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Google Earth Overview
2 Google Confidential
Google’s Mission
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
MapsMaps - Hosted solution for Web based maps - API for integration into websites - Enterprise edition for with full support level agreement
Google EarthGoogle EarthConsumer and Pro versionsPro: Licensed for Agency Use- Import GPS, data in text or GIS1 formats- High resolution printing- Fastest performance- Movie making module
Google Earth EnterpriseGoogle 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 Over 30,000 WebsitesWebsites
Over 380 Over 380 Million UsersMillion Users
Largest Fused Earth Database Ever Created
Google Earth in the news
Whole Planet Access Google Earth LT Looking for theultimate map? Google Earth’spart street map, part aerialand 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
8 Google Confidential
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
• Unbeatable performance: Images load instantly
• Imagery, road names, borders, and POI are integrated in one image
Browser based technology
• Platform independent
• No software installation
• AJAX-based solution
Integrates with Web applications
• Overlay customer data, such as property inventory
• Flexible mark-up language provides complete interface redesign capability
• Published API