Google Geonews: New Content Widget in Maps, Hotpot-enhanced Searches, Floods in Earth, and more

Here's recent Google-related geonews.

From the official sources:

• There's a new widget to select content to display in Google Maps, a significant interface change


• There's now an "Upload a photo" link in Google Places


• Continuing improving Hotpot, Google Maps searches can be enhanced by your Hotpot friends


• Google software, including Google Earth, is now available in Iran


• The Developer blog discusses 5 ad campaigns using Google Maps

From other sources:

• The GEB offers an entry on simulating flooding in Google Earth


• Here's how to turn SketchUp models more realistic with Shaderlight, a quick look at the screenshots show the dramatic improvement


• There was new imagery added to Google Earth last Sunday


• For people in California, here's how much solar power your house could generate calculated from Google Earth


• The GEB also discusses Water Point Mapper and finding safe water sources in remote areas with Google Earth

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