We fly around the globe looking at our favourite cities with the latest versions of Virtual Earth 3D and Google Earth. Which is better?

Google has announced plans to bring 3D cityscapes to Google Earth, and map more corners of the planet through its new team of "Street View Trekkers".

Google Earth – Google Maps The World in 3D Google today relaunched their Keyhole satellite Image mapping system as Google Earth. Google Earth combines 3D buildings and terrain with mapping ...

Last week, in honour of Google Earth’s 10 year anniversary, Google added a new collection of layers known as Voyager. We have already had a look at the ‘Satellite imagery updates’ layer, the ...

Google encourages users to help it create a "life-like 3D model of the whole planet." Images: Google Earth's 3D world Written by Candace Lombardi, Contributor Jan. 10, 2007, 11:49 a.m. PT ...

Google Earth is already a powerful tool for observing our planet, but today it’s getting a major upgrade with the introduction of a new 3D time-lapse feature. Described by Google Earth director ...

A year later, Google is sharing several usage stats for the updated service. Google frequently updates the satellite imagery used in its mapping products with sharper and more detailed data.

"This breakthrough enables scientists to do something that was impossible until now," according to the system's creators.

Frank Taylor started the Google Earth Blog in July, 2005 shortly after Google Earth was first released. He has worked with 3D computer graphics and VR for many years and was very impressed with ...

The algorithm combines multiple images, sometimes in the hundreds, to create a 3D model which, once mapped, can be updated with new satellite imagery as it is collected by DigitalGlobe’s cluster ...

Google's 3D Warehouse is the repository for this new, rich 3D architecture. Without downloading Google Earth 4, users can search the Google 3D Warehouse to view these virtual structures.