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Live Pictures for Google Earth

Live satellite photos for the search giant's tool

By Bogdan Popa, Security and Search Engines Editor

2nd of April 2007, 09:09 GMT

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Google Earth recently received an impressive update that allows users to view live satellite images straight from the desktop of their computers. At this time, the feature is available only

for Edinburgh, UK, but it seems like the company plans to expand it in the entire world. Google Sightseeing reported about this new and amazing feature, publishing a little add-on that must be installed to view live satellite images.

"As part of the Google Earth image update released last week Google quietly added a major new feature to Google Earth - live satellite images! Using the live satellite mode I created a screen capture of cars driving down a road. Live Satellite only works for the city of Edinburgh, UK but will be rolled out to other cities in the near future. Apparently Google wanted to keep this amazing new feature quiet so as to not overload the satellite's built-in web server," the blog sustained.

Because the article was published on April 1, April Fool's Day, and numerous users sustained this is only a joke, is might be only a joke as the search giant didn't announce such a revolutionary function yet. I tried the feature but, as the bloggers sustained, Edinburgh was quite cloudy so you're not able to see numerous parts of the city. However, if you want to try it for yourself, you should download the add-on from Google Sightseeing and import it into Google Earth.

The add-on is available on this link while Google Earth can be downloaded from Softpedia. Once you've started Google Earth, select the File menu and select Open. Choose the downloaded add-on and import it into Google's application. After the tool was successfully added, you should be automatically redirected to Edinburgh.

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Comment #1 by: Razer on 09 Dec 2007, 09:49 GMT	reply to this comment
This is an april fools joke, as shown by the banner across the top. When this "Live satellite feed" addon is activated it adds a large cloud over Edinburgh and nothing is visible.

Comment #2 by: JUN TOLENTINO on 19 Feb 2008, 09:22 GMT	reply to this comment
good thing that I can see my hometown even if i'm working far away from home

Comment #3 by: hamada on 02 Apr 2008, 07:51 GMT	reply to this comment
i would like to kno wevery thing about the earth cos i like to have a back ground about things in life

Comment #4 by: charles on 16 Apr 2008, 14:57 GMT	reply to this comment
i think it is cool becuase you can see your house 24-7 so it like you are there but your not

Comment #5 by: amir Maqbool on 19 May 2008, 09:45 GMT	reply to this comment
I want to see earth live from satlite

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