Google Earth on iPhone?

[crisss1205]

I'm pretty sure these satellite photos are a few years old, since my neighbors cars and my cars have changed, (my old cars are in two different street views and the license plates on both are visible; scary). Nice images on my iPhone and I was a bit dizzy when I tilted my iPhone and the terrain moved with me...

If you download Google Earth for Mac OS X or Windows it tells you when the pictures were taken. (Bottom right corner)

 

[MHerstand]

That guy looks freaky in the video. If you watch his eyes throughout, he just looks like a creeper. I understand that he had a large part in Google Earth's development, but you'd think they'd get someone a little more polished (or prep him a little better for "video conversation ads").

 

[crisss1205]

and what about software for navigation ? Sorry what sense does it make so see my location in the whole world but I am not able to navigate from a to b without having an active internet connection for google maps.

I need something to download for the navigation and not a **** what shows me where I am on the planet......wtf !

Without an internet connection this app wont work so it doesn't matter if you use the built in Maps App or the Google Earth App. It wont work without an internet connection.

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?

It doesn't entirely copy Google Maps because in google maps you cant see terrain and other layers like Wikipeida.

 

[Clete2]

Wow, 5 minutes in that killed my phone.... and the downloading it over Edge. That too .

 

[Eso]

I think it says a lot about Google. They could have held back the iPhone release so the android phone had a feature unavailable on the iPhone. Way to go Google for being a good company.

I don't find that it says much of anything at all. Android is open source meaning they don't get any money for it. Furthermore, they don't make the handset that runs it.

 

[Keyhole]

I wish it had the ruler function...but very cool overall

 

[AdamInKent]

A catch?

Hi all.

Be sure to check out the terms of use. It seems that you give Google rights to access all of your data: including voice! I'm not sure what they would be able to gain access to within the iPhone, but it might be that they not being as altruistic as they at first seem.

Adam

 

[severe]

I'm pretty sure these satellite photos are a few years old, since my neighbors cars and my cars have changed, (my old cars are in two different street views and the license plates on both are visible; scary). Nice images on my iPhone and I was a bit dizzy when I tilted my iPhone and the terrain moved with me...

If you download Google Earth for Mac OS X or Windows it tells you when the pictures were taken. (Bottom right corner)

In addition, the photos are a bit like a mosaic of different times. The photo of the part of the city that you live in will often be of a an entire different time than a photo from a mile away. A large city could be tens of photos from different days.

All the information is available on the Google Earth page.

 

[lazyrighteye]

This works really well.
Although it is rather wasted on a small screen.

Speaking of: I have the cable that connects iPhone to a TV for movie viewing. Neat.
Is there any way to connect iPhone to TV and it sees everything on the iPhone screen (like they do for Keynotes) like Mail, Calculator, etc.
I'd heart that option.
A lot.

 

[iPegboy]

in the video it looks like the roads are on the program with yellow lines. but i don't see them, or can't seem to turn them on. am i missing something simple here?

 

[Whistleway]

This is simply the best app for iphone

period. Great job Google. Sure is amazing to have the world in the pocket.

 

[Artofilm]

for all of the iPod touch folks. I'm assuming you need the internet to look at the maps?

It would be nice to have an app that would self-contain all of the maps in the program itself, rather than having to fetch them off of the internet. Especially since there is times where you can get lost on the road, and there isn't any internet either!

 

[TonyHoyle]

So far it's OK but I prefer google maps... this is much slower - seems to take an age just to load the same data. There are also no road overlays making it difficult to locate your position. The terrain option appears nonfunctional (I live on a hill, and it shows as a completely flat area, as does the entire surrounding region - a collection of hills and valleys).

The zooming in and out is quite cool.. but not quite enough the win me over.

 

[sgntscrawn]

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

Hehe, yeah, where's David Duchovny when you need him?

for all of the iPod touch folks. I'm assuming you need the internet to look at the maps?

It would be nice to have an app that would self-contain all of the maps in the program itself, rather than having to fetch them off of the internet. Especially since there is times where you can get lost on the road, and there isn't any internet either!

I'm sure that'd be nice, except that the Google Earth app probably already takes up a fair amount of space, let alone what all those images would take... good luck actually using it to listen to music - there'd be no space left!

 

[vandy1997]

That would make a lot of sense wouldn't it? But since we're talking about the iPhone, which is missing so many features, that one is one of them as well. It will play music, photos, and video, I believe. But it will not transmit the image for a game that you are playing on the phone. The controls are limited as well. It's really a shame.

Speaking of: I have the cable that connects iPhone to a TV for movie viewing. Neat.
Is there any way to connect iPhone to TV and it sees everything on the iPhone screen (like they do for Keynotes) like Mail, Calculator, etc.
I'd heart that option.
A lot.

 

[sgntscrawn]

That would make a lot of sense wouldn't it? But since we're talking about the iPhone, which is missing so many features, that one is one of them as well. It will play music, photos, and video, I believe. But it will not transmit the image for a game that you are playing on the phone. The controls are limited as well. It's really a shame.

And considering that practically every single digital camera has that feature, it can't exactly be that hard.

 

[razorianfly]

Although it's an excellent port, it needs one hell of a patch, and quick. I was browsing the globe for roughly 20-30 minutes,
and in that time it compeltely crashed out to the home-screen at least 8 times.

R-Fly

 

[kjs862]

I've installed this onto my iphone today, it works nice and all, but I don't think I'm going to use it and think I'm going to delete it from my phone. It doesn't offer anything different from the google maps application.

 

[mrcharlie91]

No point..

I don't see wasting space with this "constantly crash" app on my iPhone.

No point to install besides maps app. Also, quality seems little undone.

Good try though. Give us street view first.

 

[severe]

I can see why one would not want to take the space up on their iPhone, but Google Maps and Earth are very different.

For one, it's topographic, more global, and feature rich. (ok.. that's actually three.)

In most cases, these features are not needed. It's almost novelty. However, to say there's not much different than Maps is ridiculous.

 

[kramden88]

I love Google Earth but it's really buggy. I've tried to run it a dozen times and it's crashed within seconds so I've given up. I'm not sure the iPhone processor will be able to handle such an app. It probably can but they just need to work out the kinks. Here's hoping for a quick update.

 

[pgflmac]

Great Earth = Outdated Imagery

Google map images are very, very old in many cases. Here in Florida many of the images are prior to the 2004 hurricane season and the data is useless - many, many buildings and other structures are gone. Google Earth is not the only app that suffers from ancient images. GPS Kit is another one. Meanwhile apps that use Microsoft Live Data images is much more current.

 

[equlizer]

Hi all.

Be sure to check out the terms of use. It seems that you give Google rights to access all of your data: including voice! I'm not sure what they would be able to gain access to within the iPhone, but it might be that they not being as altruistic as they at first seem.

Adam

I also read this and sounds kind of scary that they can use all the information in your phone and its not googles fault or responsibility due to 3rd party blah blah. I un-installed it right away. I might as well say "hey, install cameras in my house and keep an eye on me just in case"

 

[severe]

Meanwhile apps that use Microsoft Live Data images is much more current.

Microwho?

Never heard of 'em.

 

[XxHOVESKOxX]

very nice app........... i just download it