Google Earth Redesigned

Looks like the Google Earth Flight Simulator[0] didn't make the cut. Many features are missing from the original desktop app and it's not immediately clear what this offers over using "Earth" within Google Maps. The "auto-rotate around the landmark" feature is also a pain for people who are used to maps being north-facing by default.

[0] https://googlesystem.blogspot.co.uk/2007/08/google-earth-eas...

Re: Google Earth Redesigned

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Post by discordianfish » Tue, Apr 18, 2017, 10:30 AM UTC

Doesn't do anything on my ubuntu / chromium system.

Re: Google Earth Redesigned

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Post by espes » Tue, Apr 18, 2017, 10:31 AM UTC

asymmetric wrote: post #3

Why the hard requirement on Google Chrome?

Because it uses PNaCl

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Post by IBM » Tue, Apr 18, 2017, 10:32 AM UTC

How great would it be if they did the same thing for Google Finance as well? It hasn't been touched in years.

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Post by SilverSlash » Tue, Apr 18, 2017, 10:32 AM UTC

Oh man this is amazing! It's fast too. I can only imagine this getting better still with more research in deep learning.

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Post by therealmarv » Tue, Apr 18, 2017, 10:35 AM UTC

SilverSlash wrote: post #9

Oh man this is amazing! It's fast too. I can only imagine this getting better still with more research in deep learning.

In my opinion it is not that fast on initial loading on a 3Mbit/s line... I had the feeling that native Google Earth was faster (but maybe only because of caching).