In news that really pleased and surprised me, Google is apparently working on a Mac version of its Google Earth application. Think Google Maps, but with more detail, and quasi 3-D rotation, and some skyscraper model information. I love it on my XP machine (remember when it was “Keyhole”?), and the satellite photos frequent have better coverage and better resolution than the satellite source in Google Maps. In other related news, Google maps is also trying out a public transportation map search, initially confined to the Portland, Oregon area (northwest US). It’s currently incompatible with Safari, so you should use Firefox. I haven’t tried spoofing Firefox with Safari however.