Google Earth

by Google Inc.

Use Google Earth to fly around the planet with the swipe of a finger. Explore distant lands or reacquaint yourself with your childhood home. Search by voice for cities, places, and businesses. Browse layers including roads, borders, places, photos and more.

For tablet users on Android 3.0 (Honeycomb), you can now enjoy a new Google Earth experience optimized for the large screen. With a new action bar, you can get easy access to search, reset-to-north, my location, and layers. Also, on tablets and select phones, you can now explore the same photo-realistic 3D buildings that have previously only been accessible with the desktop version of Google Earth. Visit the Statue of Liberty in New York, the Taj Mahal in India, or the Sydney Opera House in Australia, all in their full 3D glory! To view 3D buildings, just select ‘3D Buildings’ from the layer menu.

You can easily navigate with your fingers, using:
* a one finger swipe to move the globe
* a two-finger pinch and rotate to zoom in and out and rotate your viewpoint
* two-fingers swiped together to tilt your view
* a one single finger double-tap to zoom in and
* a two-finger double-tap to zoom out

Recent changes:
6.1.0.5671
* Fixed crash on Tegra2-based devices such as Xoom and Galaxy Tab 10.1
* Other bug fixes

6.1
* Changed version number to match desktop releases
* Performance and compatibility improvements
* New balloon open animation

2.0.2
* Re-enabled for Android 2.1 (Eclair) users
* Fixed problem with ipv6
* Increased cache size for multi-core phones

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