Google Announces Major Imagery Update For Google Earth, New Tools And Innovations in Mapping

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. - June 12, 2006 – Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) today announced a series of updates to the company's mapping product suite, further illustrating Google’s commitment to creating powerful tools for sharing geographic information. Announced live at Google's first Geo Developer Day, these innovations both connect users to information about the world around them, as well as address the growing needs of the developer community.

"We are excited to celebrate the one year anniversary of Google Earth and the Google Maps API with new technologies for these products," said John Hanke, director, Google Earth and Maps. "In the past year, we have had more than 100 million unique Google Earth downloads and have enabled over 30,000 websites to create mash-ups combining their own geographic data with the Google Maps API. The enthusiasm of the geo-developer community encourages us that these geo-based tools are connecting users to information in new and innovative ways."

Google Earth news announced today includes:

* Satellite imagery update: A significant high-resolution imagery update for Google Earth increases the product's index of high-resolution imagery by four times. This makes sub-meter high-resolution imagery available for more than one third of the world's population. While initially available only in Google Earth, this database will also be accessible in Google Maps shortly.

* New version of Google Earth: In the product’s first major update since its launch one year ago, Google Earth now features a more streamlined user interface and new tools that enable the creation and display of third party and user generated content. The addition of textured buildings brings a new level of realism and detail to Google Earth’s 3D world. Google Earth is also now available for the Windows, Mac and, for the first time, Linux operating platforms; and is fully localized in French, Italian, German and Spanish.

* Google SketchUp with textured buildings: In coordination with the release of Google Earth, Google SketchUp now enables the creation of textured buildings for visualization in Google Earth and the Google 3D Warehouse.

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Google Earth update:
Heaps more high res detail - especially in country areas like emerald, kalgoolie, Mt Isa
New Interface
Coordinated with googles 3d modelling application Sketchup

what the ... was this thread deleted then recreated?

Looks like it!

The HTML was borked - wouldnt let me edit.

wow i love this proggy so much. great for buying land and shiz.

Yeah they also released a linux version!

Whats the download link? Or is it a thing I have to buy...

http://earth.google.com/

Whats the download link? Or is it a thing I have to buy...

You are smart enough to sign up for a QGL forum account and make 482 posts but you'd rather wait for a reply here than do a 10 second Google search for information about a Google product??

This is -not- a personal attack, but f***!

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i guess someone had to say it.

And well said it was.

i thought it was very subtle. well done everybody.

lol. parabol has his rags.

idol... you fail life.

Haha that was awesome. I second the well said motion!

POSTING IN A THREAD LOL

So what's this "google" thing anyway?...

http://moon.google.com


zoom as far in as you can

Celestia > Google Moon


c|1nt, have you worked out quote yet ?

c|1nt, have you worked out quote yet ?

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