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Title: Google Earth (Release 4 - BETA)
Post by: blobrana on June 13, 2006, 11:12:16 AM

The latest version of Google Earth has been released in beta form.

The intresting thing is that it comes in a linux flavour...

http://earth.google.com/earth4.html (http://earth.google.com/earth4.html)

(13mb, in the downloads section)

BTW, the windows version is stable and worth downloading.

Title: Re: Google Earth (Release 4 - BETA)
Post by: tonyvdb on June 13, 2006, 07:31:08 PM

Googal Earth is very worth having. For anyone who has not tried it you can zoom into almost any part of the earth and see your home town or look at other places in 3D and stunning sattalite detail.
A great learning tool for kids and just plain cool for anyone.

Title: Re: Google Earth (Release 4 - BETA)
Post by: InTheSand on June 13, 2006, 08:13:55 PM

Heh! Google Earth is fantastic, unless you live in low-res New Zealand!  :bigcry:

The Microsoft equivalent (http://local.live.com/) is pretty good too, with different areas of the UK at least in as good or better resolution than Google Earth. Again, New Zealand is in low-res 320 x 256 x 16 colours!  :roll:

 - Ali

EDIT: Is the Linux version truely native or a Wine/Winelib conversion?

Title: Re: Google Earth (Release 4 - BETA)
Post by: InTheSand on June 13, 2006, 08:33:54 PM

Hi,

The Linux version works well! Runs very smoothly (on Ubuntu at least) and picked up my locale / location preferences from the OS, homing in on Nelson, NZ instead of just defaulting to the US!

The new interface is nice too.

AND... New Zealand (at least my area) is no longer in low-res, I can actually see individual houses now!!! Yippeeee!  :-D

 - Ali

Title: Re: Google Earth (Release 4 - BETA)
Post by: blobrana on June 13, 2006, 11:30:47 PM

Hum,
Its worth visiting www.googleearthhacks (http://www.googleearthhacks.com/) for weird placemarks, and 3D objects...

Title: Re: Google Earth (Release 4 - BETA)
Post by: odin on June 14, 2006, 01:06:36 AM

New Zealand is too pretty to be viewed through a computer monitor anyway =).

Title: Re: Google Earth (Release 4 - BETA)
Post by: blobrana on June 14, 2006, 01:43:21 AM

Hum,
Mount Doom...

Title: Re: Google Earth (Release 4 - BETA)
Post by: InTheSand on June 14, 2006, 02:13:37 AM

Quote

odin wrote:
New Zealand is too pretty to be viewed through a computer monitor anyway =).

Hehe! But it's warmer to view it that way! It's a bit chilly here at the moment, but that creates lots of opportunities to take nice snowy mountain pictures!

 - Ali

Title: Re: Google Earth (Release 4 - BETA)
Post by: TjLaZer on June 14, 2006, 06:06:16 AM

The Mac OS X port seems to run nicely too.  Needs a fast CPU though.

When should we expect an Amiga port? ;)