Google Earth was released in June, 2005, but the story of it begins well before that. Keyhole, Inc was formed in 2001 and created a product called “Earth Viewer” — essentially an early version of what ...

Here is a quick trick that I have found useful on all sorts of occasions. KML files are “Keyhole Markup Language” files which contain geographic information for display in software such as Google ...

I went on a little dirt bike ride the other day (that’s “dirt bike” with an internal combustion engine, not a pedaled mountain bike). Instead of describing where it was and telling you how the road ...

This week's Sea-Floor Sunday highlights the Florida peninsula and surrounding waters. I chose Florida this week because I was just there for a family reunion and vacation. The image is a screen grab ...

Your digital camera is a diligent archivist. Each time it captures an image, it records the time the photo was taken as well as the settings that were used—details you can use later to help track down ...