Whether you want the world or just a tiny corner of it, Google
Earth gives it all to you. You can twirl the planet like a globe
and turn it every which way. Once you're done tossing the planet
like a Hacky Sack, zoom in for a better look at what interests you.
The images--none more than three years old--show every landmark and
every urban center in exquisite detail. You even can find your own
house.
In August 2007 Google added an interactive Google Sky element to
Google Earth. This update to the program allows you to switch from
Earth mode to Sky mode by selecting View>View Sky. In Google Sky
mode you to get up-close and personal with over 100 million
galaxies and 200 million stars. As Google did with Google Earth,
Google Sky is made up of stitched photographs of the heavens pieced
together to make a one giant navigable database of the
universe.
--Tom Spring
Note: If you already have Google Earth installed, you can go here
for the
update to add Google Sky. Otherwise click Download now on this
page for the complete, and latest, version of Google Earth, which
includes Google Sky.
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Google Earth
- Downloads Count: 170,683
- License Type: Free
- Price: Free
- Date Added: Jul 3, 2007
- Operating Systems: Microsoft Windows 2000, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows Vista
- Requirements: Broadband connection
- File Size: 13 MB
- Author: Google
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Reviewed by: CDavEvans
Duration of ownership: 4 Years
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Reviewed by: Exidordeliverancetn
Duration of ownership: 1 Days
Strengths: Easy to download, but it'd be nice if it worked.
Weaknesses: Doesn't work. I start the program and it tells me it has failed to launch properly, so I allow it to go online and send me to what I need to make it work. I do as directed and it still won't work. I turn off my firewall and everything that could be blocking it and still it say's it can't access its freakin source! By this time I wish I had never seen the blasted download and had chosen instead to simply smack myself in the head with a hammer. At least that would have hurt less. Thanks for the trouble shooting literature guys.
Overall Evaluation: For now, it is pathetic, but I bet if it actually worked I may like it. Till then I'll just sit here and stare at my screen and play pretend it's working. Just me and Mr Sock Puppet.
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