Google Earth on iPhone?

[thewizard.mac]

this is great!! i've been waiting for google earth on iphone

 

[Adamo]

I'd not thought about them putting it on before, but it's certainly nice to have it now!

 

[pyr0sphere]

That guy seemed so uncomfortable. It was like he was being held at gunpoint

 

[Patriks7]

It's time like these I wished I had an iPhone/iPod Touch

 

[Di9it8]

I hope they port Google Earth to Android soon.

Its ironic its gone to iPhone & iTouch before Android

Shame IRL its nowhere as snappy as it is in the demo

No difference in speed between iPhone and MacBookPro!!

 

[Jackou]

Crashing

I just cant keep it running for more than 44 seconds.
keeps crashing all the time. Waiting for an update of this thing, cause i'm pretty sure it will be interesting stuff.
I didnt have time to read the bunch of coments that was left already but i read two of em and one said it crashed so...
Forgive if i'm wrong, i'm just sayin!
My iPhone is a 16Gb 3G.
see ya

 

[BergerFan]

Its ironic its gone to iPhone & iTouch before Android

It just shows that Google, IMO, Don't regard iPhone as competition, more as a partner.
I'm sure they've identified their principle competition as Win-Mo, and Symbian.

 

[Hawkeye411]

Very Cool

Just tried it and it's really cool. I like the Autotilt function!!

 

[windowpain]

What an awesome app!
I'm surprised how well it runs. And you can't beat the price.

 

[Ed91]

The Google Earth content is updated sometimes very often in certain parts of the world and sometimes once in many years ( I can see a "reason" for frequent update.... e.g. some "interests" like military/ political )

Yeah, I work beside a nuclear bunker, and it always amuses me when I look at my workplace on Google Earth. There are miles of blurry lo-definition rural imagery surrounding it, then all of a sudden you see recent hi-definition imagery covering the bunker, which is otherwise in the middle of nowhere..

I wonder why that could be..

 

[eastcoastsurfer]

What the hell are you talking about?

This app is awesome! Way to go Google!

What? Apple's Maps is Google Maps... lol

I'll have some of whatever you had

Apple's Map App was written by Google for the iPhone, so there's nothing for you to worry about.

Please tell me you're joking. You really think Apple would pull something developed by Google?

It's called sarcasm. Apple's official excuse for pulling the other app was that it 'duplicated functionality found in iTunes.' Well this app also duplicates functionality already found on the iPhone, so why is it allowed and the podcaster over wifi not allowed?

 

[Arran]

Where's Mini-me?

I feel like the evil genius from a Bond movie. You know, the one who cackles "Heh, heh, heh. Nowwww I havvve the worlddd in my hands". Right before everything blows up

At any rate, it makes the "I am Rich" app look poor value

 

[davidwarren]

Yeah. I sort of doubt Apple would pull a Google app. Especially considering one of the people making that decision would be Eric Schmidt, on the board of Directors of Apple, and CEO of Google

I seriously doubt the BoD makes decisions about which apps to kill...

 

[ClassicBean]

Anybody notice that the guy in the video didn't blink once?

 

[shareef777]

I just cant keep it running for more than 44 seconds.
keeps crashing all the time. Waiting for an update of this thing, cause i'm pretty sure it will be interesting stuff.
I didnt have time to read the bunch of coments that was left already but i read two of em and one said it crashed so...
Forgive if i'm wrong, i'm just sayin!
My iPhone is a 16Gb 3G.
see ya

So did mine, until I restarted the phone. Now all is well.

 

[Di9it8]

It just shows that Google, IMO, Don't regard iPhone as competition, more as a partner.
I'm sure they've identified their principle competition as Win-Mo, and Symbian.

Also that there is a much bigger installed iPhone base as opposed to Android.

When Android was developed I would have thought that would have included Google Earth as part of the base code.

 

[G4R2]

I like this app. The standard Maps application is great but it lacks the web overlays of Google Earth, a feature I'd like to see expanded to include satellite weather like I have on the desktop client. Maps is great for directions but isn't an atlas type application that contains information about landmarks or geography.

I like what Google has done with multitouch. The implementation of a double finger tap to zoom out is useful. Autotilt is great as well. I wasn't expecting to see the map tilt when I held the phone up.

I'm looking forward to the next update already and to seeing this apps potential expanded upon.

 

[Fukui]

That guy is a zombie, and Google needs to hire a hand model.

 

[deriko100]

Weird mine sames so choppy, i tried force quitting most of my apps so that itll hog less resources but its still choppy.

 

[Cameront9]

How big is the app? Space is still a premium to me so I'd rather not download something that takes up a lot of space that is in reality a toy (at least for me)...

 

[dmelgar]

How do you get street view?

How do you get street view? I don't see a way to do it. Does Google Earth on the iPhone support it? I expected to see little icons showing my available street view pictures, but they never show up for me.

 

[jmann]

Used it yesterday and it is awesome.

 

[iParis]

This is actually pretty cool, downloaded it this morning.
I found it on accident while browsing for apps.

How big is the app? Space is still a premium to me so I'd rather not download something that takes up a lot of space that is in reality a toy (at least for me)...

8.9MBs.

 

[Kaushal]

sadly its not yet available in India itunes store

 

[Rojo]

Just noticed Earthscape is now free, since Google Earth is now out. I downloaded Earthscape during the short period it was free before, but wasn't impressed -- and it also crashed a lot. Google Earth has yet to crash on me, and seems to be a lot smoother overall...