Google releases Google Earth for iPhone
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MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif —
Google on Monday brought the popular Google Earth application to Apple’s iPhone, allowing users to fly around the globe with just a touch of the screen.
Google Earth for the iPhone and iPod Touch is available for free in 18 languages and 22 countries through the iTunes App Store, Google said in a posting on the official blog of the Mountain View, California-based company.
“With just a swipe of your finger you can fly from Peoria to Paris to Papua New Guinea, or anywhere in between,” the posting said.
“It may be small, but it brings all the power of Google Earth to the palm of your hand, including all of the same global imagery and 3D terrain,” it added.
Just by touching the screen, a user can move from point to point around the world, zooming in or out by pinching the screen and tilting the device to get a 3D view of mountainous terrain.
The “My Location” feature instantly shows a user’s real world location while Google Local Search helps locate nearby places, businesses and landmarks.
More than eight million photos pictures of landmarks and scenery are integrated into the phone allowing users to take a “virtual tour” of the world.
The Google Earth application also includes links to Wikipedia articles.
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2020hindsight
It also crashes a lot.
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rajakumar
Google systems of search engines is not stable and prone to systems down/crashes.
Goggle needs to improve their systems like telecomunications which never face breakdowns/crashes/systems down.
The new google tech still need much improvement to be done to beat telecomunications reliability.
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Ultradude
rajakumar - Google is not a telecommunications company, so they aren't trying to beat them.
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rajakumar
Ultradude- Google communications should better telecomunications companies to make global communications more low costs and more dynamic.
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Ultradude
rajakumar - say what? Google's services for consumers cost nothing, that is "more low costs".
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