Explore the World with Google Earth
Google Earth offers an immersive experience that allows users to navigate the globe, view high-quality satellite imagery, and explore a variety of terrains and 3D formations. From the vast expanses of outer space to the intricate details of underwater canyons, this powerful tool makes geography accessible and engaging. Users can save their favorite locations and share their findings with others, making exploration a collaborative experience.
Key Features of Google Earth
Google Earth is equipped with several innovative features that enhance the user experience:
- Precision Measurement Tools: Assess areas like parking lots and land development projects through polygon measures, and gauge impact zones using circle measures.
- High-Resolution Printing: Capture stunning visuals with print capabilities up to 4800 x 3200 pixels.
- Pro Data Layers: Access exclusive demographics, parcel information, and traffic data to enrich your geographical insights.
- Spreadsheet Import: Efficiently upload up to 2, 500 addresses simultaneously, facilitating the bulk creation of placemarks and styling templates.
- GIS Data Visualization: Easily import and visualize ESRI shapefiles (.shp) and MapInfo files (.tab).
- Movie-Maker: Produce high-definition videos, including Windows Media and QuickTime, with resolutions up to 1920 x 1080.
Enhanced Functionality with Google Earth Pro
For those seeking a more robust toolkit, Google Earth Pro incorporates additional functionalities aimed at business and professional users:
- Utilize measurement tools to calculate distances and areas efficiently.
- Employ the Movie Maker feature to enhance visual presentations.
- Print crisp, high-resolution images suitable for professional reports.
- Import extensive vector files for efficient GIS mapping.
- Easily map addresses with the integrated Spreadsheet Importer.
Latest Enhancements in Google Earth Pro 7.3.6
The recent update to Google Earth Pro introduces several enhancements aimed at improving user interaction and output quality:
Improvements to the Movie Maker Tool
- Faster video processing with hardware-accelerated encoding.
- Support for HEVC (H.265) codec for improved video quality.
- Comprehensive navigation controls, including access to Historical Imagery and Street View during live recordings.
- Enhanced responsiveness throughout the live recording process.
- Ability to delay video encoding until after live recording concludes.
- Less intrusive recording status indicators during live sessions.
- Accurate representation of user actions during recordings.
- Option to save video frames in the QOI image format.
Other Notable Changes
- Split Multi Geometry placemarks into individual entities.
- Merge selected placemarks into a single Multi Geometry mark.
- Support for importing GeoJSON files.
- Enhanced printing tool quality for better output.
- Adjusted sizing of the Google Earth logo across various displays and printouts.
- Improved high-DPI display support on Windows.
- Resolved visibility issues with dialog tabs on macOS 11 and above.
- Refinements to My Places and Layers panels on macOS.
- Extended support for KML Schema data with the regionate tool.
- Consistent KML file saving without session changes.
- Corrected CSV file imports containing quotation marks.
- Options to edit KML LinearRing line styles.
- Minor bug fixes for overall stability improvements.
Enhanced Image Saving Capabilities
- Increased maximum image size for saving.
- Support for saving in PNG format.
Download Links
To get started with Google Earth Pro, you can download the latest version using the links below:
- Google Earth Pro (64-bit) | 67.1 MB (Freeware)
- Google Earth Pro (32-bit) | 59.0 MB
- Google Earth Pro for Mac | 81.3 MB
For more resources, visit the Google Earth Website or check the Release Notes.
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