Learning how to create a 3D globe with the world map in Illustrator is quite easy to do and remember. This project can also be the start of another project on how to make this 3D globe revolve. For ...

The purpose of the globe will decide on the look and color that is used. The purpose will decide the color and the size of the canvas. The globe may be a small part of a bigger project, for example, ...

Google has been on a roll with new features for its Maps service this week, from matching users to restaurants that they might like to adding battery percentage to location sharing. Rather than settle ...

If you open Google Maps on your computer (go ahead, I’ll wait), you’ll likely see the town or city you live in, or maybe the last place you looked up. Now, zoom out. No, more than that. Keep going.

No 3D glasses necessary for the cool, new globe view. For those who enjoy a good sweep of the Earth with Google Maps every now and again, something about our planet’s surface will look very different ...

The search giant has updated Google Maps so that when users zoom out completely, the perspective switches to a 3D globe, instead of a flat map view. Prior to the update, Google Maps used a 2D Mercator ...

Google has announced on Twitter that Google Maps on desktop no longer shows a flat map. Instead, it shows the world as being spherical. Previously, when you zoomed out of the map on Google Maps, ...

What if you took something like Google Earth, then ramped it up and installed it as an app you can use on planes — giving passengers a virtual view from the cockpit and side windows, as well as ...

Since 2004, I have worked on PCMag’s hardware team, covering at various times printers, scanners, projectors, storage, and monitors. I currently focus my testing efforts on 3D printers, pro and ...

Marrian Zhou is a Beijing-born Californian living in New York City. She joined CNET as a staff reporter upon graduation from Columbia Journalism School. When Marrian is not reporting, she is probably ...