Google Earth for iPhone...wow

Chauncey Dupree

October 27, 2008

iPhone - iPod

Frankly, we don't know why we didn't see this coming. The iPhone has a pretty solid mobile 3D chip, loads of caching space, GPS and an awesome touch interface. All perfect for a mobile version of Google Earth.

The app is pretty solid but a little clunky to start up. It does include Panaramio pictures, Wikipedia entries that are geotagged and bunch of other nice stuff. We do get a pretty consistant crash when we try to move after a GPS lookup - your mileage may vary.

Get Google Earth for iPhone/iPod Touch (iTunes link)

Google Announcement

A few reviews:

GEarth Blog

C|Net

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Comments (10)

NewJorg (not verified) | October 27, 2008 - 6:26am

The initial load time is very long and the app seems to be loading a bit more data in the background than it should - the globe tends to get rather hard to rotate at times. I wish it had a higher res texture to begin with and only loaded bigger data once it's "landed" in a specific location. A great initial release, though, and I'm sure Google will use its armies to optimize the code in a later release. A definite must-have app. And of course it's free, too.

9to5Mac Noob (not verified) | October 27, 2008 - 6:41am

This so freakin' rocks. iPhones can do anything!

9to5Mac Noob (not verified) | October 27, 2008 - 6:54am

and I thought McCain's teleprompter reading was bad

Benjamin Dobson | October 27, 2008 - 7:22am

I'm just wondering how much it will eat out of your data allowance.

9to5Mac Noob (not verified) | October 27, 2008 - 7:37am

I found some pics of a new MacBook and Imac from a special mac event. It's the MacBook Wheel.

http://3-seashells.blogspot.com/2008/10/macbook-wheel-and-imac-wheel-is-...

Commodity Trading Accounts (not verified) | October 27, 2008 - 1:55pm

a good stuff for the iphone....and later, itunes for android
lol

9to5Mac Noob (not verified) | October 27, 2008 - 2:33pm