Google Earth v4 Released - Linux Support at Last

chrisd writes "We're very happy to announce that the a new version of Google Earth has been released. It features 3D textured buildings, some neat UI updates, better internationalization and, with this release, a native Linux version is available for download as well. The Google Earth team (with the help of Ryan Gordon) worked very hard to make this possible. Please see the Earth support site and check out the BBS for more information."

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Real Time Imagery for Google Earth

[Alien54]

I think that the reason so many people do not care about Privacy issues is because they relish the idea of spying on their neighbors. I have had more than one person ask me a question which strongly suggested that they thought Google Earth was using real time imagery of their neighborhood.

They wanted to see what their neighbors were doing, or see where their kids were, etc. Nevermind the sunbathers behind the super high fence.

But they still liked the product even if they didn't have those features. I imagine it would be very popular if they could get the features they thought they had.

Works on Fedora Core 5

[bhunachchicken]

Just tried it with Fedora Core 5 (with ATI radeon drivers). Installed with no issues, works fine and works fast. I'm impressed! Thanks Google.

(note - I don't think it's using Wine... couldn't see any Wine related stuff in the process list...)

Re:Specifically

[DJStealth]

I don't think it's your system that's slow. It appears that Google Earth has been slashdotted.

Re:NASA WorldWind also ready for Linux and MacOSX

[SEMW]

For anyone wanting a quick eye-candy comparison, by a useful stroke of luck they both have 3D pics of Mount St. Helens as showcases on their respective web pages.

Google:
http://earth.google.com/images/mtsth.jpg

Worldwind:
http://www.worldwindcentral.com/wiki/images/b/b6/S rtm.jpg