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December 5, 2008
Google Earth Plugin Roundup
Now that the Google Earth plugin is available for the Mac as well as Windows I thought it would be time to make it easier to find plugin related stories at GEB. So, there is now a GE Plugin category for posts on that topic. To help highlight some of the best GE Plugin stories, here is a short roundup of some of the best (in chronological order):
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Announcement of Google Earth Plugin - I attended the Google I/O conference last May and was there when Michael Jones announced the new plugin.
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Monster Milk Truck - The first game made for Google Earth Plugin with a 3D truck you can drive around.
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First wave of plugins - Here are some of the first plugins done by non-Google developers.
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Bouncing Earth - James Stafford makes a controllable animation with the plugin.
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Embedding GE Plugin - Several tools to allow you to embed the GE plugin in a web page without programming.
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3D Driving Directions - A cool way to show driving directions by driving there with the plugin.
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Real-Time Satellites - See 13,000 satellites around the Earth tracked in real-time. Includes a link to a plugin version available here at GEB.
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EarthAtlas - An application which provides access to a broad range of the features of the plugin - making it closer to the real GE application.
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3D Building Tour - A cool way of doing architecture walkthrough using the plugin.
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Paragliding simulator - Just like you would expect. Someone created a simulator which uses the plugin to let you fly like you were in a paraglider.
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Frank Gehry Tour - A cool 3D tour of 3D buildings by a famous architect at EarthSwoop which is a plugin-based site which lets you create and view tours for Google Earth viewing.
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Famous Tourist Sites - Another cool tour available at EarthSwoop.
Posted by FrankTaylor at December 5, 2008 9:00 AM
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Posted by: Tim Orris at December 16, 2008 3:48 PM
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I am sure it is available somewhere but I am looking for a date the image I am looking at was photographed. Several times I have identified possible business locations, only to arrive to find a mall was built on site five years ago, or there is now a water retension pond on the site.