Cool new Geo-Coded news, from Google!

 

 Google and the New York Times have teamed up to offer an extremely cool new service. It's called "Google LatLong", and it allows users to access breaking news from specific Lattitude_&_Longitude locations - using Google Earth.

 

 Via the LatLong site, by Wei Luo, Tech Lead Manager, Google Earth:
"In collaboration with The New York Times, we've come up with a solution: The New York Times offers geo-coded news, and Google Earth offers the platform for reading that news in a 3D browser. This is the first time we've endeavored to show news updated in real time, and we're very excited to work with this first-class publication to bring you the latest and greatest news."
and
"To experience this new way of getting your daily dose of news, launch the latest version of Google Earth and make sure the "Geographic Web" folder is turned on. Click on a New York Times placemark and you will see the latest news and features pertaining to that geographic region. Want to see more than just headlines? Click on the "Show this layer" button at the top of the preview bubble and you'll get a list of news articles dating back one month"

 This is definitely worth a look.
  To read the post on the LatLong Blog, click here