It's pretty darn cool. Calling the UI unusable is a bit harsh IMO - it works just fine for me. Shame about the patchiness of the high res data but I suspect that that'll get chang…

no longer works to d/l at macupdate where can I get this?

Quote: Originally Posted by iamnotmad no longer works to d/l at macupdate where can I get this? Umm, might want to scroll up a bit right now...

oh boy - embarrassing. Dunno how I missed it. Thanks.

Quote: Originally Posted by tikki Apparently Google doesn't hire UI engineers. This thing is unusable. I guess that would be due to the "Beta" part. I think Google in many…

Quote: Originally Posted by new newton For those of you that say it's a bad UI, you're not thinking in terms of manipulating a 3d world where you pan, tilt, rotate, and zoom. Ha…

edit: ugh! never mind, I must be blind!

Well "having worked in the industry" as you have you should realize that it's full of elite people who know the field very well. 3D technology is NOT user friendly in any way. It's…

You're confusing 3d-design tools with navigating a digital globe. Those are very different tasks.

Well, it sure is nice, and I hope it gets better, but there are at least two MAJOR bugs on a Mac Mini using dialup First one, it will cause the Mac Mini Dialup Panic, which usuall…

London is very high res now including all suburbs, but whats that giant black thing floating over Hemel Hempstead?

Quote: Originally Posted by moonmonkey London is very high res now including all suburbs, but whats that giant black thing floating over Hemel Hempstead? I'm getting Hemel …

Barney ntd it is time you took a look at the news

Bit slow this morning! Barney

Google Earth OS X: meet the Ugly Stick.

Quote: Originally Posted by moonmonkey London is very high res now including all suburbs, but whats that giant black thing floating over Hemel Hempstead? It's likely to be …

Quote: Originally Posted by PureDigital Well, it sure is nice, and I hope it gets better, but there are at least two MAJOR bugs on a Mac Mini using dialup Without broadband…

Regarding navigating in the app, couldn't you just implement fps style wasd movement with mouse aim? That seems pretty intuitive to me. (I remember playing a mod of Quake 3 that en…

Quote: Originally Posted by new newton It's likely to be the shadow of a cloud. Most of the detail photography is done by aircraft. Humor based on current events just isn't …

It'd be more humorous if the photos were real-time, and there weren't large shadows in many of the photos.

Given that this is a beta, I'd say it's impressive. I only get some slight stuttering on my dual 2.0 G5 (weak GPU, though -- 5900). Compared to the PC version, which is final, th…

Ok, very impressed for a beta I've used it for 4 days now. I've run it on a tiPB 400 and a original Cube 450. It runs in both if you shortcut the first window that appears. If it …

The power of edutainment!

Quote: Originally Posted by cenutrio A heck of a good start. Extremely fun piece of software to play with. Indeed. Now where has that week-end of mine disappeared to?

Hey guys, i'm trying to buy a video IPOD and wondering if any1 had a promo code that I could have. I already know about the student discount, but a promo code would help also. TH…