14 DAY TRIAL // Google has launched version 6.0 of its Earth application for Mac, Windows, and Linux, featuring two major new additions - a fully integrated Street View experience and… around 80 million three-dimensional trees.
“Today we’re introducing the latest version of Google Earth, our interactive digital atlas,” Peter Birch, Product Manager of Google Earth writes over at the search giant’s official blog. “Now you can explore your childhood home, visit distant lands or scope out your next vacation spot with even more realistic tools.”
That’s right, according to Peter Birch, Product Manager of Google Earth, the Street View experience is now fully integrated, “so you can journey from outer space right to your doorstep in one seamless flight."
Google Earth 6 also includes beautifully detailed, 3D models for dozens of species of trees (50 of them, to be precise) “from the Japanese Maple to the East African Cordia to my personal favorite, the cacao tree,” Peter notes.
“While we’ve just gotten started planting trees in Google Earth, we already have more than 80 million trees in places such as Athens, Berlin, Chicago, New York City, San Francisco and Tokyo.”
The Google staffer also reveals that they’ve also been working with organizations including the Green Belt Movement in Africa, the Amazon Conservation Team in Brazil and CONABIO in Mexico, to model the planet’s threatened forests, through the Google Earth Outreach program.
“To enjoy these leafy additions to Google Earth, make sure you turn on the 3D buildings layer on the left side pane […] We’ve also made it even easier to browse historical imagery,” Peter says.