Peter Birch, Product Manager, Google Earth, writes about the launch of the latest version of Google Earth — version 4.3 — on the Official Google blog today.
The latest beta (of course) sets the goal of offering a “realistic, 3D model of the world by giving users a higher quality, more immersive experience.”
Here are some of the new features:
- New navigation — featuring improved zoom control.
- 3D 3D 3D — The latest version of Google earth adds loads of new 3D content such as thousands of buildings contributed by people around the world, and photo-textured cities and towns.
- Street View — You’ve used this and loved it in Google Maps.
- Sunlight feature — Simulated lighting as the Sun passes overhead. Might be the only way I get to see the Sun set over the Great Wall…
Google Earth 4.3 features a dozen new languages, including Danish, UK English, Spanish (Latin American), Finnish, Hebrew, Indonesian, Norwegian, Portuguese (PT), Romanian, Swedish, Thai, and Turkish, so presumably you could stop and ask for directions…
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