Monday, October 27, 2008
The Earth in the palm of your hand
Posted by Jeff in gadgets, Google, google earth, iPhone
The Mighty Goog went and did it again: Google Earth is now available for the iPhone and iPod Touch, and it is slick. Just like on the desktop version, you have full control to zoom, pan, tilt and fly around a little nicely textured globe, along with bumpy terrain and geographic web hooks into Wikipedia and Panoramio.
Also just like the desktop version, you’ll probably go back to Google Maps for any real location searches or directions assistance. As seen here, my search for In-n-Out is something less than useful.
At the end of the day, Google Earth might not be much more than a killer multitouch demo app and fun as hell – but there’s nothing wrong with that. And it’s free!
Official Google Earth iPhone announcement
Download Google Earth from the iTunes App Store