On January 24, 2006, Jennifer Kesse vanished. The police quickly determined that she was abducted, but nothing solid has turned up in the past four years. Not long after that, a website was set up to help spread information about the case. A tip recently came in saying her body was buried in a field in Orlando, Florida.
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We've talked about Concept3D on here a few times in the past. They've modeled Tiger Woods' home in Sweden and Boston University, and they have a variety of ways to work with you on your own project. Their latest is North Carolina State Centennial, and it's another spectacular piece of work. You can check out their slick interface, which uses the Google Earth Plug-in and adds a variety of useful layers, by clicking this link.
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Google Maps of Omeonga crater suspect in DR Congo Here is the location of the DR Congo crater suspect identified by the Italian scientists. Interestingly, the Google Earth Community has had this location in its sights since Aug 2006, and it has been in the database of Suspected Earth Impact Sites (SEIS) since at least then.
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Back in January, we showed you the incredible photos that Frank took while visiting the island of Petite Tabac. You might recognize it as one of the islands used in "Pirates of the Caribbean", as seen below: As part of the imagery update last week, Frank's photos were added to the primary layer in Google Earth! If you look close (as seen in the image below), you'll see their dinghy ("Coconut") and you can see Frank standing on the beach just east of there! Here is a KML file to fly you directly to the island so you can see it for yourself.
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Satellite Imaging Provides Glimpse Into Past, Future Problems - AOL News An article about Tom Sever, NASA's recently-retired staff archeologist. Comments (0)
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For a long time now, my biggest complaint about the points of interest (restaurants, car dealers, etc) in Google Earth and Google Maps was that they weren't accurate enough. They were close, but not precise. Google has already provided tools to help place markers more accurately, but now you can use StreetView to put them right on the buildings! The process is quite simple.
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AP: Google Enters Fray in Thai-Cambodia Border Dispute AP confirms yesterday's story on Xinhua: Google will review its Thai-Cambodia border in Google Earth and Maps in the area around Preah Vihear Temple, and confirms Tele Atlas is the source of the data.
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