Google Earth Browser Plug-in for Mac OS X is Available For Download
Google has released an updated version of Mac OS X, includes Google Earth browser plug-in. Now users will be able to use Google Earth software as a browser plug-in. Around six month back it was released and made available for Windows but now the Google Earth plug-in has been made available for the Mac & they are still working on the Linux version. Digital Earth Blog was the first to blog about it & points to a few sites such as EarthSwoop and Mini Flight Sim where people can try the plug-in.
Google Earth Plug-in and its JavaScript API let you embed Google Earth, a true 3D digital globe, into your web pages. Using the API you can draw markers and lines, drape images over the terrain, add 3D models, or load KML files, allowing you to build sophisticated 3D map applications.
Its a very large download for a plugin because installation requires a 47 MByte download. Google mentioned that this download contains both the Intel and PowerPC version of the plugin.
A Google representative said-
The size is large because Google provided a universal binary file that runs on both PowerPC-based and Intel-based Macs, but there are also some other space-saving changes that we may look into later on & Google plans to mention the software in a forthcoming blog post.
You can download by visiting any Google Earth Plugin app or visiting the Earth API web site.
