The Megalithic Portal website has created a collection showing the locations of over 15,000 prehistoric and other ancient sites in Google Earth.
The collection is organized by categories, such as ancient caves, temples, and burial chambers. More information about these locations can be found a their website.
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The goal of the Rosetta Project is to document current and historic languages throughout the world. They have created a set of files for Google Earth that showcase some of their efforts. This file contains the following information.
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The State of Berlin, Germany has created a massive set of 3D models representing the buildings in Berlin. I’m not sure how many buildings are included, but their website says data was collected for about 500,000 buildings in a 890 square km area.
The data set also contains several other layers that can be viewed with Google Earth, including:
One word of warning. This add-on requires some serious computing resources and fast internet connection. A modern dual core processor and at least 2 gigabytes of RAM are probably minimum necessary specs. When you first open the add-on, uncheck the checkmark next to the its name and then turn on one layer at a time. Otherwise it will try to load everything at once.
Also, don’t forget to turn off the default Google Earth 3D buildings.
There is also a Google Earth Plug-in version of this add-on which might be better for those with older computers.
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Although this isn’t directly related to Google Earth, I thought there might be some people interested in researching old aerial photographs that aren’t available in Google Earth. I’ve put together some instructions on how to do this research yourself.
We will be using the EarthExplorer website created by the USGS, which has historical aerial photographs covering most of the continental US that often date back to the 1940s or 1950s. These aerials are available to download at no charge.
3D Solar is a great collection of several useful sets of data, including:
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Before and after aerial imagery showing the destruction in Greensburg, Kansas from an F5 tornado that struck the town on May 4, 2007.
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Collection of several aerial photographs of the Pentagon and WTC sites taken before and after 9/11. Includes a very high resolution (9,372 x 9,372) aerial photograph overlay of the World Trade Center site taken on September 23, 2001. A site plan showing the locations of the former buildings and an aerial overlay from pre 9/11 are also included.
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