Google Earth

What is Google Earth?

Google Earth is a main form of viewing anything in the world, anywhere in the world for business purposes or just for fun. Like Google maps you can view birds eye views of the world, these are taken with a satellite camera and are updated every 2 years. Unlike Google maps however you can also view the world in 3d as well.

There are three versions of google earth: Google Plus, Google Earth 4.3 and Google Earth Pro.

Google Plus

Google Plus costs $20 dollars a year. Recently Google has removed the plus version as they feel that users can already get all of the features on Plus, on Google Earth. Besides we don't want to waste our money on something that we already had in the first place that was free.

Google Earth 4.3

I wont say much about this as its only in the beta stage, but the quality of the 3d maps is spot on. (use this for flight simulator!)



Google Earth Pro

The pro version is much more expensive but much more detailed and in depth. It costs around $400 dollars a year and is the only edition which allows you to make areas 3d from scratch rather than viewing what the computer shows 3d. Basically you can edit the buildings as you see fit and post them to friends or print the images off. This is mainly used by architects and corporate businessmen. It also allows you to view the images at full quality and speed.

Platforms

• Mac's
• PC
• Linux
• iPhone, iPodtouch
• Ubiq Window