Happy Birthday, Google Earth

Google ^ | 6/12/2006 | John Hanke

[Halfmanhalfamazing]

Beginning today, you can download a brand new version, Google Earth 4. Running on OS X? Feel the love. Prefer Linux? Ditto. Yes, we're releasing simultaneously for PC, Mac (universal binary for full performance on both Intel and PowerPC based Macs) and for the first time ever, native support for popular Linux distributions.

[Hoplite]

Since Google Earth is satellite photos, you can see things like your house, that airfield in North Korea where they have biplanes out on the tarmac, or some recent (within the last 5 years) bomb craters out in Afghanistan.

[I see my hands]

Thanks for your reply! But I have to say Google Maps provide satellite photos as well. I haven't checked out the Middle East yet but have zeroed in on houses I've lived in from Mass, FL, HI, and elsewhere. Again, I've done that just with Google Maps.. not the downloadable Google Earth.

But again, thanks for the help. I still allow that I may just not be getting it.

[Eagle9]

Google Earth Grows With New Hi-Res Imagery
Several functions could make mash-ups and other business uses more valuable
June 13, 2006 http://www.informationweek.com/showArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=MXJ0WV4XGMD34QSNDLOSKHSCJUNN2JVN?articleID=189400767

[Halfmanhalfamazing]

We can agree to disagree. :-)

[Halfmanhalfamazing]

^^^^^^^^^^^But it's so freakin slow!^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

That's the microsoft way. You seen the announced system requirements for Vista?

No matter how fast AMD/Intel make their processors, microsoft will find a way to slow things down again.

[Halfmanhalfamazing]

Dunno. It's probably something I'll never use. It merely has "coolness" factor to it as far as I can tell.

As far as maps go, I've always used mapquest.

[Dog Gone]

Google Earth is light years more advanced over Google Maps. For one thing, you can download dynamic layers and view what you want.

Want to see weather radar over your house? Can't do that with Google Maps. How about real-time traffic conditions?
Earthquakes? Hurricane tracking?

Google Earth is just awesome.

[Hoplite]

But I have to say Google Maps provide satellite photos as well.

Hell and death! They must've added that feature since I last used it, or relied upon my obliviousness to keep me unaware of its existence.

= )

[Dog Gone]

The new beta seems to work great. It took all my old dynamic layers, etc., and has better navigation tools.

It might have other upgrades that I haven't discovered yet.