GENEVA, April 8 (UNHCR) - Representatives of the UN refugee agency and Google on Tuesday unveiled a powerful new online mapping programme that provides an up-close and multifaceted view of some of the ...

Google Maps' street view function has been a bit of a guilty pleasure of mine. Before moving to the UK, it was the single biggest source of information on the new location I'd chosen via proverbial ...

Travel back to Ancient Rome using Google Earth, where cities, roads, and military units come alive across the empire’s vast ...

[UPDATED: 0815 ET – Added features: Flash on the Mac, and faster switching to Sky] Today Google will be releasing a new version of Google Earth: Version 4.3. The download isn’t available yet, but will ...

Now you can easily switch from a satellite view to street-level images that show how an area has changed over the years. Now you can easily switch from a satellite view to street-level images that ...

People zoom in on Google Earth expecting cities or roads, but sometimes the satellite images show stuff you’d never expect, including optical illusions, giant logos, and symbols carved into the earth.

Sites of outstanding universal value inscribed on the World Heritage List - the Palace of Versailles in France, the historic centre of Prague in the Czech Republic and the old town of Cáceres in Spain ...