

The Thematic Mapping Blog has information about geobrowsers in general and specific material about the Google Earth API with links to examples. Ogle Earth discusses the API at More early adopters of the Google Earth plugin. Google Earth in a Browser contains several examples that use the Google Earth API.įrank Taylor discusses the API in the Google Earth Blog at Google Earth Mashups on a Web Page Starting Today, Google Earth Plugin Adopted Quickly, More on Google Earth Plugin API, GE License Changes, and Google Earth API Demo Gallery. Here's the original press release by Google: Bringing the Power of Google Earth to the Browser. Information from Google on the Google Earth API Students can use the Driving Simulator to visit and learn about cultural features as well. The New KML Interactive Sampler is a tool for learning KML that was developed using the Google Earth API.ĭriving across the Brooklyn Bridge to Manhattan, using the Google Earth Plug-in Driving Simulator. In each case, they will need to replace the Google Maps key in the example with their own Google Maps key in order to offer the application from their server. Beginning with the Hello, Earth example, new developers can use these examples as templates that they can alter in order to learn and to develop their own material. Another playful example is the Monster Milktruck. The Google Earth Plug-in Driving Simulator is more complex and more fun. A simple example, designed to help new developers get started is Hello, Earth. Some examples that were developed using the Google Earth API can be found in the Google Earth API Demo Gallery. On the Macintosh, with OS X 10.4 and higher, it is available for the following browsers:Įxamples of Applications Developed with the Google Earth API On Windows, it is compatible with the following browsers:

Although the plugin runs on Windows and the Macintosh, it is not yet available for Linux.

In order to run the applications in browsers, developers and end users need to install the Google Earth plugin. The also need to write JavaScript code to implement the Google Earth API applications in the web pages. A screen capture of a portion of the Google Earth API Interactive Samples example in Sky Modeĭevelopers who create web pages with the Google Earth API need to get a Google Maps key to specify in the code for these pages.
