Google earth

Google describes Google Earth as "a globe that sits inside your PC. You point and zoom to anyplace on the planet that you want to explore". It is a free computer application released by Google in June of 2005. The application is based on a product called "Keyhole" which Google acquired when they purchased Keyhole (the company), in 2004. Google also added the imagery from the Earth database to their web based mapping software. 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 "freebies" 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.

The application 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 can be downloaded from the Google Earth site. 

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• Liquid Galaxy takes Google Earth to the next level

  
  Coolest Gadgets — Authority: 685
  When Google isn’t developing Android or improving their legendary search engine, they have a pet project to improve Google Earth. This project, also known as Liquid Galaxy, is based on another project known as Street View Holodeck, which is a way of perceiving the Earth from all angles, not just a birds-eye view. ...
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• Liquid Galaxy takes Google Earth to the next level

  
  e-Tech Gadget — Authority: 437
  When Google isn’t developing Android or improving their legendary search engine, they have a pet project to improve Google Earth. This project, also known as Liquid Galaxy, is based on another project known as Street View Holodeck, which is a way of perceiving the Earth from all angles, not just a birds-eye view. ...
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• Castoven: Watch a YouTube Video while you microwave

  
  e-Tech Gadget — Authority: 437
  I don’t know about you, but when I put in something in the microwave to “nuke”, I don’t stand around it, waiting for my food to cook. Generally, I find some time to do a few other things, and I generally get so distracted by those things that don’t get back to my food until five minutes after the timer has ...
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• Brazilian tribe owns carbon rights to Amazon rainforest land

  
  Mongabay.com News — Authority: 142
  A rainforest tribe fighting to save their territory from loggers owns the carbon-trading rights to their land, according to a legal opinion released today by Baker & McKenzie, one of the world’s largest law firms. The opinion, which was commissioned by Forest Trends, a Washington, D.C.-based forest conservation ...
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• Place Pages Bring Rich Info to Google Earth

  
  Mashable! — Authority: 861
  Google brought a rich database of information to Google Maps in September with Place Pages , and now those detailed results on businesses and points of interest are available within Google Earth as well. To access the Place Page for a particular location, just click the “View more information” link at the ...
  15 hours ago

• Place Pages content in Google Earth

  
  D' Technology Weblog — Authority: 527
  Place Pages for Google Maps brings lots of great information about a place on a single page. Now , you can see same rich Place Page content in Google Earth , while browsing world in 3D. You can see a summary whenever you click on a business or place of interest, and then click View more information » link if youd ...
  16 hours ago

• Google Adds Place Pages to Google Earth

  
  WebProNews Feed — Authority: 698
  Google has started including Place Pages in Google Earth. Place Pages are the pages that Google sets up for places and businesses that have been accessible via Google Maps for a little while. They incorporate photos, videos, reviews and other content about that particular business or place, into one spot. Google ...
  18 hours ago

• Having a nosey

  
  blethers — Authority: 119
  Theres a newly-posted poem over at frankenstina. Written some time ago, it came to mind as I was playing around on Google Earth, seeing what of interest I could find on Street View. One of their camera points looks directly at our old house in Glasgow, and it felt extremely odd to look at how little it has changed ...
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• Water Aid layer of Google earth

  
  Download Google Earth — Authority: 142
  Google Earth is very great program having its application in almost every field. Google keeps expanding the scope of Google earth program by adding several functionalities and new versions. Few days back, Google incorporated several layers in the Google earth program. Amongst all water aids layer is of great use. ...
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• Google Earth and imagery

  
  Download Google Earth — Authority: 142
  Images may appear blurred if they have not been completely downloaded, or are not available at the resolution, which you are trying to view them at, or the images are not of good quality which can occur due to the reasons like clouds, etc. The addresses displayed in results may be wrong in areas that are not covered ...
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• Google and State of California team to show climate change effects

  
  BloggingStocks — Authority: 668
  Filed under: Products and services , Google (GOOG) Google, Inc. ( GOOG ) is one of the tech leaders when it comes to operating one of the largest technology companies on the planet while at the same time being one of the greenest companies , ecologically speaking. So, it comes as no surprise that the company ...
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• Liquid Galaxy: Google Earths Eight-Screened Flight Simulator [Google Earth]

  
  Gizmodo — Authority: 884
  Googles 20% time policy, source of untold obscure Linux drivers, single-use utilities and ridiculous Gmail features , occasionally spawns something truly amazing—like the eight-screened Liquid Galaxy , which lets you step inside of Google Earth . Its Google Earth: The Ride. Liquid Galaxy is an outgrowth of ...
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• مشاهده نقشه های ماهواره ای مایکروسافت Microsoft VirtualEarth Satellite Map

  
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  مشاهده نقشه های ماهواره ای مایکروسافت Microsoft VirtualEarth Satellite Map شاید تا به حال اسم محصول جدید مایکروسافت را که به تازگی عرضه نموده است را شنیده باشید. این محصول در رقابت با نرم ...
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• SEX, HORROR, AND THE NAMING OF AMERICA

  
  The Outside Blog — Authority: 522
  In 2003, the Library of Congress paid $10 million for a 500-year-old German map. Why the hefty price tag? The document is the only remaining copy of the 1507 Waldseemüller map, which contains the earliest known reference to the New World as America. Upon hearing of the sale, Toby Lester, a contributing editor at The ...
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• Liquid Galaxy: Google’s 20% Project

  
  D' Technology Weblog — Authority: 527
  At Google I/O , Google introduced a 20% project, called “ Liquid Galaxy,” to fly through Grand Canyon, leap into low-Earth orbit, and come back down to perch on Great Pyramid of Giza without even breaking a sweat. “We wanted to try visualizing other cool geo displays, so in July, Dan Barcay, modified a Google ...
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• Liquid Galaxy: Google Earth in Surround Mode

  
  Mashable! — Authority: 861
  Have you heard about Google’s 20 percent time? Google encourages their employees to spend 20% of their work time working on their own projects. Usually, it results in some cool extension to an existing service, such as Google Reader , but it can also turn out to be a very important product, such as Gmail . The ...
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• Climate tools for Copenhagen and beyond

  
  WORDPRESS-TEMPLATES-PLUGINS-RSS — Authority: 152
  Climate tools for Copenhagen and beyond Representatives from around the world arrived in Copenhagen, Denmark today to negotiate a successor treaty for the Kyoto Protocol. This 15th Conference of Parties (COP15) has been called the most important conference in a decade.In fact, in an unprecedented initiative, 56 major ...
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• Sightseeing with Google earth

  
  Download Google Earth — Authority: 142
  Google earth has several wonderful features which makes it an astonishing and useful application for every sector. You will find it useful in almost every field. Every Google earth user is fascinated by its exciting and interesting features. Owing to its fabulous features, viewing the world has become so easier. ...
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• Distinct functionalities of Google earth

  
  Download Google Earth — Authority: 142
  Google earth has shown us a new way to visualize our mother planet. It has several applications in various fields. Owing to its numerous useful features, it is gaining increasing popularity. There are several features in Google earth, which are very amazing. If you download information, which incorporates some time ...
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• Liquid Galaxy: Google Earth in Surround Mode

  
  PORTCITYUNDERGROUND — Authority: 174
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