Google brings Earth into better focus

Google’s free online mapping service is bringing the world into better focus with an updated version of Earth that takes advantage of photos from a US Landsat 8 satellite. (Image: Google) Google’s free online mapping service is bringing the world into better focus with an updated version of Earth that takes advantage of photos from a US Landsat 8 satellite.
The Internet giant introduced a “cloud-free mosaic” of this planet three years ago at Google Earth, and on Monday b