First look at Google Earth

Get this, 2nd post today! This time about the new apple on the Google-tree, namely Google Earth. Newrecruit is one of the lucky few to download a beta version of this new software. It can be used to plan a route, project that route on sattelite images and even visualise the route from a birds' perspective.

Google Earth is supposed to be released in a couple of weeks. It combines the Keyhole software Google bought last year, together with Google Local and Google Maps. The software requires an online database to work. This way, no updates have to be installed to view new areas or new images with a better resolution. At this moment, it's unsure the software and data will be available for free. Altough Google has a tradition on free information distribution, the current Keyhole software still has to be paid for.

Since the beta is not freely downloadable, I advise you to visit newrecruit for the pictures. To give you a small indication, I included another screenshot I found on the net.


The Google Earth interface