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License:
Free
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Downloads:
115,698
- Requirements:
Mac OS X 10.4/10.5
- Limitations:
No limitations
- Date Added:
July 15, 2008
Publisher's description of Google Earth
The idea is simple. It's a globe that sits inside your Mac. You point and zoom to anyplace on the planet that you want to explore. Satellite images and local facts zoom into view. Tap into Google search to show local points of interest and facts. Zoom to a specific address to check out an apartment or hotel. View driving directions and even fly along your route. Version 4.3 adds day and night lighting, Street View, more 3D models, and faster rendering speeds. Version 4.3.7284.3916 includes unspecified updates.
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Editor's review of Google Earth
5.0 stars
- "Google the Planet"
The latest version of Google Earth makes it, indubitably, the only free mapping app worth considering. Accessible enough for casual users, Google has been added features that make it a necessity for those whose topographic desires are more serious.
Most of the interface's real estate displays a rendering of the globe, which slowly zooms in on a satellite image of your destination once you've keyed it in. The control panel has changed and is now translucent and sits unobtrusively in a corner of the map. The new diagonal movement control and flexible north anchor, so you can re-orient the map, are useful additions.
The Layers, Places and Search panes are now a left-side navigation bar, and have more options for determining what information appears on the map. Everything from roads and restaurants to crime statistics can be displayed; subcategories and individual items can be unchecked to show only what you need. Google's driving directions are incorporated, and the user community has produced several nifty mods, including historical maps. There's also integration with Google's 3-D rendering program SketchUp, so you can design a building and see it in a real-life setting.
The only downside to the program is that it can consume a large amount of RAM, so as the developer notes, older machines might experience performance issues. But everyone else is bound to love Google Earth, both as an entertaining novelty and an informational tool.
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Version: Google Earth 4.3.7284.3916
"my kids & I love to check out diffrent areas."
Pros: shows us areas roads & can see house from space
Cons: dont have any
Summary: this product is a good learning activity for the kids to learn out streets, citys & states
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Version: Google Earth 4.3.7284.3916
Pros: I can click onto my Daughters house in Australia, which is marverllous,
Cons: Nothing to dislike about this product
Summary: I cannot download the update of 4.3.7284.3916 on this computer, it keeps telling that it is have not been updated, and I dont know why
Can you recommend what I can do to rectify t... read more >>
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