Google Earth
If you are looking for Google Earth, you have come to the right place. We explain what Google Earth is and point you to the official download.
What is Google Earth?
Classified as a virtual globe and map information software, developed by Google and whose capabilities were later incorporated into a web-based Google service, Google Maps. It was originally called EarthView 3D and was developed by a Central Intelligence Agency outfit, Keyhole Inc., before it was acquired by Google in 2004.
Google Earth is basically a digital and interactive atlas, where it takes images from satellite imagery and superimposes on a computer-generated 3D model of Earth, plus aerial photographs and, in some cases, a street-level camera using Google Earth’s new feature Street View, which is essentially a collection of images taken by a Google ground team in certain locations (such as streets, roads, etc.). Google Earth is compatible for Windows, Mac OS, Linux, and FreeBSD; experts estimate that Google has been downloaded over a billion times from the period of 2005, its first roll-out release, to the fourth quarter of 2011 (a 6-year time span).
Google Earth users can also view the Earth in all three dimensions, using the data generated by NASA Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM), which creates a virtual 3D model of Earth’s features and cities. There is also a recent feature where users can see the Earth’s ocean floor.
Download Google Earth from the developer
File.org does not provide software hosting. We send you directly to the developer's site, to make sure you download the latest, original version of the program.
Download Google Earth (external link)
File types supported by Google Earth
Our users primarily use Google Earth to open these file types:
Some users also use Google Earth to open these file types:
About file types supported by Google Earth
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Last updated: : March 8, 2012