In+ersec+ion for Spatial People

I've been overly busy lately, please allow the delay. Here's the recent Google-related geonews.

From official sources:

• Google is ready for winter, Mapping the Canadian Arctic and global ski resorts
• Here's a story about A 5,000-mile walk across Asia, guided by Google Maps
• For the U.S., here's a map related to Zagat’s America's Top Restaurants revealed
• Here's the official entry on the imagery update two weeks ago

From other sources:

• The GEB invites us to explore over 10,000 mines with Mining Atlas in Google Earth
• It also informs us how to create amazing Google Earth tours with TourMaker
• And in the same direction, a great 3D driving simulator that uses the Google Earth plug-in
• APB made me aware of Google's new location-based + Augmented Reality game named Ingress, see its introductory video below. Here's how APB summarizes it:
  • There are two teams: “The Enlightened,” who embrace the power, or “The Resistance,” who fight the power.
  • You get "energy" by visiting real wold paths (like a human PacMan).
  • You go on missions to portals which are associated with real places like libraries, public art and onter public places.
  • There's a tie in to real world vendors and products (Hint Water, Zipcar, Jamba Juice and Chrome apparel and messenger bags).