The Latest Breaking News from Google Earth

Within western society, maps are often perceived as scientific, neutral and objective tools. Map making has always been shaped by our social and cultural relationships to the land. In the last 20 years, approaches to map creation have become much more reliant on photographic and digital technologies, including Google Earth.

The rubbish was attracting vermin - until council cleared it up when problem was made public

This article was originally published in April 2022. 

Locals and ward councillors got good news when Walsall Council served an enforcement notice to the land owners on February 25, but they have appealed it saying they need more time

Edward Jones was thrilled to spot what he thought looked like an otherworldly UFO off the coast of the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard - but others weren't as convinced

Google Earth has captured images of rotting and rusting hulls that are wasting away in shallow waters the world over.