Google Earth now on the Mac
Elinor Mills Former Staff Writer
Elinor Mills covers Internet security and privacy. She joined CNET News in 2005 after working as a foreign correspondent for Reuters in Portugal and writing for The Industry Standard, the IDG News Service and the Associated Press.
Google has released a version of its popular Google Earth program for the Macintosh. Google launched Google Earth last June for Windows.
The free program lets people search for a location on a map of the world and get an aerial view, zoom in to see 3D images of buildings and landscapes and tilt and rotate images. The panning feature that whisks viewers to and from specified locations and gives a veritable fly-by view of the earth is quite impressive.
Google Earth for Mac is available for download at www.earth.google.com. Google Earth Plus and Google Earth Pro are not yet available for the Mac, Google said.