Google Earth turned the entire planet into an open book — and some of its pages are genuinely strange. What started as a revolutionary mapping tool has become one of the internet’s greatest rabbit ...

When I’m planning a trip to a new destination, I try to get a feel for the place before I leave — especially if I’m going abroad. Not that I’m trying to mitigate culture shock, but it’s helpful to ...

Google has brought its long-hidden desktop flight simulator feature to the web version of Google Earth, letting anyone fly over real-world terrain directly from a browser with no download required.