Google Earth, Now With Browser Goodness

Google announced this week that their Google Earth application can now be used from the browser, instead of having to download and install the desktop application. "Google also launched an JavaScript API that lets you interact with the globe, draw markers, add layers or integrate with Google Maps. 'The Google Earth Plug-in and its APIs let you embed the full power of Google Earth and its 3D rendering capabilities into your web pages.' Google LatLong blog announced that each Google Maps mashup can take advantage of the new 3D view by adding a single line of code. 'Our goal is to open up the entire core of Google Earth to developers in the hopes that you'll build the next great geo-based 3D application, and change how we view the world.'"

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Google google google. Alls what i ever hears about

[Anonymous Coward]

hows-a-come every time Google farts, it ends up on the front page here? Isn't there anything else noteworthy going on in the world of tech?

I think there is! I do!

MS birds-eye view much better than G'earth

[Anonymous Coward]

I didn't like G'earth. Compared to the birdseye view you get in ms live (mappoint) it's crude and the views less close that what the birdseye gives. Not all places are birdseyed but most cities are. I can see my koi pond, for example. No way in G'earth.