Filed under: Official Google Blog — Wrote by Lees on Sunday, May 4th, 2008 @ 2:32 am
Posted by Andrew Moore, Engineering
Director
On Tuesday, March 4, the
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Google Pittsburgh office will open its doors to the technical
community for a special evening. We'll kick things off with
some mingling over beer, wine and snacks, and then transition into
a tech talk with one of our local engineers, Pat Stephenson.
Pat will discuss the implementation of Dapper, a low-overhead
system for monitoring the performance of large, distributed
applications at Google, and the tools his team has built to analyze
the data in a talk titled "Dapper: It's 11 p.m. and do you
know where your RPC is?"
We hope to create a collegial atmosphere where members of the
technical community can learn from and get to know one
another.
If you're in the Pittsburgh area, please
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join us. Space is limited, however, so hurry and register.
Filed under: Official Google Blog — Wrote by Lees on Wednesday, December 12th, 2007 @ 2:05 am
Posted by Rebecca Moore, Manager,
Google Earth Outreach
French photographer Yann Arthus-Bertrand's beautiful images of
the planet have become a coffee table favorite across the world.
Today we are excited to present a new Google Earth layer of nearly
500 of his images, many taken from hot air balloons and all taken
from above the earth. Each image is paired with thought-provoking
statistics about the current environmental situation they depict.
The facts and figures were put together by
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>GoodPlanet.org, Yann's non-profit
organization established to promote environmental awareness and
sustainable development.
Filed under: Official Google Blog — Wrote by Lees on Monday, December 10th, 2007 @ 10:21 pm
Posted by Rebecca Moore, Manager,
Google Earth Outreach
When Google Earth launched
two years ago, it was fun to see that many people around the world
used it to fly to their homes, navigate around their neighborhoods,
and explore the planet. But when, in September 2005, it was used to
rescue stranded victims in the aftermath of Katrina, we realized
that Google Earth had the potential to be a significant tool beyond
personal exploration. We began to see public-benefit KMLs created
for things like environmental protection and global public health.
A large number of non-profit groups started contacting us, asking
good questions: can Google Earth help us illustrate our projects in
a new and more compelling manner than text and slideshows? Are
there methods or tools for importing our existing data into Google
Earth? Can you tell us about any other non-profits who’ve been
successful at using GE to reach a new audience, raise awareness,
gain volunteers, inspire people into action, and create a tangible
impact?
We listened carefully and worked on this for more than a year, and
now, the answer is “Yes!” Today we're formally launching
href="http://earth.google.com/outreach/index.html" >Google Earth
Outreach, a program designed to empower non-profit groups with
the resources, tools, and inspiration that they need to leverage
the power of Google Earth for their cause. This is where public
service groups can find online guides and video tutorials,
inspiring case studies and a gallery of high-quality,
public-benefit KML. We are offering free Google Earth Pro licenses
to qualified non-profit 501(c)(3) organizations. And the Earth
Outreach team is also moderating
href="http://groups.google.com/group/google-earth-outreach/topics" >a
forum to foster discussion, exchange ideas, and give technical
support.
We're excited to see the birth of Google Earth Outreach, and
it's truly an honor for us to be able to support the critically
important work of these groups. As Dr. Jane Goodall said,
"Only if we understand can we care. Only if we care will we
help. With Google Earth Outreach, more people have the chance to
see, to care, and then to act."
Update: Here's some
video from our Google Earth Outreach event on Tuesday. Enjoy!
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