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RE: Google Earth

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Google Earth 4.3
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Google is to release a new version of Google Earth: Version 4.3

http://earth.google.com/download-earth.html

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Introducing libkml: a library for reading, writing, and manipulating KML
KML has seen tremendous uptake as a GIS data presentation language, in large part due to its simplicity. The ability to quickly and easily read or write small bits of KML by hand helps newcomers to rapidly experiment with the language and learn it. That said, the most interesting and sophisticated KML documents generally aren't created by hand... instead, authors tend to write computer programs to generate data-driven KML en masse. Programmers are often forced to roll custom KML-generating code for each such project. Likewise, mapping application developers have traditionally been tasked with writing one-off KML parsers if they want to read in and visualize KML data.

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Google has added weather radar coverage that now includes: Europe, Canada, Alaska, Hawaii, and Puerto Rico.
(look in the programs Layers menu)

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There is a new imagery update for Google Earth.
The new areas include parts of Spain, Brussels, and Russia.

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Westport, Ireland has now been rendered completely in 3D.

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Google Earth has new imagery of Antarctica from the Landsat Image Mosaic of Antarctica Project.
There are further updates for other select regions.
The imagery for the area around Dunnottar castle and Stonehaven, Scotland are now improved.

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Google has announced that they have replaced the Hybrid button on Goole maps with a new mode called Terrain which lets you see relief maps of 3D terrain.
In Satellite mode you can now switch on or off Labels...