Frank Taylor’s Google Earth blog once again scoops the official announcement from Google regarding the much anticipated release of Google Earth for the iPhone.
Google Earth on the iPhone
I’ve just been testing it, and OMG as my daughter frequently proclaims! The interface is incredibly intuitive. The search box also brought up my contacts list, so the first place I visited was my parents house…
Butterleigh
The iPhone’s GPS quickly found my location in Google Earth, one obvious advantage over the normal platform.
GPS auto-location
Panning and zooming is simple – a combination of finger taps and movements. Tilting the phone also tilts the view. 3D terrain works! The developers have also made use of the iPhone’s landscape orientation enabling a wider view. Here’s Snowdon in it’s new, high resolution imagery.
Snowdon in 3D
Finally, the Panoramio and Wikipedia layers are available, as are the borders and places layers from the parent application.
Panoramio
This is brilliant news. Walking out of my house and away from my wifi link slowed everything right down so I won’t be seeing myself in real time scrambling over Crib Coch. On the next upgrade I wonder if we’ll see the ability to add placemarks?
Update: Google Earth help notes / Ogle Earth’s rather more considered review!
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