| Google Earth | |
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 Screenshot of Google Earth in Windows Vista | |
| Developed by | |
| Initial release | mid 2006 |
| Latest release | 4.3.7284.3916 / 2008-07-13 |
| OS | Windows 2000, XP & Vista, Mac OS X, Linux |
| Size | 25MB |
| Available in | English, Turkish, Swahili, German, Dutch, French, Spanish, Italian, Japanese and Traditional Chinese |
| Type | Virtual globe |
| License | Freeware/Proprietary |
| Website | http://earth.google.com/ |
Google Earth is a proprietary virtual globe program that was originally called Earth Viewer, and was created by Keyhole, Inc, a company acquired by Google in 2004. It maps the earth by the superimposition of images obtained from satellite imagery, aerial photography and GIS 3D globe. It is available under three different licenses: Google Earth, a free version with limited functionality; Google Earth Plus ($20 per year), which includes additional features; and Google Earth Pro ($400 per year), which is intended for commercial use.[1]
The product, renamed Google Earth in 2006, is currently available for use on personal computers running Microsoft Windows 2000, XP, or Vista, Mac OS X 10.3.9 and above, Linux (released on June 12, 2006), and FreeBSD. Google Earth is also available as a browser plugin (released on June 2, 2008) for Firefox, IE6, or IE7. In addition to releasing an updated Keyhole based client, Google also added the imagery from the Earth database to their web based mapping software. The release of Google Earth in mid 2006 to the public caused a more than tenfold increase in media coverage on virtual globes between 2006 and 2007,[2] driving public interest in geospatial technologies and applications.
Google Earth
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