Google - (Freeware)
View 3D Earth, 3D representations of monuments, buildings, stars and satellites or just study the interactive globe with the amazing application called Google Earth.
Google Earth is a virtual globe that can be used to view the images recorded by satellite from most places in the world.
By entering the place to visit in the search, the application leads the user from space or a few meters above the ground, directly to destination. The accuracy of the photos is amazing.
Globe handling is very intuitive, being possible to orient the camera to rotate, move and naturally enlarge the image.
Additional information can be overlaid on the satellite image, such as hotels, restaurants, roads, etc.
Google Earth is entirely in 3D, relief areas (land and sea) and the buildings are also apparent.
It is possible to annotate the map, send a satellite photo by e-mail or to make measurements to the nearest centimeter. Google Earth is now linked to Google Maps with a single click and user can also vary the lighting of a place based on time.
The application offers the possibility to connect a GPS to view the route and take advantage of specific data such as elevations, speed, etc.
# Issues fixed in this release
* Google Earth Client
- We have put in a fix for the unified_cache_leveldb_leveldb2 directory filling beyond specified cache limits for some Windows users.
- We now handle SSL certificate revocation errors appropriately.
- Lighting of Diorama buildings in OGL now appears correctly.
- Balloons no longer flicker while playing tours.
- We have improved the appearance of image and polygon overlays for users running some families of Radeon GPUs.
- We have included stability improvements for users running GeForce 6xxx and 7xxx cards.
- We have included stability improvements for users running Earth for extended periods of time.
- Imagery now displays for Linux users running specific families of Intel GPUs.
* Google Earth Plugin
- Placemark and linestring quality no longer diminishes in the Plugin with browser refresh.