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From the Google Blog:
Yeah, I'll bet you have. (Not from me--I figured that bugging them about it would be poor form, considering it's (a) free and (b) not something I actually have any real use for--but I have spoken with some heat to my screen when I've seen the phrase "...but we're working on it" for the forty-leventh time.)
Anyway, Google Earth is now available for both Mac and Windows.
And damn it's fun to play with. Woohoo! The major difference between this and the "Earth" program described in Neal Stephenson's Snow Crash is the lack of real-time updates...but taking the privacy problems aside, well, it's free.
"We're happy to finally have some good news for the, ahem, vocal Mac enthusiasts we've been hearing from. Let's just say that we have gotten more than a few "requests" for a Mac version of Google Earth."
Yeah, I'll bet you have. (Not from me--I figured that bugging them about it would be poor form, considering it's (a) free and (b) not something I actually have any real use for--but I have spoken with some heat to my screen when I've seen the phrase "...but we're working on it" for the forty-leventh time.)
Anyway, Google Earth is now available for both Mac and Windows.
And damn it's fun to play with. Woohoo! The major difference between this and the "Earth" program described in Neal Stephenson's Snow Crash is the lack of real-time updates...but taking the privacy problems aside, well, it's free.
