Google Earth, Now With Browser Goodness

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Friday May 30, 2008 @06:44AM 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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Why, why, why by sakdoctor · 2008-05-30 06:50 · Score: 5, Insightful

So now it can run substantially on a (huge) plug-in inside my browser. How is this different or more convenient just because the window is wrapped in the browser.

Seems everything must run inside the browser these days. When can I get windows vista for firefox?