It works on both iOS and el Capitan (which is a Mac OS X version name, not an iOS version name). There is one 'gotcha' on Mac OS X el Capitan, which is that Google ships an out of date 3Dconnexion driver.
Google yesterday that it has begun rolling out new high-definition satellite imagery of Earth to its Google Earth and Google Maps apps. The company said it was introducing a new cloud-free mosaic of the Earth's surface made up of high-resolution images taken by Landsat 8, a satellite deployed by the USGS and NASA in 2013. Google Earth image of New York City before update New Google Earth image of the same area after update In a announcing the update, Google explained that the seamless mosaic uses new processing techniques for sharper pictures, and was composed out of a mind-blowing amount of open access digital data: To produce this new imagery, we used the same publicly available Earth Engine APIs that scientists use to do things like track global tree cover, loss, and gain; predict Malaria outbreaks; and map global surface water over a 30 year period. Like our previous mosaic, we mined data from nearly a petabyte of Landsat imagery—that’s more than 700 trillion individual pixels—to choose the best cloud-free pixels.
To put that in perspective, 700 trillion pixels is 7,000 times more pixels than the estimated number of stars in the Milky Way Galaxy, or 70 times more pixels than the estimated number of galaxies in the Universe. Some users are reportedly still seeing old images in the app, and Google hasn't offered a specific timeline for completion of the update, which began on Monday. Users can check the for more images and information on the satellite's history. Is a free download from the App Store for iPhone and iPad. Google Earth is available to download for the Mac. Anyone can provide a live link to locations where it has been updated to the new satellite images?
Looking at New York City on the Google Maps website, it seems like it's not updated. Thanks;) doublepost=/doublepost But as someone mentioned earlier, Apple Maps debuted much later than Google Maps, so naturally Apple would most likely have more recent satellite imagery. Also, Google Maps update their images quite 'often' and I'd imagine Apple wouldn't do so as often as Google do. Apple Maps debuted before 2014 in Germany; I remember that first the quality was not as good as now. They updated in 2014, at least here in the southwest. That's funny - I just clicked on the Google link, and not only saw the bridge in question, but it also appeared to be open to traffic.:confused: Like the other user, I clicked the link and see a bridge that is open.
I'm in the Northeast US and the link showed what looks like a bridge under construction, with nowhere near the resolution of the image you saw. Wonder if it's being rolled out to different server farms. I see the same thing. The bridge is even a 3D model that you can zoom in around and look at from any perspective. Google doesn't roll out the new footage to everyone at the same time. Just like Android OS updates don't roll out OTA to everyone, or new gmail features, etc. They do it in deployment stages.
The OLD bridge (on Google image with cars on) is on the left. Due to new high-speed trains travelling under, all of the bridges on the highway were destroyed and rebuilt a few meters from the old location. The new bridge mentioned (on the right in Apple image) is the one showed in BennyBean post. So Google old bridge, Apple new bridge just 30 meters to the east.
Has released a Mac OS version of Google Earth, extending to Apple Computer Inc. Users the flashy mapping application that has been wowing Windows PC users since its launch last year., which became available as a free download yesterday, taps a multi-terabyte database of aerial and satellite images to let users 'fly' around the globe using a video-game type user interface. Users can also save and share searches, and add notes. The application can also retrieve local business listings from Google Local for the U.S., Canada and the U.K.
It provides detailed road maps for these three countries as well as Western Europe, according to Mountain View, Calif.-based Google. Related: The Windows version exited beta, or test, status on Tuesday, the same day the beta version for Mac OS X 10.4 was introduced, Google said.
Google Earth Plus and Google Earth Pro, which are more sophisticated PC versions of the application, aren't yet available for the Mac OS, Google said. There is also a server-based, multi-user version called Google Earth Enterprise. The Google Earth products are based on applications Google acquired when it bought Keyhole Corp.