Posted on 01/31/2015 9:24:03 PM PST by LibWhacker
Google has recently revealed that it is dropping the paid subscription from Google Earth Pro, a more robust version of its Google Earth software. The Pro service will now be available for free, previously costing $399 per year. While the standard version of Google Earth has often been more than enough for casual map and globe users, the Pro version has seen use among professionals from scientists to businesses, who have been able to take advantage of advanced features previously not available for free.
Among the main differences between Google Earth and its Pro sibling are high-resolution imagery and automated geographic location. Pro allows users to print high-res photos, but standard limits printing images to screen resolution. Similarly, Google Earth Pro has the ability to use Super Image Overlays, based on imported image files that are above the max texture size, while the free version limits image files to that max texture size. Also, geographic information system images have to be geo-located manually with Google Earth, but Pro will do so automatically.
The imagery found in Google Earth is the same between the two versions, however Pro has features such as animated movie creation and area measurements that are targeted for businesses. In addition, Google Earth Pro gives access to multi-point mapping, and data layers for demographics and traffic. An example of some of the demographic data available for each U.S. state includes age, current year income, and education.
For those interested in getting started with Google Earth Pro, the software must be downloaded first, then users must request a key to register, which is no longer subscription based. Existing users will have no changes to their accounts, as their currents keys should continue without expiration.
It’s always mystified me, why most countries outside the U.S. would consent to being Google Mapped. It could be that the excitement and novelty of this concept has yet to fade.
Or, perhaps we are further down the path of ‘One World’Govt.
that I’d like to believe. Maybe free trade has become contingent with full access by air, land or sea.
Very useful!
Thank you, Google.
Very useful!
Thank you, Google.
bmark
Because it’s owned by the government and they want more people to sign up so they can track them. No tinfoil needed.
later
BOOKbump
Very cool
Nothing is free.
Nice. Thanks for the heads up.
For later...
Thanks LibWhacker. Extra to APoD.
Coolest feature is the flight simulator.
You can fly from any airport in the world. The game is addictive.
Of course, you could waste thousands of hours on the beautiful maps alone.
Two words: Investment & tourism. They want people doing their research to find them.
Somehow I think average Joe would sooner spend $400.00 on beer than on Google Pro.
I expect they’re getting ready to release something FAR more robust(and probably a little scary - such as near real-time sat photos) to current subscription holders, and it’ll be the paid version going forward.
I amuse myself by going, on Google earth, to places i have visited, and places i will probably NEVER get to see. Here is the updated list, with asterisks at the places I have ACTUALLY visited, for real:
Penghu Island, Taiwan
Eilat, Israel
Sharm alSheik, Egypt,
Aqaba Jordan
Medina,KSA
Gaza City
Zeebrughe, Belgium
London, England
Ocho Rios, Jamaica*
Archangel, Russia
Murmansk, Russia
Norway
Berlin, Germany
Nome, Alaska
Washington, DC*
Moorfield West VA*
NYC*
Boston*
Nunavuk
Baffin island
Iceland
Greenland
Nova Scotia*
PEI
Bathurst, New Brunswick
Cape cod*
Mexico City*
Puerta Vallarta*
Rio De Janeiro
Buenas Aires
Tierra del Fuego
Cape Horn
Magellan Strait
Galapagos
Easter island
Marquesas
Tahiti
Solomon Islands
Vanuatu
Truk
Tinian
Guadalcanal
Iwo Jima
Okinawa
Hawaii*
Saigon
Rangoon
Mandalay
Bagan
Mumbai
Agra
Kabul
Tehran
Lebanon
Qum, Iran
Jerusalem*
Addis Ababa
Lake Victoria
Victoria Falls
Kampala
The Zambezi River
The Congo
Durban,SA
Cape Town SA
Cape of Good Hope
The Maldives
Diego Garcia
The Seychelles
Cairo
Luxor
Alexandria
Dubai
Jerusalem*
Haifa*
Tel Aviv*
Rome
Paris
Seoul, SK
Pyongyang, NK
Vladivostok
Moscow
St. Petersburg
Beijing
Katmandu
Llasa, Tibet
Alexandria, Egypt
Lima, Peru
Nazca
Santiago, Chile
San Francisco*
Los Angelas*
Beverly Hills
Johannesburg, SA
Honolulu, HI*
The Florida Keys*
Kimberley, SA
Havana, Cuba
Bay of Pigs, Cuba
Nassau, Bahamas
Navassa island
Port Au Prince, Haiti
Petanville, Haiti
Kingston, Jamaica*
Montego Bay, Jamaica*
Negril, Jamaica*
Calcutta
Bangladesh
Kashmir
Bali, Indonesia
Allegranza,canary islands
Casablanca,Morocco
Marrakech
Mecca
Athens, Greece
Mykonos, Greece
Ibiza and Fermentera, Spain
Heybeliada,Turkey
Istanbul, Turkey
Marshall Islands
Bikini Atoll
Singapore
Amman, Jordan
Petra, Jordan
Yap, Micronesia
Nal Madol, Micronesia
Kodiak island
Alaska (Denali Region)
Big and Little Diomede island
(Closeups)
Medina Mosque
The London Eye
Westminster Abbey
House Of Parliament
Big Ben
The White Cliffs of Dover
Arlington National Cemetery*
WW2 Memorial*
Pentagon*
Lincoln Memorial*
Washington Monument*
Vietnam memorial*
Korean War memorial*
Hagia Sophia
The Parthenon
The Louvre
Three Gorges Dam, China
Mt. Everest
The Taj Mahal
The Colosseum
The Roman Forum
The Temple Mount, Jerusalem*
Arc d’Triumph, Paris
Eiffel Tower
Nevsky Prospect, St. Petersburg
Kremlin, Moscow
Bagan Temples, Burma
Amazon River Mouth
Mekong Delta
Nile Delta
Rio De Plata Mouth
Machu Pichu
Nazca Lines
The Great Pyramid
Pyramid, Mexico City*
Alcatraz island
Rodeo Drive, Roxbury St. Beverly Hills.
Queen’s Bath, Kauai*
na Pali Coast, Kauai*
The Grand Canyon
7 mile bridge, FL Keys*
Opera House, Sydney Australia
Tienamin Sq.
Ugly Apartment Buildings in North Korea
Atlantis, Paradise island, Bahamas
Ankor Wat, Cambodia
Ruins of Bombay beach, Salton Sea, CA
Gettysburg*
Antitam*
Harpers Ferry*
Glen canyon Dam
Lake Powell,AZ
Pu’u O’o, Hawaii*
Saddle road, Hawaii*
Heau, Kohala*
Rainbow Falls, Hilo*
Lake Natron, tanzaniya
Grand Mosque, mecca
Panama canal
Savigny-les-Beaune, France(Airplane Collection!)
(I have the free version, and it is awesome...I can’t imagine what the Pro version is like!)
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