New imagery for Google Earth Pro
Posted:
Tuesday, August 3, 2010
We're pleased to announce the release of new imagery data across the globe within Google Earth Pro.
International coverage is a key feature in this release, including parts of Mexico, Argentina, South Africa, India, and China, to name a few. See the crowds gathering for an soccer match in Johannesburg, or marvel at the rapidly-changing Shanghai skyline.
The United States imagery updates feature key urban sites, such as Boston, San Francisco, El Paso, Des Moines, and Portland, Maine. With the release of exclusive data layers in Google Earth Pro 5.2, professionals can leverage the new imagery with exclusive access to parcel outlines, traffic counts, and demographic data.
Blue car icons offer users historical traffic counts for thousands of locations across the United States, dating back to the 1960’s in some locations. Civil engineers in El Paso can leverage the new imagery in addition to analyze traffic counts to determine the best location for a new stop sign.
Parcel data is also available for most urban areas. With the new imagery, a realtor in, say, San Francisco can use parcel data to spec out a property site, determine parcel zoning, market value and parcel number.
The new imagery and exclusive data layers make Google Earth Pro the right choice for industry professionals looking to leverage state-of-the-art imagery with compelling data analysis.
To learn more about the new Google Earth data layers, check out this Google Lat Long blog post.
Posted by Coleman Rusnock, Google Earth Pro team
People told this would happen: hook people with the free version, and then offer more and more features exclusive to the paid version. Disappointing.
ReplyDeleteI don't think that's disappointing. That's how the world tuns. How else do you imagine Google survive?
ReplyDeleteHow else do you imagine any business survives? You offer the carrot, then you charge them if they want to eat it. Welcome to planet Earth, that's how shizzle works here.
I don't want to sound demeaning, but if you want everything for free, perhaps you could quit your job and do volunteer work instead. That's free for everyone.