No doubt, visual information is gaining importance on the Web. Google and Yahoo recently opened sets of programming tools for their popular services
Google Maps and
Yahoo Maps in order to invite the public to play (
Wired News recently published a nice overview). Google Earth (
see item from Steffen Fjærvik from June 28) has topped this experience and gives room for a lot of speculation about what uses people will find for it.
Maybe it's a news tool? The Australian Broadcasting Corporation (
ABC News Online) can claim to be among the first news sites on the Web to have it used for reporting. Its
presentation on the London bombings will fly you to the location of the bombings where you can find extra material, including the latest news, plus audio and photos. To see the map, you will need to have Google Earth running on your computer. Thanks to Matthew Liddy for the tip.
