Check it out for yourself at www.historyofinformation.com/maps-simple/ or learn more about it over on Google Maps Mania.

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“IE mobile still did not offer a good maps experience with no ability to pan or zoom and perform basic map functionality. As a result, we chose to continue to redirect IE mobile users to Google.com where they could at least make local searches. The Firefox mobile browser did offer a somewhat better user experience and that’s why there is no redirect for those users.”

While they still have no plans to build a native Maps app for Windows Phone, this block is expected to be lifted soon to at least give those users access to it via the browser.

More details on this story are available over on TechCrunch.

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• Continued the A-to-Z series with GPS and the Google Earth Gallery.
• Discussed what might happen in the future with interior 3d models.
• Covered an overview of the excellent Historical Imagery feature.
• Checked out a great collection of airplanes captured in flight in Street View.
• Talked about how imagery works and the history of Google Earth on iOS.
• Highlighted some fresh new imagery that was just released.

You can read more over at GEarthBlog.com.

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• Continued the A-to-Z series with Earthquakes.
• Took a look at Juba, the newest Capital City in the world.
• Celebrated the 4th of July in the US.
• Showed some of the various flight simulators available with Google Earth.
• Explored Britain From Above, a site with a huge collection of decades-old oblique imagery from Britain.

You can read more over at GEarthBlog.com.

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• Showed some ways to track hurricane hunters.
• Continued the A-to-Z series with DigitalGlobe.
• Took a “Google Earth Odyssey” with this great video.
• Showed some of the great new features in Google Earth 7.0 for Android, then shared some extra tips for using it better.
• Explored the 2012 Tour de France.

You can read more over at GEarthBlog.com.

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• Continued the A-to-Z series with Buildings and Borders.
• Asked “what is a smoot?“.
• Checked out the new Street View imagery in Hawaii.
• Looked at a few more amazing images from the NASA Earth Observatory.
• Explained more about the Google Earth cache system.

You can read more over at GEarthBlog.com.

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• Looked at how the HALO Trust was helping to clear landmines from war-torn countries.
• Covered the story of the rebirth of Crissy Field in San Francisco.
• Started our “Google Earth A to Z” series with Android, Antialiasing and Anisotropic Filtering.
• Listed the details from Google’s most recent imagery update.
• Discussed the eruption of Novarupta, the world’s largest eruption in the 20th century.

You can read more over at GEarthBlog.com.

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• Looked at the excellent 3D campus at the University of Alberta.
• Showed you some ways to track the Transit of Venus.
• Told you about Google’s upcoming “Next Dimension of Google Maps” event.
• Discussed all of the great new things unveiled at the event, including a whole new way to generate 3D buildings and terrain.
• Showed you the innovative ways that G Element is using Street View to validate their 3D models.

You can read more over at GEarthBlog.com.

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• Showed you some ways to help commemorate Memorial Day with Google Earth.
• Looked at some great tours of the World Marathon Majors.
• Highlighted a bit of fresh imagery that Google released.
• Checked out the new World Wonders Project that Google unveiled.
• Looked at the excellent 3D buildings in Istanbul.

You can read more over at GEarthBlog.com.

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• Listed some tricks to help make it easier to navigate in Google Earth.
• Showed you the new SketchUp Showcase, which highlights awesome SketchUp models.
• Told you about some nice new updates to Meograph, the “four-dimensional storytelling engine”.
• Highlighted an upcoming “Hangout on Air” from the Google Earth Outreach team.
• Read about how the Philippine National Police have used Google Earth to combat illegal logging in their country.

You can read more over at GEarthBlog.com.

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