Title | Google Earth |
Genre | Virtual Earth, Paraverse, Metaverse, Parallel World, Earth-related Virtual World |
Developer | |
Price | Free Basic Usage |
Status | Released |
Precondition | Broadband Internet due to big amount of image data |
Google Earth is a service of the Google Company that allows you to view a virtual globe that is build upon satellite image data and aerial photography.
There is a layer concept with which information is added/mapped to the locations of this virtual globe, i.e. to display street names.
Google Earth is available in the Google Pack (be sure to select its addition).
It's available for Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux.
The Google Pack will inform you automatically when updates are available.
Article created on 14 September 2007