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Google Earth Launches Ancient Rome 3D Layer

You can see Rome as it looked in 320 AD with Google's new Ancient Rome 3D Layer. Here's some of what you can do with the Ancient Rome 3D layer.
  • Fly into Rome as it looked in 320 A.D.
  • Tour the interior of famous buildings.
  • Visit the sites in 3D such as the Roman Forum, Colosseum and the Forum of Julius Caesar.
  • Learn about how the Romans lived.
Below is a video that shows you some of the buildings and provides an introduction to its Ancient Rome layer. The Google Earth Blog has a detailed description of this very cool new Google Earth offering.



Posted on November 12, 2008
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Google Lauches Google Maps

Google MarsGoogle has a new feature called Google Mars that lets you browse the surface of Mars using images provided by NASA using the same technology behind Google Maps. Google Mars has preconfigured destinations to the locations of interesting mountains, canyons, ridges and craters. A click of the mouse can also take you to the location of a spacecraft landing such as the Viking 1 Lander or Mars Pathfinder Rover. You can also zoom in and zoom out on each location. Hopefully, Google Mars will be updated with images from the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter when they are available several months from now. (via CyberNet Technology News)

Posted on March 16, 2006
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Google Powered UFO Map Site Launches

A new website called UFO Maps combines UFO reports with a Google maps overlay. The website puts little clickable UFO icons on the map to represent where a UFO report took place. You can click on the UFO icon to learn more about each UFO report. There were quite a few reports in September primarily in the Midwest, which looks like it is being invaded. As UFO Maps points out Wikipedia's UFO entry lists some of most frequently reported characteristics of UFOs.
  • Saucer, toy-top, or disk-shaped "craft" without visible or audible propulsion. (day and night)
  • Rapidly-moving lights or lights with apparent ability to rapidly change direction — the earliest mention of their motion was given as "saucers skipping on water." Disc-shaped craft are sometimes reported to move in an irregular or "wobbly" manner at low speeds.
  • Large triangular "craft" or triangular light pattern
  • Cigar-shaped "craft" with lighted windows (Meteor fireballs are sometimes reported this way)


  • Posted on October 13, 2005
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