Google Earth zooms in on Europe

Google Earth zooms in
Google unveiled yesterday a new version of its Google Earth application, which features greater coverage and higher resolution, even showing people walking in some locations - detail you get with aerial photography and not usually satellites. The downloadable Google Earth 4.0 runs on PCs, Macs and Linux-based machines and is available in localised versions in French, Italian, German and Spanish, according to Michael Jones, chief technology officer of Google Earth. Jones, speaking at Google Geo Developer Day, said the improvements will eventually show up in the web-based Google Maps site. Developers can use Google’s SketchUp 3D modeling software to make the images as lifelike as possible, such as adding texture to buildings. Users can also overlay different data on top of the same view. In a product demonstration, Jones showed a 3D view of San Francisco from 2005, and with a click, showed the same view of San Francisco in the 1940s. (CNET News, June 13, 2006)

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