Google Earth Launches
Google has launched their map server. It seems to have several pricing options depending on your needs. There is a free client which is fairly limited but gives you a taste of what is available. Google offers a Pro client for $20.00 that supports several more features than the free client but still locks you to a software client. Then we get to the Enterprise solutions. There are no prices available for these only the option to have a salesperson to contact you. The enterprise solutions of course offer you the most flexibility and you can develop against their map server. In short, I have not seen or used the api but the maps look incredible and I can only imagine that you would be able to customize it to the limits of your imagination. I am impressed with the offerings but wish that you could obtain a developer account to trial the api before commiting to code against it before using Microsoft Terra Server.
Here is the link to Google Earth Link
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