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Article: Google Earth Plus and Pro 3.0.(Product/Service Evaluation)

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December 1, 2005
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In September 2005, Google released version 3.0 of Google Earth, Plus and Pro. Google Earth is a free Microsoft Windows client that connects to a massive Google database of elevation, imagery and vector data.

The free Google Earth client has been discussed in several previous GeoWorld articles, so this "QuickTake Review" will focus on Google Earth Plus and Pro. There are several extra-cost add-ons for Pro that also will be discussed.

All versions of Google Earth use a published specification, Keyhole Markup Language (KML), and a compressed version, KMZ, to define the data and many aspects of the user experience. Because KML is a public specification, it ...

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