Canada's National Observer

Google Earth gets an AI chatbot to help chart the climate crisis

New AI features in Google Earth let users ask chatbot-style questions to find changes in the climate. The system could ...
Android Police

Google Earth just updated Street View with a massive library of imagery from around the world

Nathan is a tech journalist from Canada who spends too much money on gadgets. You can find his work on Android Police, Digital Trends, iMore, Mobile Syrup and ZDNET. Nathan studied journalism at ...
CBC.ca

'Right in their own backyard': New Google Earth project maps Canada's residential schools

A new learning tool is moving beyond the textbook to show Canadians the impact of residential schools. The Google Earth Voyager residential school story uses more than 100 markers to geographically ...
University of Toronto

U of T's Bonnie Jane Maracle on preserving Indigenous languages via Google Earth

The University of Toronto's Bonnie Jane Maracle says the launch of an Indigenous language preservation project on Google Earth is validating “our languages and what we’re working at in our communities ...
CBC.ca

Google Earth project about Indigenous languages feels like 'tourism,' scholar says

A recently launched Google Earth project, which aims to celebrate endangered Indigenous languages, feels "kind of like cultural tourism," a Canadian scholar says. Jennifer Wemigwans said the digital ...