Google Earth 4.3 Offers a Number of New Features 133
GoogleWatch writes "Google's all excited for Earth day, and just in time there's a new version of Google Earth available. 4.3 offers up revamped navigation controls, 3-D photo-realistic buildings in major cities, and time-lapse views of sunsets and sunrises. Also new in Google Earth 4.3 is access to the street view movies found in Google Maps. Just click any of the camera icons and the familiar street view window will pop up. The sunrise and sunset movies are also quite impressive. Fly to a location you'd like to see and click the "sun" button in the toolbar. That will bring up a small timeline graphic and you can either hit play or drag the timeline slider to watch the day unfold."
Still no support for 64-bit (Score:1, Informative)
Why does google hate people who want 4gb of ram, there are quite a few of us and 64bit desktops have been around since 2003.
Re:Speaking of Google Maps... Argentina? (Score:3, Informative)
Re:Speaking of Google Maps... Argentina? (Score:5, Informative)
Re:Speaking of Google Maps... Argentina? (Score:3, Informative)
Well, there's also Bolivia, Peru, Paraguay, Guyana, Suriname, Guyane...and that's just South America.
Re:Speaking of Google Maps... Argentina? (Score:1, Informative)
Video demonstration of the new features (Score:4, Informative)
Here's more info, well, a copy of my post of the site from my sig:
Mentioned earlier this week [slashgeo.org], here's the official announcement [blogspot.com] and a description of a new feature, 3D building swooping [blogspot.com]. The release provoked a lot of reactions and writings in the geoblogs. Here's the GEB entries on his first impressions [with screenshots] [gearthblog.com], a video demonstration, well worth the 6 minutes [gearthblog.com] (really), a short explanation of the new navigation widgets [gearthblog.com] and some final thoughts on GE 4.3 [gearthblog.com]. Ogle Earth also shares his comments and discuss the differences between atlases and mirror worlds [ogleearth.com]. Interesting to note that not everyone is pleased with some of the changes [spatiallyadjusted.com], with GE being dubbed the AOL of the Geoweb [earthissquare.com]. APB also links [directionsmag.com] to a IW article on the practical uses of Google StreetView [informationweek.com].