Introducing Google Earth 6—the next generation of realism

Re:Introducing Google Earth 6—the next generation of realism by ugh on Monday November 29, 2010 @04:36PM (#1951875)

There is something about Google Earth that just doesn’t make it as fun to use as Maps. Maybe because Earth is a lot uglier than Maps? There are all those customization options but no sensible defaults and a very strange aesthetic, completely unlike what you see on the much more subtle and sophisticated Maps.

Navigation also feels somewhat broken. I often manage to get lost in Earth, that doesn’t happen to me on Maps. Is it the added degree of freedom? And now, Street View. It’s not really a joy to use on Maps, either, but it feels atrocious in Earth. It’s slow, it’s too blurry for too long, it just doesn’t feel right.

Earth has all those potentially great features but the UI feels like such a huge step back from Maps.

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Re:Introducing Google Earth 6—the next generation of realism by forgottenpaswrd on Tuesday November 30, 2010 @04:37AM (#1953629)

"Earth has all those potentially great features but the UI feels like such a huge step back from Maps."

You mean, for you.

On the contrary, I find Google Earth UI way better than maps. I have continuous zoom, continuous panning(you could use a joystick, multitouch or mouse wheel easily), huge screen(you could hide left tooltip menu with a simple key).

I just can't understand any of your comments, maybe you have a bad graphic card,I don't know but Earth is way way faster than maps and awesome.

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Re:Introducing Google Earth 6—the next generation of realism by tommi on Monday November 29, 2010 @04:46PM (#1951924)

I've felt that the Maps is generally way better due to it's availability as you and everybody else has it, you can embed it etc. It actually feels more integrated to my desktop... I mean my browser.

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Re:Introducing Google Earth 6—the next generation of realism by Tylergillies on Tuesday November 30, 2010 @01:35AM (#1953333)

navigating google earth reminds me of second life

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