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Google Earth now has a Macintosh version which you can find here.

Here we present a simple solution that is HTML based called TerraPhoto3D from Skyline Software, so it should work on nearly every operating system. Note that we have only tested it with Internet Explorer, so other browsers may or may not yield adequate results. It basically works by grabbing still frames from the server and delivering those in HTML. So the links that would normally be visible on the terrain are not functional here, because they are just part of the picture. In the future we hope to improve the functionality of our TerraPhoto3D implementation and increase the number of Earth Models and Applications that can be used with it.

Note: This application is still a little buggy. For example, you cannot pan across -180 longitude (near the Alaska/Russia border). It's also a bit slower than we'd like. We hope to get something like this going for all of our applications in the near future.

Copyright notices:

TerraExplorer, TerraExplorer Pro, TerraGate, TerraPhoto, and TerraBuilder are registered trademarks of Skyline Software Inc.

GoogleEarth, GoogleEarth Plus, and GoogleEarth Pro are registered trademarks of Google.

Note: This material is based upon work supported, in part, by the National Science Foundation. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.

No warranty: Data is provided "as is," without any warranty whatsoever, including but not limited to any warranty as to performance, merchantability, or fitness for any particular purpose.

Liability: The entire risk as to the results of the use of this data is assumed by the user. EarthSLOT is not responsible for any interpretation or conclusions made by those who acquire or use it. EarthSLOT shall not be liable for any direct, indirect, special, incidental, compensatory or consequential damages or third-party claims resulting from the use of this data, even if EarthSLOT has been advised of the possibility of such potential loss or damage. In states that do not allow the exclusion or limitation of incidental or consequential damages, this data may not be used.

(c) 2004 Matt Nolan. Please contact us with questions, comments, or compliments.