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Once again, Google Earth is breaking boundaries, and it ties in well with our recent FFT post about the history of GEOINT. Google Earth has now made available historical aerial images taken during the Second World War depicting the extent of the devastation in several European Cities caused by bombing raids during World War II. The Google Earth mapping software has been uploaded with the wartime images from 35 European cities and towns such as Berlin, Bordeaux, Hamburg, Cologne and Dresden, showing the effect of the extensive bombing campaigns on the old continent. These images clearly display the destruction of allied bombing raids, then offers current satellite photos for comparison. Check out the Google blog here for more information, and also be sure to check out the actual images here.

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It has been a busy summer for the Google Earth Enterprise (GEE) team — thanks for giving us the chance to tell you a bit about what we’ve been working on. There have been some interesting product updates to speak of and some cool customer uses for GEE this summer — especially in the government sector.

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We applaud any opportunity to promote the use of mapping technology in the nonprofit sector. As such, we wanted to highlight an innovative grant program from Google that is aimed that fostering the use of mapping technologies on the non-profit level.

The Google Geo Challenge grant program presents an opportunity for non-profits to receive grants from $5,000 and $100,000, either directly from Google.org, or through grant recommendations from the Google.org Fund of Tides Foundation. The application process is open right now and closes on December 22. Click here to apply.

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