

In addition to releasing an updated Keyhole based client, Google also added the imagery from the Earth database to their web-based mapping software, Google Maps.

It was also made available for mobile viewers on the iPhone OS on October 28, 2008, as a free download from the App Store, and is available to Android users as a free app in the Google Play store. Google Earth is also available as a browser plugin which was released on May 28, 2008.

The product, re-released as Google Earth in 2005, is available for use on personal computers running Windows 2000 and above, Mac OS X 10.3.9 and above, Linux kernel: 2.6 or later (released on June 12, 2006), and FreeBSD. The third original option, Google Earth Plus, has been discontinued. It was originally available with three different licenses, but has since been reduced to just two: Google Earth (a free version with limited function) and Google Earth Pro, which is now free (it previously cost $399 a year) and is intended for commercial use. It maps the Earth by the superimposition of images obtained from satellite imagery, aerial photography and geographic information system (GIS) onto a 3D globe. Hold the right mouse button and drag left and right to rotate your view.Google Earth is a virtual globe, map and geographical information program that was originally called EarthViewer 3D created by Keyhole, Inc, a Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) funded company acquired by Google in 2004 (see In-Q-Tel).Hold the right mouse button down and drag up and down to zoom (or use the mouse scroll wheel).Hold the left mouse button down and drag to change your position.Use the SHIFT key + the up and down arrow keys to move you forward or backwards.Use the SHIFT key + the left and right arrow keys to rotate your view.Use the arrow keys to move your position around.Use zoom slider to zoom in or out (+ to zoom in, - to zoom out) or click the icons at the end of the slider. Click an arrow to move in that direction.Ĥ. Use the Move joystick to move your position from one place to another. Click an arrow to look in that direction or continue to press down on the mouse button to change your view.ģ. Use the Look joystick to look around from a single vantage point, as if you were turning your head. Click and drag the ring to rotate your view.Ģ.

Click on the north-up button to reset the view so that north is at the top of the screen.
