Google is always looking for new ways to organize and present information. One way is togeotag data. Geotagging is a way to relate information to the location of the real world. You see the geotag information on the card. While Google Maps can serve as a means of delivering information to users geotagging, Google decided to go with an alternative. Google chose the digital world and call it Google Earth.
Google acquired a company called Keyhole in 2005. Keyhole lay the foundation for Google Earth, a digital world that gives users the ability to zoom in and out of sight of a few hundred feet from the surface of the earth equal to the orbiting planet. Google Earth offers dozens of user choice, planets to see the satellite image overlay maps, terrain features full three-dimensional urban landscapes and even given.
Google Earth also allows developers to create applications for linking information to specific locations in the world. Users can choose to display the location information from news reports generally adjusted data. Google Earth enables to describe the news in new ways. For example, a news agency can illustrate a story about forest fires by plotting the damage in Google Earth.
Initially, road users can access Google Earth is to download and install applications on their own computers. This application will access the Internet for the latest information and updates, but the computer user receives the most of your applications. In 2008, Google launched a new Google Earth application is entirely web based. But since the full version of Google Earth requires a lot of computer resources for the smooth running, the version based on the Web is an effective alternative with less functionality than desktop cousins.
When Google executives said they wanted to organize the world's information, they are not kidding. And they do not stop with just the Web - they want to organize information as well. This is where the Google Desktop that come learn more about it in the next section.