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January 16, 2006
Google Earth Plus - Faster Network Access
When Google Earth for Windows went out of beta last Tuesday, a new item was added to the features list of Google Earth Plus (GE+): Enhanced network access. That's right, if you buy the Google Earth Plus version ($20 per year subscription) you not only get the ability to draw paths and polygons, GPS integration support, greater printer resolution, and data import capability. But, also you get faster network access. Apparently this feature already existed for some months, but just wasn't documented. So, if you already have GE+, you have already been getting faster access.
According to the Google Earth development team, the feature enhances the download speed of the databases compared to the free version of GE. Here's a comment from one of the team members at the Google Earth Community: "Upgrading to Plus should improve network performance at least a little and in some cases a large amount (especially if you have a long latency to our servers). "
So, if you've been thinking about getting GE+, here's another reason to consider it. Those of you who are real addicts (like me) might want to give it some thought. :-) Anyway, if you want GE+, just select "Upgrade to Plus" in the Help Menu of Google Earth.
Posted by FrankTaylor at January 16, 2006 07:20 AM
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Posted by: Rob Shaw at February 15, 2006 10:49 AM
I have purchased GE+ a couple of weeks ago and still cannot figure out how to get on it. I have my fee paid and have a license key. I do not know where to ge to get some help. can you please help me???
Thank you
Ed Clark
Posted by: ed clark at October 23, 2007 05:12 PM
help me, how to buy google earth plus in indonesia please !!!
Posted by: arwin at April 22, 2008 10:28 PM
For the record the network access is not any quicker. The text is meaningless, and you'll find no where in the internet where it is explained/validated/etc. It is false advertising. What exactly that phrase is supposed to mean is one of the most often asked questions about the software.
Posted by: Chris Miner at August 16, 2008 01:54 PM
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Do you know if anyone has tried to quantify (benchmark) the speed difference? I'm considering the upgrade but some benchmarks would really help me decide.