About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 40. Chapters: Science educational video games, Virtual globes, KStars, Google Earth, Bing Maps, NASA World Wind, Buzz Aldrin's Race Into Space, NetTutor, TeachAIDS, NanoMission, Bhuvan, Life with PlayStation, Genomics Digital Lab, Microsoft Mathematics, Biosphere3D, History of Biology, Odell Down Under, AutoTutor, BlooSee, Marble, Yenka, Step, Molecular Conceptor, Bing Maps Platform, MoonBaseOne, Immune Attack, 3D World Atlas, Earth3D, GloNET, Sniffy, Terrafly, KAtomic, Kalzium, Widget Workshop, Quarky & Quaysoo's Turbo Science, Launchball, Betty's Brain, Andes physics tutor, Gravit, EarthBrowser, Bhoo, Geoscope, ArcGIS Explorer, Critical Mass, Astronomica: The Quest for the Edge of the Universe. Excerpt: Google Earth is a virtual globe, map and geographical information program that was originally called EarthViewer 3D, and was created by Keyhole, Inc, a company acquired by Google in 2004. It maps the Earth by the superimposition of images obtained from satellite imagery, aerial photography and GIS 3D globe. It was available under three different licenses, 2 currently: Google Earth, a free version with limited function; Google Earth Plus (discontinued), which included additional features; and Google Earth Pro ($399 per year), which is intended for commercial use. The product, re-released as Google Earth in 2005, is currently available for use on personal computers running Windows 2000 and above, Mac OS X 10.3.9 and above, Linux kernel: 2.6 or later (released on June 12, 2006), and FreeBSD. Google Earth is also available as a browser plugin which was released on May 28, 2008. It was also made available for mobile viewers on the iPhone OS on October 28, 2008, as a free download from the App Store, and is available to Android users as a free app on the Android Market. In addition to releasing an updated Keyhole based client, Google ...