The partnership means that information will be accessible to Google's collaborators, allowing them to construct more accurate maps. A rendering of Rome, with the Colosseum front and center ...

“Everyone can go on Google Earth ... without an establishing aerial shot of a nighttime skyline...[but] ‘Aerial America’ takes viewers’ expectations for dramatic views to an extreme.” ...

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‘I spotted a huge shipwreck on the UK coast on Google Earth so I went to explore’ ...