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Re: Cool New Google Maps Feature Lets You 'Helicopter' Preview Routes

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Post by jessedhillon » Sun, Oct 02, 2011, 3:49 AM UTC

Works for me in the SF bay area on Safari 5.1, OSX Lion. I believe you need to have the Google Earth browser plugin installed: http://www.google.com/earth/explore/products/plugin.html

That plugin is not available for Linux, sadly.

Re: Cool New Google Maps Feature Lets You 'Helicopter' Preview Routes

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Post by cpeterso » Sun, Oct 02, 2011, 3:53 AM UTC

jessedhillon wrote: post #11

Works for me in the SF bay area on Safari 5.1, OSX Lion. I believe you need to have the Google Earth browser plugin installed: http://www.google.com/earth/explore/products/plugin.html That plugin is not available for Linux, sadly.

Thanks! The Google Earth plugin was the missing piece of the puzzle.

Re: Cool New Google Maps Feature Lets You 'Helicopter' Preview Routes

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Post by pasbesoin » Sun, Oct 02, 2011, 4:48 PM UTC

What has happened to Google's LatLong blog (linked in the story)?

http://google-latlong.blogspot.com/2011/09/helicopter-view-o...

Zero visible content with NoScript enabled. I have to enable not just blogspot.com but also something from blogblog.com . That's just [explicative] annoying.

EDIT: After enabling scripts from those domains and viewing the content, when I disable scripts and refresh, the content remains visible. In case anyone tries blocking scripts and finds "it works for me".