Google Earth in a Web Browser

Google has announced a new plug-in and API that will allow Google Earth to be run from within a browser, once the plug-in has been downloaded. Windows-only so far (but most browsers on Windows), so I can’t add to what others have said about it: Google Earth Blog, O’Reilly Radar, Google Maps Mania, Ogle Earth.

Here’s Google’s demonstration video:

This is, essentially, of interest to developers building map applications on top of the Google Maps API, who may want this as another option. Though the fact that a plug-in must be downloaded and installed will probably limit uptake.

Posted on Wednesday, May 28, 2008 at 8:11 PM
Categories: Google Earth, Hacks & Mashups

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