Google Earth Pro is now free

[SexyGreyFox]

http://www.forbes.com/sites/amitchowdhry/2015/01/30/google-earth-pro-is-now-available-for-free/

I used to subscribe to this when it was called Keyhole.

 

[brummie]

http://www.forbes.com/sites/amitchowdhry/2015/01/30/google-earth-pro-is-now-available-for-free/

I used to subscribe to this when it was called Keyhole.

Not 'EarthViewer 3D'?

 

[SexyGreyFox]

Not 'EarthViewer 3D'?

I didn't know that.
may years ago there was Keyhole which was subscription and Google bought it, called it Google Earth and gave it away for free.
Keyhole must have carried on with another project.

 

[MrMarvelous]

Saw this posted on Hot UK deals a couple of days ago. Is it worth getting just for the sake of it or would it be a useful tool?

 

[brummie]

I didn't know that.
may years ago there was Keyhole which was subscription and Google bought it, called it Google Earth and gave it away for free.
Keyhole must have carried on with another project.

I just read the article and have no idea what it was called before hand or after (apart from Google Earth obviously). Just thought i'd ask.

Under Keyhole, the application was known as EarthViewer 3D.

Downloading now to see what are the differences/fuss is all about.

 

[SexyGreyFox]

Saw this posted on Hot UK deals a couple of days ago. Is it worth getting just for the sake of it or would it be a useful tool?

That's where I just saw it and since it's free and I spend a lot of time looking at maps I installed it.
I haven't messed with it properly yet to see what advantages there are or if I need them.

 

[Mynight]

I had no idea there was a pro version.

 

[aardvark]

signing up doesn't work for me - gives an error.

edit - scratch that, worked now.

 

[Strife212]

Still have to provide loads of company info though.

Company name *

Job title: *

Phone *

Country *

Industry *

Number of users *

 

[SexyGreyFox]

Still have to provide loads of company info though.

Company Name: DTP
Job Title: Musician
Industry: Other

and so on

 

[Guest2]

cheers, signed up and downloading now

 

[Midnight Tboy]

sweet - will sign up for it now - no idea if it will be of any actual use for me, but never know

 

[Midnight Tboy]

bah....

Uncompleted License Key request

Error! Your sign up can not be completed due to We're sorry. We are experiencing technical difficulties. Please try again later.

edit: retried using a non-hotmail account -worked fine that time

edit2 : worked now on my hotmail account - oh well lol

 

[Amp34]

Got an error on both my personal and work accounts.

I've been wanting ti play with Pro for a while but it's not something I can justify buying without having tried the extra features before purchase.

 

[chaparral]

bah....



edit: retried using a non-hotmail account -worked fine that time

edit2 : worked now on my hotmail account - oh well lol

Got an error on both my personal and work accounts.

I've been wanting ti play with Pro for a while but it's not something I can justify buying without having tried the extra features before purchase.

I got an error the first time..

I just clicked the browser back button and didn't change anything and it worked the second time.

 

[TFC]

brilliant, thanks for that

 

[Amp34]

Didn't work again on different machines, even the to back and forwards "trick".

What did work was doing the registration on chrome. First time it worked... Seems like it may be another gimped Google website that only works properly on Google Chrome!

 

[kthula666]

Error fail about 10 times then accepted. Just click Back and try again.


TY

 

[Cosimo]

Nice! Signed up and running.

 

[TommyV]

Saw this posted on Hot UK deals a couple of days ago. Is it worth getting just for the sake of it or would it be a useful tool?

Useful for immediately finding your own house on the map.

(come on, we all do it!!)