In+ersec+ion for Spatial People

Here's the recent Google-related geonews in batch mode.

From the official sources:

• For developers, Google shared an entry on managing and visualizing your location based data with Fusion Tables and another one on High Performance KML for Maps and Earth
• Google informs us building outlines now appear in London, Paris, Barcelona, and more
• Google announced Google AdWords Express for local businesses and that Places Pages has been improved
• They shared an entry on Keeping an ‘eye’ on the 2011 Atlantic and Pacific hurricane seasons
• Google added large geographic features in Google Earth, such as the Alps and the Sahara Desert
• Google has an entry named UNITAR/UNOSAT team up with Google Map Maker to boost impact of community mapping for disaster relief and humanitarian aid
• Google has an entry celebrating Marine Day with Google Earth exploration of the ocean with Japan's Skinkai 6500
• Here's an entry on the evolution of the look of Google Maps from 2009 to 2011
• Google shared an entry on last week's imagery update, with tens of countries getting fresh imagery

From other sources:

• The GEB shares an interesting tool to find out what you are allowed to do with Google Maps and Google Earth, license-wise
• SS mentions that Google and SAP are teaming up for geovisualization of business analytics
• The FGT blog lists Geodetic Tools For Google Earth
• Ogle Earth offers a long entry on South Sudan's northern border discrepancies between Google Earth and other sources
• Another entry on Ogle Earth indicates satellite corroborates accounts of a massacre in Sudan and is visible in Google Earth
• The GEB shared an entry on the 100th anniversary of the discovery of Machu Picchu in Google Earth
• Here's an entry on Google Earth in the Classroom with StrateLogica