Google has just released Google Earth Gallery, a separated website that provides instant access to numerous KML files created over time by both users and company's employees. This new website was especially created by the parent firm Google to enhance the content published on Google Earth and to provide more detailed imagery for the fans of the application. At this time, the first KML file in the list is the very controversial Hurricane Katrina, a set of pictures that shows detailed imagery with the assault of the storm over New Orleans.

"Since Google Earth was launched, users have been exploring our world and creating content overlays (KML files) to share their explorations with others. We're now highlighting these KML files in the new Google Earth Gallery. To see the 6 new user-created KML files highlighted each week, you can either go to the website or add the gallery's Google Gadget to your iGoogle page," Vaughn Tan, Associate Product Marketing Manager, said today.

As the Google employee said, you can view the 6 newest user-generated creations using a special created gadget that will bring the information straight on your iGoogle page. Obviously, the Google Earth Gallery is available for free and allows you to either download the file or open directly into Google Earth.

The Mountain View company recently introduced a new version of Google Earth, 4.1 beta that brings some new and interesting features for all the fans out there. Although the search giant chose to debut the application in silence, we're all able to use the interoperability with Google Maps that allows us to view a certain location in the window of the browser by pressing a single button. However, Google Maps was also updated with Street View, an exciting feature that offers street-level panoramas with several US cities.

If you want to download Google Earth, you can take it straight from Softpedia using this link.