Some of the most compelling features of Google Earth include:
  • Advanced Measurements: Measure parking lots and land developments with polygon area measure, or determine affected radius with circle measure.
  • High-resolution printing: Print Images up to 4800x3200 px resolution.
  • Exclusive Pro data layers: Demographics, parcels, and traffic count.
  • Spreadsheet Import: Ingest up to 2500 addresses at a time, assigning placemarks and style templates in bulk.
  • GIS import: Visualize ESRI shapefiles (.shp) and MapInfo (.tab) files.
  • Movie-Maker: Export Windows Media and Quicktime HD movies, up to 1920x1080 resolution.
Google Earth Pro brings advanced business tools in addition to all the easy-to-use features and imagery of Google Earth:
  • Compute distances and areas using measurement tools
  • Use Movie Maker to produce media collateral
  • Print high-resolution images for presentations and reports
  • Import large vector image files to quickly map GIS data
  • Map addresses with the Spreadsheet Importer
Google Earth Pro
  • Businesses, governments and professional users from around the world use Google Earth Pro data visualization, site planning and information sharing tools.
  • Get Productive
  • With the advanced measuring and drawing tools in Google Earth Pro, you can plan, measure and visualize a site without even leaving your desk.
  • Make better decisions
  • Visualize your own information in Google Earth Pro alongside exclusive data layers such as land parcel, demographics and historical traffic data.
  • Share with others
  • Create videos in Google Earth Pro that can be shared with stakeholders and customers, providing a unique perspective for any location-based project.
Google Earth
View exotic locales like Maui and Paris as well as points of interest such as local restaurants, hospitals, schools, and more.
Want to know more about a specific location? Dive right in -- Google Earth combines satellite imagery, maps and the power of Google Search to put the world's geographic information at your fingertips.
Here are some key features of "Google Earth":
  • Fly from sace to your neighborhood. Type in an address and zoom right in.
  • Search for schools, parks, restaurants, and hotels. Get driving directions.
  • Tilt and rotate the view to see 3D terrain and buildings.
  • Save and share your searches and favorites. Even add your own annotations.
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Google Earth
View satellite imagery, maps, terrain, 3D buildings, galaxies far in space, and the deepest depths of the ocean -- right from the desktop.
Google Earth Pro
Google Earth Pro includes the same easy-to-use features and imagery of Google Earth, but with additional professional tools designed specifically for business users.
Features in both:
  • Print images
    • In Google Earth screen resolution only. In Google Earth Pro premium high resolution images.
  • Import GIS Images
    • In Google Earth manually geo-located. In Google Earth Pro automatically geo-located.
  • Import large image files
    • In Google Earth up to max texture size. In Google Earth Pro more than max texture size.
Google Earth Pro features not found in Google Earth:
  • Regionate large datasets
  • Batch geocode addresses
  • Import GIS data
  • Access demographic, parcel & traffic data layers
  • Create premium movies
  • Measure area of a polygon or circle
  • Map multiple points at once
  • Viewshed tool
  • Map making tool
What's New:
  • Updated Android version to 9.3.15.4
  • Places panel: multiple-item selection, moving, deletion; performance improvements
  • Network security updates and fixes; improved certificate support
  • CSV import improvements: support older Mac file formats, multi-line text fields
  • Ground overlay editor: fix glitchy rotation, rotation handle positioning
  • Print preview: fixed mouse-wheel zooming, display refresh problems
  • International languages: fix missing translations, keyboard shortcuts, UI elements
  • Tables tool: improved stability, layout, data synchronization
  • Tour Guide is hidden by default, reflecting Earth Pro use case
  • Windows: allow Earth to run concurrently in multiple user sessions
  • Windows: improved appearance on high-resolution monitors
  • Windows 64-bit fixes: joystick support; crash when hiding 3D buildings; COM application (e.g. Garmin BaseCamp) interface
  • Linux: support for "spacenav" 3D controller driver software