In+ersec+ion for Spatial People

Recent Google-related geonews that weren't shared yet.

• The official blog offers an entry named more transparency and control over location, in short: "Today we’re moving your location setting to the left-hand panel of the results page to make it easier for you to see and control your preferences."
• The official Google LatLong blog has an entry on historical imagery: "There are history books, movies, and photographs, but they portray isolated places and events more than the connected whole. So we’ve addressed this by launching historical imagery in Google Earth in a number of new areas, including London in 1945, in coordination with archivists in these countries."
• The last official entry is on a similar topic, Main Streets using Google SketchUp for Historic Preservation

From other sources:

• The GEB informs us there are New KMLs for Panoramio photos in Google Earth
• The same blog prepares us: Comet Hartley 2 will approach Earth over the next few days; view it in Google Earth
• Yes again, New Google Earth Imagery - October 19
• Slashdot discussed a story this morning about Google Is Going Postal In Sweden, using Google Maps to deliver paper advertising