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I have been using the Google Sky version of the API for many years now at my star finder astronomy site (eg. http://www.starsfree.com/view/91.025/-24.3/M8 ). I don't know of an alternative. There is a Moon version and a Mars version, too. I don't know if the images for Sky, Moon and Mars are available to create an alternative, but if they were, I would be up to cobbling together a program to replace these.
Context from the Google Maps API G+ page: "FYI that we’ve just announced deprecation of the Google Earth API due to Chrome and Firefox removing support for NPAPI plugins for security reasons. Per our deprecation policy, the API will continue to be supported and function for one year. " https://plus.google.com/+GoogleMapsAPI/posts/6TA4QGkDW48 A shame, but hopefully we can get Google Earth-like functionality in the Goo…
Context from the Google Maps API G+ page: "FYI that we’ve just announced deprecation of the Google Earth API due to Chrome and Firefox removing support for NPAPI plugins for security reasons. Per our deprecation policy, the API will continue to be supported and function for one year. " https://plus.google.com/+GoogleMapsAPI/posts/6TA4QGkDW48 A shame, but hopefully we can get Google Earth-like functionality in the Goo…
Zooming all the way out on maps.google.com does get you a planet view. It might be interesting to see how layers apply at that zoom level.
https://www.google.com/maps/@42.8143794,-140.0068556,4793697...
Context from the Google Maps API G+ page: "FYI that we’ve just announced deprecation of the Google Earth API due to Chrome and Firefox removing support for NPAPI plugins for security reasons. Per our deprecation policy, the API will continue to be supported and function for one year. " https://plus.google.com/+GoogleMapsAPI/posts/6TA4QGkDW48 A shame, but hopefully we can get Google Earth-like functionality in the Goo…
Zooming all the way out on maps.google.com does get you a planet view. It might be interesting to see how layers apply at that zoom level.
here's an example: http://wesawit.com/globe/