via Google Lat Long :

Today we're pleased to announce the launch of 8 new cities with Street View. Check out full spherical views of Boston, Dallas, Fort Worth, Indianapolis, Minneapolis, St. Paul, Detroit, and Providence.

Boston
Providence
Minneapolis and St.Paul
Forth Worth and Dallas
Indianapolis
Detroit


The Indianapolis and Boston streetviews also encompass several surrounding towns including Worchester, Marlborough,
Danville,Crawfordsville,Muncie, Bloomington, Morgantown and many more.

Google helping McMinnville, Tennessee develop 3D model of itself

Via Google LatLong

"We've all heard that big things come in small packages. Well, in the small town of McMinnville, Tennessee, a group of visionary folks are planning something pretty big: a community-wide effort to develop a 3D model of their town in Google Earth -- the first of its kind in the state. The project, dubbed 3D Downtown, is being led by a non-profit organization called Main Street McMinnville"

"This coming Friday at 9 a.m. sharp, Main Street McMinnville will host a modeling training session to officially kick off the project. Local volunteer modelers have signed on to participate; participants from Google will also be on-site to lead the training of the Google SketchUp Pro and Google Earth Pro software that we've donated to help the effort. We hope this local endeavor will inspire members of other communities to coordinate 3D modeling projects of their own."

Google Earth Updates

Google LatLong has a big list of imagery updates to Google Earth/Maps.
New hi-resolution imagery now for the following:

Americas: State of Oregon, State of Nebraska, State of North Carolina,Western Mississippi, Much of Pennsylvania, Yakima County (WA),Benton County (WA), Whistler (BC), San Jose (CA), Imperial County (CA),Steamboat Springs (CO), Calhoun County (FL), Adams County (IL),Washtenaw County (MI), Chemung County (NY), Cortland County (NY),Castilla (Colombia)

Europe, Middle East & Africa:
- France: French Riviera, Avignon
- UK: Exeter, Brighton, Crawley, Essex, Colchester, Chelmsford,Swindon, Cheltenham, Ipswich, Norwich, Peterborough, Leicester,Chesterfield
- Germany: Freiburg, Stuttgart, Waiblingen, Remseck, Kornwestheim,Ludwigsburg, Saarbruecken, Chemnitz, Erfurt, Ratigen,
Munster, Hamburg, Luebeck
Umea (Sweden)
Borger-Odoorn (The Netherlands)

2.5m imagery for the entire countries of: Tunisia, UAE, Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, and Israel.

Google Streetview cars spotted in other cities

Via Googlified

There has been several sightings of the Google Streetview car in more cities:

St. Paul
Ankeny, Iowa
Evansville, Indiana
Washington D.C.
Salt Lake City
Quebec City
Montreal
London
Columbus, Ohio

Google Streetview Chicago

Chicago Tribune has a blogpost on the first interesting sightings on Google Streetview Chicago.

Google adds six new cities to StreetView

From the Google LatLong blog

"Now you can check out 360-degree views of Chicago, Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, Phoenix, Portland and Tucson. As an added bonus, the images in Phoenix, Tucson and parts of Chicago are all in high resolution.

But wait! There's more. Ever wish you could pan up to the very top of a 50-story skyscraper using Street View? Well, prepare yourself for some serious sightseeing; we've introduced the ability to pan up in most new cities."

Formula One tracks on Google Maps

Formula 1 Grand Prix circuits Google Maps mashup


Hat tip: Googlemaps Mania

Other Google Earth/Maps links:
Google Earth Flight Simulator tips
Rachael Ray's US Travel mashup
Mendoza, Argentina crime map
UK Flight prices mashup
Discover popular user created maps

Digital Earth Blog

I just came across a newish blog called the Digital Earth Blog which deals with all things Google Earth, Google Maps , Virtual Earth and all things in the digital mapping sphere.

Helsinki public transport in live Google Maps mash up

Helsinki public transport live GPS enabled Google map.

Hat tip:Google Maps Mania


Other interesting mash ups:
Gridskipper
Washington Post local explorer

Top 15 Google street view sightings

Mashable has put together a top 15 of google street view sightings.

Google Maps Street View

Google Maps has just become even more awesome. "Street View" launched for selected U.S. locations.
More details here

Update: A list of interesting places is being compiled by LaudonTech

Update 2: Google blog about this on their Lat Long blog.

Panoramic drive through Berlin

Map Movin 360 is an astonishing map hack. Fabian Zastrow and Christian Müllenhagen (who are both post-graduate students from the University of Applied Sciences in Berlin) used a videocamera, combined with a single-shot panoramic camera system to film a route in Berlin which is totally panoramic. During the video, you can move the camera around to see what's on your left, your right, your back or front.

Hat Tip: Google Maps Mania

Google Earth imagery update

Via Google Earth community



New high resolution:
Canada: Downtown Vancouver, BC
England: Northamptonshire, Nottingshire, Berkeshire, Peakdistrict,
Birmingham, Greater Manchester, Avon Gloucestershire, Linconshire
France: Rennes, Poitiers
US: Omaha, NE; Missoula, MT; Amherst, MA; Keowee, SC;
Catawba Wateree, NC/SC; Rolla, MO; Nashville ("Burbia"), TN; US Gaston
County, NC; Anne Arundel County, Metro Water District of Southern
California; State of Arkansas

Updated Imagery:
Spain: Gran Canaria, Fuertaventura, El Hierro, La Gomera, Tenerife, and Las
Palmas (Canary Islands) Spain
US: Austin, TX; San Bernardino, CA; State of Connecticut

Fixes:
Danish plane replicants removed
Andes, Maccu Picchu terrain repaired

Roman Villa discovered with Google Maps

Roman villa discovered via Google Maps
Very cool story. Might this spur on more people to do remote archaeology?

Spam Map

Mailinator real-time spam map
Served up with Google maps goodness.