I’ve recently had a chance to check out the newly-released EarthBrowser 3.0 created by Matt Giger , a programmer from Oregon. At first glance, it appears similar to Google Earth; except that it runs on AdobeAir . Instead of observing the countless imagery edges in Google Earth, EarthBrowser reminds me of the “Earth from Space” poster transposed onto a globe.
While EarthBrowser doesn’t have nearly the zoom capability/resolution of Google Earth, it’s lower resolution images are color-balanced and Earth’s landscape appears visually striking.
EarthBrowser also has better integrated web browser/surfing capabilities than Google Earth, its compatible with .kml/.kmz files, and it seems to assimilate well with real-time datasets; the default weather forecast embedded into the screen is a perfect example.
According to Matt Giger’s blog , Steve Wonziak is a big fan of EarthBrowser.
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