Google has updated its Google Earth product, a satellite-based mapping application, with a Linux version that includes language capabilities in French, Italian, German and Spanish and — perhaps of most interest to its millions of users — a huge influx of new data images. The application, which has been downloaded an astounding 100 million times, now contains quadruple the number of high-resolution aerial photographs, including images in rural areas of China and Africa.
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Google Bolsters Map App With Linux Support, Extra Images
Posted by: Erika Morphy June 13, 2006 02:25 PMGoogle has updated its Google Earth product, a satellite-based mapping application, with a Linux version that includes language capabilities in French, Italian, German and Spanish and — perhaps of most interest to its millions of users — a huge influx of new data images. The application, which has been downloaded an astounding 100 million times, now contains quadruple the number of high-resolution aerial photographs, including images in rural areas of China and Africa.