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Google Earth gets 'New York Times' news

A new layer in the Google Earth software shows headlines related to the region you're visiting with the geographic software.

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This pop-up window shows New York Times news related to a Google Earth region, in this case China.
This pop-up window shows New York Times news related to a Google Earth region, in this case China. Google

Google has added a new layer to its Google Earth software that shows New York Times news linked to the region a person is viewing with the geographic software.

New York Times "placemarks" will appear on maps where there's relevant news, and showing the New York Times layer in the software will show a window with a month's worth of headlines, Google's LatLong blog said.

Google spokeswoman Kate Hurowitz said the company is open to partnerships with other media outlets and that extending such a feature to Google Maps--a much more widely used service than the Google Earth software--"would be a logical progression," though the company has nothing to announce right now.

Those who want to try the feature must download the latest version of Google Earth, which runs on Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux.