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Google Earth, Now With Browser Goodness

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the nutritious-and-delicious dept.

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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  1. Not compatible with: by Andy_R · · Score: 5, Informative

    All Linux browsers
    Firefox (Macintosh)
    Safari (all platforms)
    Firefox 3 (all platforms)
    Opera (all platforms)... ... and so on

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  2. Re:Why, why, why by mmkkbb · · Score: 4, Informative

    You could theoretically embed this in a web page where one would use maps now.

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  3. Re:When does... by LiquidFire_HK · · Score: 3, Informative

    Google Mars already exists.

  4. Wine by tepples · · Score: 4, Informative

    When will Google finally release a Linux SketchUp, or at least include its main modeling features into the Web version?

    Have you tried SketchUp in Wine? If you did, and it didn't work, have you submitted problem reports to the Wine team and to Google?

  5. Fucking Blog Spam by street+struttin' · · Score: 5, Informative

    Try linking a real link instead. http://code.google.com/apis/earth/

  6. Re:Real markers by dotancohen · · Score: 3, Informative

    ... that lets you interact with the globe, draw markers, add layers or integrate with Google Maps ...


    Aww crap! I thought they meant real markers! ...


    Anyone know how to get sharpie out of LCD?

    Despite what the manual says, paint thinner cleans LCD monitors just fine. Make sure you put the thinner on the rag, not directly on the screen. Added advantage: the fucking glossy laptop screen is not so glossy anymore. It actually came out more uniform than I would have though had I known beforehand that it would be less glossy.
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  7. Re:Web or Linux 3D SketchUp? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Informative

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=allOsEHARo8

    Blender isn't any good, you say?