Google Earth Gets Content Creation Tools For Geography-Focused Presentations

Google Earth is getting a new content creation feature set. From a report: You'll now be able to make presentations using Google's vast 3D Earth imagery and point-of-interest information. It's sort of like a geography-focused Powerpoint. Back in 2017, Google Earth was completely rebuilt from a desktop application to a WebGL-based browser app at earth.google.com/web. Starting today, on the left side of the website, you'll see a new "Projects" button, which will let you create a presentation. Just like a Google Doc or Sheet or Slide, these Google Earth Projects get saved as files on your Google Drive. And like a normal presentation, you can create slides and attach text, images, and videos.

Web based sucks.

[Major_Disorder]

They still have not added elevation to the web based google earth. When I go exploring off road, it is good to know that the river beside the road is actually 100Ft below it. Sometimes you just can't tell from the photo.

Google Earth is still a desktop application

[Dallas May]

And the desktop application is still far, far, far more powerful.

whatt

[LolitaGir20onlyy]

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Google wants your data. Duh.

[swell]

"these Google Earth Projects get saved as files on your Google Drive"

Because who cares that I have 30TB of local storage; like everyone else, I prefer to save my data on other people's devices at unknown locations. Other than torrents, I've never understood the compulsion to store data on remote servers when local storage is so incredibly affordable. Have the data aggregators brainwashed everyone?

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[Swave An deBwoner]

Maybe because:

1. Convenience (accessible from "all of your devices")

2. You'll run out of Google Drive space sooner and have to pay for more.

3. They get to see how often and who uses the data.