In+ersec+ion for Spatial People

Here's the recent Google-related geonews.

From official sources:

• Google added new StreetView images taken from their Trike (bicycle) from places inaccessible by motorized means
• There's an entry named KML and Google Earth API: Recent updates and resources
• There's a new Protected Layer Map to keep Google Fusion Tables tables private when used with the Google Maps API Premier
• There's an entry on ski slopes in Google Earth
• You can now tweet your Hotpot ratings in Google Maps for Android

From other sources:

• Ogle Earth offers an informative entry on Google Earth and the Middle East
• Ogle Earth also offers an entry on the Dutch-German border dispute and Israel Street View
• The GEB offers news of running Google Earth on the Motorola Xoom
• The GEB has another entry on Shaderlight, which generates beautiful photorealistic 3D models from Google's SketchUp. There's a MacOS version now.

Some Google-related geonews for the last two days:

• Google SketchUp 8 has been released: Major new features for modeling in geospatial context and for creating new 3D building models for Google Earth. [...] new “Solid” tools in SketchUp Pro for common additive/subtractive modeling operations [...] additional features in LayOut for documenting models professionally.
• Google added business logos to Google Maps.
• The FGT blog offers an informative 2-parts article on Android and the future of consumer GPS. An excerpt: "Android has the capability to turn GPS into a commodity market, meaning less control and more competition, leading to lower prices. And this is an environment that the old-school GPS vendors may have trouble with." FGT also decided to launch a new blog named AndroGeoid.
• Google's Ed Parsons wonder if 'When' is the next big thing after the 'Where'.
• Here's an entry named Mapping with Google Fusion Tables .
• The GEB has an entry on 3D sound with the Google Earth plug-in.