![]() ![]() ![]() The user interface is not quite as fluid on the web as classic GE (more on this in a later post). We will do more analysis in the coming days, but I did some quick checking on frame update rates and it was comparable in performance between the web version to classic GE in tests on my laptop here. Google must have worked wonders to make this happen. This is significant as we expected there might be a performance hit compared to a dedicated install application. You also have access to Street View imagery (and user-contributed photospheres) and can share links to specific Street Views.įrom what we have seen, the speed moving around is comparable to the desktop Classic GE. This seems to be the primary focus of this release. This version makes it easier to discover new content, and visualize the 3D imagery of cities and other places that Google has been adding the last few years. It also looks a lot more like current Google Maps, so it is consistent with new interface design. But, it has obviously been carefully designed for a beautiful, user-friendly experience that is remarkably consistent between the desktop and mobile. The new Google Earth version is only a subset of the legacy Google Earth (let’s call it classic Google Earth – version 7 or lower) in terms of features. So, Apple users will have to wait until an IOS app becomes available. The mobile app appears to be fully as capable as the Chrome version, but is only available for Android so far. And, there is a mobile app as well (the Chrome version will not work on Chrome for mobile). But, this means that platforms like Chromebooks will now be able to run a version of Google Earth for the first time, and support for Linux should be more robust (where Chrome is available – and other specs required). Specifically, this will load today only in Chrome browsers. It is a web application that loads in your browser. This first release is not a program you have to download and install on desktop OSes (Windows, Mac, Linux, Chromebook). ![]() Google has released a new version of Google Earth today that has been re-designed for a new generation of 3D mapping applications. ![]()
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