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Google rolls out its Earth API and a corresponding plug-in to let programmers leverage the Geoweb application in new apps.
Never thought I'd see the day when all of Google Earth 3D data is available for use in your applications, as standard glTF files! (subject to Google Maps's API usage constraints).
The Thematic Mapping Api was designed to make it much easier to get started with using the Google Earth plugin for displaying statistics. Earth Atlas 3D demonstrates its use, and has some ...
Europe has a significant amount of 3D imagery, so what we see in the Google Maps API generated map may be quite different from what can be seen on the standard Google Maps website or in Google Earth.
Google is keeping the string of Maps launches going -- it's just rolling out very, very detailed 3D maps for technology like Google Earth, using a "new process" to get extra depth. In some areas ...
To see 3D imagery in Google Maps, you’ll need the Google Earth plugin which anyone can now use; it’s been available to developers since 2008. There’s also a new “Earth” tab on Google ...
Vinay Goel, a product director for the Google Maps for Business team, boasted in a blog post on Wednesday that the fusion of Maps and Earth, supported by the Google Cloud Platform, means companies ...
“Google Earth utilizes broadband streaming technology and 3D graphics, much like a videogame, enabling users to interactively explore the world– either their own neighborhood or the far ...
Google Inc. is looking to expand the reach of Google Earth with a new browser plug-in and application programming interface (API) released today that allow developers to infuse 3-D geographic ...
However, Globe Mode is available only on desktop at the moment, although it works on any browser, thanks to the WebGL API, which renders “interactive 2D and 3D graphics within any compatible web ...
Covering 40% of the world’s population, 400 cities and metro areas received new high-resolution 3D imagery in both Maps and Earth. Meanwhile, the I’m Feeling Lucky feature added to Earth last ...