How Street View works and where we will collect images next
Find out how the Street View team is working behind the scenes. Learn how Street View collects its imagery, where we have been and where we are going next to collect 360⁰ images.
Measure distance between points - Computer - Google Maps Help
You can measure the distance between 2 or more points on the map. For example, you can measure the mileage in a straight line between 2 cities. Important: If you're using Maps in Lite mo
Create and collaborate on immersive, data-driven maps from anywhere with the new Google Earth. See the world from above with high-resolution satellite imagery, explore 3D terrain and buildings in hundreds of cities, and dive into streets and neighborhoods with Street View's 360° perspectives.
We Are Witnessing the Self-Immolation of a Superpower | WIRED Jan 22, 2026
With Donald Trump’s actions in Greenland, Minneapolis, and Venezuela, a foreign enemy could not invent a better chain of events to wreck the standing of the United States.
On July 22, 1975, the American photographer Stanley Joseph Forman was sent by the newspaper he worked for, the Boston Herald, to document...
On site he found a firefighter who was saving two people who were stuck in their apartment on the fifth floor of a building from the flames; the three were going down the fire escape. Forman prepared to take photos depicting a mundane rescue.
Suddenly, however, the emergency ladder gave way and ...
A cowboy, who just moved to Montana from Texas, walks into a bar and orders three mugs of Bud. He sits in the back of the room, drinking...
A cowboy, who just moved to Montana from Texas, walks into a bar and orders three mugs of Bud.
He sits in the back of the room, drinking a sip out of each one in turn.
When he finishes them, he comes back to the bar and orders three more.
The bartender approaches and tells the cowboy,
"You kn...
How the US and China collaborate on cutting-edge AI
The US and China are, by many measures, archrivals in the field of artificial intelligence, with companies racing to outdo each other on algorithms, models, and specialized silicon. And yet, the world’s AI superpowers still collaborate to a surprising degree when it comes to cutting-edge research.
Trump 2.0 - The New York Times Jan 21, 2026 Venn Diagram seizing dictorial power
placed punishing tariffs on dozens of countries (friends and foes alike), undermined the independence of the Federal Reserve and the Department of Justice, cut funding to universities and slashed the federal work force.