14 DAY TRIAL // Google recently added a new device to its store that allows users to work with Google Earth or Google SketchUp with ease. Basically, the product enables customers to rotate, zoom or pan your camera view in Google Earth, the downloadable application that helps users view satellite maps and other imagery with the entire world. For a $73.70 price, you'll get this exciting device that is currently compatible with more than 100 programs and offers a simple 3D navigation for most of them. SpaceNavigator supports Windows XP, Vista, Linux and Mac OS X and can be acquired straight from the Google Store.
"3Dconnexion's SpaceNavigator is a 3D mouse that lets you fly through 3D worlds and manipulate 3D models with ease. Push, pull, tilt or twist the SpaceNavigator's controller cap to simultaneously pan, zoom and rotate your camera view in Google Earth and Google SketchUp. SpaceNavigator is compatible with greater than 100 popular 3D applications as well as Windows XP, Vista, Linux and Mac OS X," it is mentioned in the description of the product.
As you can see in the picture attached to the article, the device has an innovative design that will help you rotate the maps with ease. The functionality is quite impressive as it has only 479g bundled with 2 programmable function keys. SpaceNavigator comes with an USB port that enables customers to connect the device to almost any computer equipped with Windows XP SP2, Windows 2000, Vista, Mac Os X 10.4.6 or later and Linux (Redhat Enterprise Linux WS 3, SuSE 9.0 or greater).
Among the supported applications, Adobe Photoshop CS3, Adobe Reader, AutoCAD 2008, Rhinoceros, BodyPaint 3D and CopyCAD are some of the most important solutions compatible with the device.