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July 30, 2010
New weather features in Google Earth 5.2
With all of the great features in Google Earth 5.2, one that often gets overlooked is the great weather enhancements.
The radar layers have been around since late 2007, and they haven't changed a whole lot since then. In March of 2008 they expanded to more countries, giving you satellite and radar imagery for any place that you want to see.
With this latest update, they've added a bit more eye candy. If you fly beneath a rainstorm, you'll actually see rain falling in Google Earth! This requires a fairly powerful graphics card, though I don't know the specifics on that.
Turn on the radar, find a green area and watch it rain! If you're not able to see it, here's a screenshot to show you what it's like:
For more about this, you can read the full entry on the Google Lat Long Blog.
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Posted by mickmel at July 30, 2010 9:22 AM
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Posted by: demiklc at July 30, 2010 10:42 AM
This is the sort of stuff i would like to see more of. A small environmental effect that has a huge inpact on the atmosphere of the program. If they can produce a better lighting engine and improve cloud display then you have a contender for MS flight simulator (ok may a lot more work is needed for that, but it would be nice!)
Posted by: ozybolairy at July 30, 2010 1:12 PM
This is the sort of stuff i would like to see more of. A small environmental effect that has a huge inpact on the atmosphere of the program. If they can produce a better lighting engine and improve cloud display then you have a contender for MS flight simulator (ok may a lot more work is needed for that, but it would be nice!)
Posted by: ozybolairy at July 30, 2010 1:19 PM
ATI RADEON HD 5470
works perfect
Posted by: Alsay at July 30, 2010 2:25 PM
-sorry,forgot to post a comment-
anyway..you gotta admit..that is such EPICNESS =D
Posted by: joao dias at July 30, 2010 11:38 PM
oh, and do I have to download google earth again to get the new feature?...probably not but I'm still not shure if I have to
I wanna see if this works in the latest GE I have.
Posted by: joao dias at July 30, 2010 11:43 PM
Works great on my older Dell laptop - Vostro 1700! Love it!
Posted by: John Lueckenotte at July 31, 2010 1:22 AM
I can't see it. How far do i have to tilt to see it?
Posted by: abric pitt at July 31, 2010 4:20 PM
Weather watching is univeral. A great addition to Google Earth and think of all the engineering and technology involved.
Posted by: Engineering Student at July 31, 2010 5:18 PM
lol can't see, my computer is 4 years old.Its a live dead thing.Pentium 4 at least here does not work.
Posted by: henrique at July 31, 2010 7:03 PM
i cannot see it. am i doing something wrong?
Posted by: andrew at July 31, 2010 7:05 PM
Google earth is really a very helpful software and enhancements are really appreciated. Thanks for the update.
Posted by: Refurbished Computers at August 23, 2010 5:51 PM
Just amazing. Who needs tv when you have Google Earth. Really enjoyed the info about how to watch the rain. Thanks, John
Posted by: Closing Attorney at August 29, 2010 5:12 PM
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