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Google Earth…Now in Convenient iPhone-Size Form
Technologizer —
[image] I still remember the first time I saw Google Earth –back when it was known as Keyhole Earth viewer and wasn’t yet owned by Google–and how its intensely graphical virtual portal to the real world’s geographic richness knocked my socks off. Last week, Google gave me a sneak peek at Google Earth for iPhone and iPod Touch, which is live in the iPhone App Store in Australia now and due in the U.S. store soon And once again, I was dazzled. The iPhone version of Google Earth is dazzling because…well, because it feels just like Google Earth. It begins with the same ...
First Look: Google Earth for iPhone
The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) —
Google Earth for iPhone / iPod touch Google has ported Google Earth to the iPhone or iPod touch, and it's such an impressive app that it deserves an Apple ad of its own. The interface for Google Earth will be familiar instantly to anyone who has used an iPhone for more than a couple of hours. Upon launching the app, you see a photo of the Earth from space. To zoom in, you can either double-tap or use the "reverse-pinch" gesture on the screen. Swiping a finger left, right, up, or down moves the display in the chosen direction, and a two-finger rotation turns the display ...
Six free Apple iPhone downloads you don't want to miss
Macworld —
... (Link opens iTunes) Google Earth for iPhone: The world in your hand Unless you’ve been tucked away in some non-connected, Internet free bunker for the past couple of years, you’ve very likely given Google’s Google Earth online mapping service a test drive… even if it was just to see what the roof on your house looks like from the heavens. Now, thanks to the new, free ...
Google Earth's Virtual Prado Museum
TidBITS: Mac News for the Rest of Us —
... To view the works, you must first download the Google Earth application. Upon installing and launching the program, check the 3D buildings layer on the bottom left panel, then enter "Prado Masterpieces" in the search bar. When the Prado Museum result appears, click it to fly to the museum, where a white tile appears. Click that to view the paintings. If nothing else, it's astonishing to zoom into a picture and not have it pixelate or get fuzzy until you're so far in that you can't tell what you're looking at anyway. (The screenshot is an eyeball from Rogier van der Weyden's ...
Google Earth 5 gets wet and goes back in time
The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) —
... After a while you just stop doubting the power of Google. Now for your planetary voyeuristic pleasure the big G has released version 5 of the eponymous Google Earth, bringing with it the power to turn back time and plumb the ocean depths. Or something like that. ...
Google Earth 5.0 Adds Oceans, Mars, and Time Travel
TidBITS: Mac News for the Rest of Us —
... Google Earth 5.0, the latest version of the popular 3D earth visualization tool, unleashes several major new features and loads of additional content. New additions include the capability to view 3D bathymetric maps of the ocean's floor, thumb through historic maps and satellite imagery, explore the surface of Mars, and record journeys within Google Earth to share with other users. ...
Make contact with First Contact
The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) —
... The game is rendered in beautiful 3D and the inferface takes some cues from Google Earth. You can rotate your planet and zoom in or out with finger gestures. You'll need to be doing that, because the incoming nasties can hide behind your planet and you have to keep things moving to protect your colonies. You touch all the targets, and your defense system launches missiles to prevent them from finding their targets. Of course, as the game progresses, you'll be moving pretty fast to keep up with the increasing threat. ...
Macs on the front lines tracking Influenza A(H1N1) virus
The Apple Core —
... mostly because of the fact that they have both a nice user interface and a Unix based OS. We work both with graphics ( Google Earth ) and command line applications ( ...
Store GPS coordinates in URLs in Address Book
MacOSXHints.com —
Here's a tip on saving GPS coordinates in Address Book. First, it's lame that GPS coordinates are not a standard field type. Often a mailing address used for GPS will miss the mark by a mile, literally. For some contacts, I use Google Earth to drop a pin on the exact spot, then copy a URL which I save in Address Book. ...
69 Awesomely Free Snow Leopard Compatible Apps
Mac|Life —
... tasks: Create, resize, encrypt, burn disk images, and more. Gawker - Make a video of a flower blooming or your roomate lounging around. Uses your iSight to make a time-lapse video you can watch in QuickTime. Gimp - I'm making purdy pictures. Powerful open-source image editor. The Photoshop of the open-source world. Google Earth - I ...
Google Earth updates iPhone app
Macworld —
... , and quickly rose to the top of the App Store charts. Like the ubiquitous desktop version , it allows you to “fly” across the globe, touching down at the cities and locales you’ve chosen. You can indulge in panoramic views or check out the rooftop of your childhood home, all courtesy of highly-detailed satellite images. You can tilt your iPhone to view hilly topography and take advantage of the iPhone's location services to zoom into your current position. And of course, you can tap businesses on the map to find out what’s nearby. Google Earth 2.0 improves the way you select ...
Google Earth 5.1 final for Mac and PC
D' Technology Weblog —
... so a lot of adjustments under the hood are made to make flying around the globe faster and smoother. After few more tweaks and bug fixes, Google now removed the beta tag from Google Earth 5.1. This release also includes the Google Earth browser plug-in for Mac users, all in the same installation. Both Mac and PC users can explore all of the exciting Google Earth sites that developers have made without having to mess around with another installation.
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