Announcing Google Earth 5.2, Google Lat Long Blog (Jun 14)
Here's a reason to get Google Earth and a GPS device when hiking or running.
"Google Earth has always been a great tool for viewing your outdoor activities, whether it be hiking, running, biking, skiing, sailing, or just about any other way you choose to explore the world. With the release of Google Earth 5.0, we added the ability to connect your GPS device directly to Google Earth and import your track. Now, with Google Earth 5.2, we’ve added the ability to view elevation, speed, and other data as a graph directly in Google Earth. "
There is also Google Earth Pro.
"Google Earth Pro, which gives the powerful tools needed by engineers, real-estate professionals, governments, and others to process and visualize large geographic data sets."
Also Better GPS graphs, browser in new Google Earth, Tom Krazit, Relevant Results (Jun 14)
"Travelers were able to connect their GPS devices to Google Earth to view trip data with the 5.0 release, but they can now see altitude changes and the average speed of their trip in graphs accompanying the route. And if you've forgotten the experience already, you can generate a video of the route."
Posted by Gwen at June 14, 2010 07:29 PM