{"id":1467,"date":"2010-12-01T14:11:23","date_gmt":"2010-12-01T14:11:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thomasjpitts.co.uk\/wp\/?p=1467"},"modified":"2010-12-01T14:11:23","modified_gmt":"2010-12-01T14:11:23","slug":"google-earth-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thomasjpitts.co.uk\/wordpress\/2010\/12\/01\/google-earth-6\/","title":{"rendered":"Google Earth 6"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Google\" rel=\"homepage\" href=\"http:\/\/google.com\">Google<\/a> has just unveiled Google <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Google Earth\" rel=\"homepage\" href=\"http:\/\/earth.google.com\/\">Earth<\/a> 6.0 beta, and it has some\u00a0great new features in it! The three main features they&#8217;ve added are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Tighter integration with Street View<\/li>\n<li>3D Trees<\/li>\n<li>Updated historical imagery system<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>New Street View is now similar to Google Maps &#8211; simply grabbing the <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Google Street View\" rel=\"homepage\" href=\"http:\/\/maps.google.com\/\">Pegman<\/a> from alongside of your navigation controls and roads will highlight blue where Street View imagery is available. Drop him on a road you&#8217;ll fly right down to Street View level.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, the controls have tightened up, you can toggle between Street View and standard mode very easily. It&#8217;s smooth and it works well. Here&#8217;s a short video that shows the new Street View feature in action:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><object width=\"512\" height=\"312\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/p5cCccXPsvE&#038;rel=0&#038;hl=en_US&#038;feature=player_embedded&#038;version=3\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><param name=\"allowScriptAccess\" value=\"always\"><\/param><\/object><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Google Earth\" rel=\"homepage\" href=\"http:\/\/earth.google.com\/\">Google Earth<\/a> 6 now includes over 80,000,000 3D trees in a variety of cities including <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"San Francisco\" rel=\"geolocation\" href=\"http:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?ll=37.7793,-122.4192&amp;spn=0.1,0.1&amp;q=37.7793,-122.4192 (San%20Francisco)&amp;t=h\">San Francisco<\/a>, <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Chicago\" rel=\"geolocation\" href=\"http:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?ll=41.8369444444,-87.6844444444&amp;spn=0.1,0.1&amp;q=41.8369444444,-87.6844444444 (Chicago)&amp;t=h\">Chicago<\/a>, <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"New York City\" rel=\"geolocation\" href=\"http:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?ll=40.7166666667,-74.0&amp;spn=0.1,0.1&amp;q=40.7166666667,-74.0 (New%20York%20City)&amp;t=h\">New York<\/a>, Athens, <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Tokyo\" rel=\"geolocation\" href=\"http:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?ll=35.7005555556,139.715&amp;spn=0.1,0.1&amp;q=35.7005555556,139.715 (Tokyo)&amp;t=h\">Tokyo<\/a> and <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Berlin\" rel=\"geolocation\" href=\"http:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?ll=52.5005555556,13.3988888889&amp;spn=1.0,1.0&amp;q=52.5005555556,13.3988888889 (Berlin)&amp;t=h\">Berlin<\/a>. In addition, they&#8217;ve build out some full forests in parts of Africa and Mexico.<\/p>\n<p>For more on the new 3D trees, check out this short video:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><object width=\"512\" height=\"312\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/L6lZzY4wagA&#038;rel=0&#038;hl=en_US&#038;feature=player_embedded&#038;version=3\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><param name=\"allowScriptAccess\" value=\"always\"><\/param><\/object><\/p>\n<p>The update to the historical imagery is a fairly minor change, but should get help make people much more aware of they imagery that&#8217;s available. Google has found that users are often unaware of the excellent historical imagery that is available, and this update should help remedy that issue.<\/p>\n<p>When browsing a location, Google Earth will continue to show the imagery date in the lower-left corner, which is a great feature. Now, if historical imagery is available in your current view you&#8217;ll see a small icon appear that shows the date of the oldest available imagery.\u00a0Here is a video that shows more about this new feature:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><object width=\"512\" height=\"312\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/vwHGG1dgujc&#038;rel=0&#038;hl=en_US&#038;feature=player_embedded&#038;version=3\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><param name=\"allowScriptAccess\" value=\"always\"><\/param><\/object><\/p>\n<p>Download Google Earth 6 at <a title=\"Google Earth 6\" href=\"http:\/\/earth.google.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">earth.google.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related articles<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul class=\"zemanta-article-ul\">\n<li class=\"zemanta-article-ul-li\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.readwriteweb.com\/archives\/google_earth_6_improves_street_view_historical_ima.php\">Google Earth 6 Improves Street View, Historical Imagery, and Adds (Millions of) 3D Trees<\/a> (readwriteweb.com)<\/li>\n<li class=\"zemanta-article-ul-li\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.macworld.com\/article\/156071\/2010\/11\/googleearth6.html?lsrc=rss_main\">Google Earth 6 adds new street view, 3D trees<\/a> (macworld.com)<\/li>\n<li class=\"zemanta-article-ul-li\"><a href=\"http:\/\/onsoftware.en.softonic.com\/?p=13286\">Google Earth 6 launches, now with Street View<\/a> (onsoftware.en.softonic.com)<\/li>\n<li class=\"zemanta-article-ul-li\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/2010\/11\/29\/google-earth-6\/\">Google Earth 6: Here&#8217;s What&#8217;s New<\/a> (mashable.com)<\/li>\n<li class=\"zemanta-article-ul-li\"><a href=\"http:\/\/latimesblogs.latimes.com\/technology\/2010\/11\/google-earth-6-gets-3d-trees-integrated-street-view-historic-photos.html\">Google Earth 6 adds 3-D trees, integrated Street View, to the mapping application<\/a> (latimesblogs.latimes.com)<\/li>\n<li class=\"zemanta-article-ul-li\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.informationweek.com\/news\/smb\/hardware_software\/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=228500011&amp;cid=RSSfeed_IWK_ALL\">Google Earth 6 Debuts<\/a> (informationweek.com)<\/li>\n<li class=\"zemanta-article-ul-li\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.seroundtable.com\/archives\/023334.html\">Google Earth 6 Adds Street Views &amp; Trees<\/a> (seroundtable.com)<\/li>\n<li class=\"zemanta-article-ul-li\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mt-soft.com.ar\/2010\/11\/29\/google-earth-6-better-street-view-and-3d-trees\/\">Google Earth 6: Better Street View and 3D Trees<\/a> (mt-soft.com.ar)<\/li>\n<li class=\"zemanta-article-ul-li\"><a href=\"http:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2010\/11\/29\/google-earth-6\/\">Google Earth 6 Brings Integrated Street View And 3D Trees. 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