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admin
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 Posted: Mon Feb 02, 2009 5:04 pm Post subject: Google Earth 5.0 Released |
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Google Earth 5.0 Released
Monday, February 2, 2009
Posted by: Glenn
Google today announced the release of Google Earth 5.0, a new version of their popular geographic information software. According to the company, users of Google Earth 5.0 can now dive beneath the ocean's surface, explore three-dimensional images of the underwater terrain and view articles and videos about marine science. Google Earth 5.0 also introduces Historical Imagery, a feature that enables users to virtually travel back in time through archival satellite and aerial imagery, Touring, which makes it simple to create a narrated tour in Google Earth and share it with the world and Google Mars 3D, which features hi-res imagery and terrain of the red planet.
Google Earth 5.0 weighs in at 35MB and requires Mac OS X 10.4 or later.
http://www.123macmini.com/news/story/1128.html
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Weee
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I really like Google Earth, but since when did Mars officially become a part of Earth?  |
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| Posted: Mon Feb 02, 2009 7:24 pm Post subject: |
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| Weee wrote: | | I really like Google Earth, but since when did Mars officially become a part of Earth? |
I think you're talking about Google Galaxy. 
I think it would be cool if Google Earth supported multi-touch gestures like rotate. |
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zen
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I hope this version performs better. Google Earth normally brings even powerful macs to their knees.
Going to download and check it out.. |
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devo
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| Posted: Mon Feb 02, 2009 8:21 pm Post subject: |
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| zen wrote: | | I hope this version performs better. Google Earth normally brings even powerful macs to their knees. |
It's a little hard on memory, but I've never really noticed that on my Intel mini or MBP. |
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zen
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| Posted: Mon Feb 02, 2009 9:14 pm Post subject: |
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| devo wrote: | | zen wrote: | | I hope this version performs better. Google Earth normally brings even powerful macs to their knees. |
It's a little hard on memory, but I've never really noticed that on my Intel mini or MBP. |
I should have clarified that I meant when zooming in.. |
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devo
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| Posted: Mon Feb 02, 2009 10:45 pm Post subject: |
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| zen wrote: | | I should have clarified that I meant when zooming in.. |
Yeah, it also hits the CPU a little hard during zooming and moving around. It's not enough to cause issues for me though. |
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Zalez
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| Posted: Tue Feb 03, 2009 10:05 am Post subject: |
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| I also got a Google Earth update on my iPhone yesterday. Now, that's something that doesn't run very well. |
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Rightondamark
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| I have wasted hours and hours of my life with this application. |
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