Satellite Maps: The World on Your Desktop.

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      UNITED States
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      GOOGLE Inc. GOOG
    • Abstract:
      This article reports on the launch of two desktop applications that combine satellite images with local information. Google Earth is a Windows desktop application that links Google Local search data with satellite images from Keyhole, a company Google acquired in 2004. The application provides medium-resolution images of the entire globe and high-resolution images for most of the U.S. and other areas of North America, Asia, and Europe. Virtual Earth works in any browser, and shortly should offer 45-degree-angle views of locations courtesy of Pictometry.