Google Earth Overview

Google’s Mission Google Confidential Organize all the world's information and make it universally accessible and useful FIREWALL

… .Including Geospatial Info

Google’s Geospatial Mission

“ Organize information about the world—imagery, terrain, vectors and data —and make it useful and accessible.”

Google Geospatial Products

Maps

- Hosted solution for Web based maps

- API for integration into websites

- Enterprise edition for with full support

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Google Earth Consumer and Pro versions Pro: Licensed for Agency Use - Import GPS, data in text or GIS 1 formats - High resolution printing - Fastest performance - Movie making module Google Earth Enterprise - Create your own custom Earth - Integrate large geospatial datasets - Support thousands of users - Connected or disconnected systems 1 Data import module required Over 30,000 Websites Over 380 Million Users

Largest Fused Earth Database Ever Created

Google Earth in the news Whole Planet Access Google Earth LT Looking for the ultimate map? Google Earth’s part street map, part aerial and satellite photos, is available as a subscription service (with free evaluation) delivered to your PC via the Internet. In effect, the EarthViewer3D client gives you control of your own personal satellite in orbit. It instantly delivers a (not-live) satellite or aerial photo of most points you specify on the globe; enter a street address and your view zooms from a space-station perspective down to street level. We still craved more, however: You get street-level detail only for major world cities and certain hot spots (such as Kabul and Baghdad), betraying Google Earth's spy satellite heritage. CIA’s Venture Capital Fund In-Q-Tel Backs Google Earth…Google Earth Partners with NIMA…

Who’s using Google Earth today?

Real Estate

Engineering/Construction Federal Government Municipality Insurance Safeco, Progressive, Claims Resource, AIR-Worldwide

Transportation

FedEx, National Retail Systems, Metro Transportation

Thousands of customers, including:

Telecom

Nextel, Proxim, IMC, SelecTel, Neopolitan

Google Earth Enterprise

Google Earth EC software offers a variety of features for annotating, saving, measuring and sharing data

Annotate locations with Placemarks to save the name, view, associated text, and Internet or Intranet link

Share location information by saving and emailing Placemarks or image files

Measure distances, poly lines, and radiuses to understand the scale and distances of features in an area

Identify the latitude, longitude, and elevation of any point

Overlay images such as project designs into the Google Earth view

Access a custom database on a Google Earth Server or connect to Google Earth’s hosted database to access an expanded coverage area

KML: Published spec for XML-based data display

Google Earth HTML / Google Maps

Google Earth HTML and Google Maps deliver a truly integrated database composed of high resolution imagery, high quality maps, the road network, and points of interest in a Web browser