Thread: Google Earth

$hit, now I want to know how GPS integration come in.
If it work like normal GPS software (Routis/iGuidance, ...) without realtime internet connection, that will be a blow. Obviously you need to connect to the net to download new map/images or getting map from different area you going to. If all map data is store in local HD, that will take couple G of space.

Taking a look now ... even works for the UK :-)

nice...

looks like they got 3D building overlays too. no textures but still pretty damn cool.

sucks tho it wont work with gps devices u gotta hve the hand held **** and then u can sync it with it i think

I think eventually we will have google gps option, whether it comes from them or another separate programmer. The biggest thing, apart from integration and it really being reworked to be primarily a gps software, is that the info is probably not stored together the way it would have to be for people to use it in car. Some people have internet access to use it via streaming info, but not most. They would need to package all the information from say California into one CD, each state or region having their own. This isn't, i odn't think, how their terabytes of info are stored and organized.

damn, google is taking over the world

Doesn't this say that it is can be used for GPS intergration?

Why buy plus?

In addition to the basic features, Google Earth Plus includes:

GPS integration – read tracks and waypoints from your GPS.
Higher resolution printing (greater than screen resolution).
Customer support via email (not just web).
Annotation – adds draw/sketch tools for richer annotations (can be shared as KML).
Data importer – read address points from .csv files.

Heh, this has just kept me occupied for the past 3 hours.