

It's as much a public relations move as anything else." "It lets them reach an influential user population and appear fair and even-handed to Mac users. "Google can port Google Earth to the Mac OS at a relative low cost to themselves in terms of resources," Sterling said. Moreover, many Mac OS users have a high profile and are computer industry thought leaders, he said. Though most PCs run Windows, there are benefits beyond user numbers for Google in offering Google Earth for the Mac OS because being associated with Apple carries a certain prestige, said Greg Sterling, an analyst at The Kelsey Group. The Windows version exited beta, or test, status on Tuesday, the same day the beta version for Mac OS 10.4.x was introduced, Google says. It provides detailed road maps for these three countries as well as Western Europe, according to Google. The application can retrieve local business listings from Google Local for the United States, Canada and the U.K.

Users can also save and share searches, and add notes. Google Earth, available as a free download, taps a multiterabyte database of aerial and satellite images to let users "fly" around the globe using a video-game type user interface. Google has released a Mac OS version of Google Earth, extending to Apple users the flashy mapping application that has been wowing Windows PC users since its launch last year, the company said Tuesday.


Once installed, in the Google Earth Pro main window, go to File –> Open.If you do not have a key, use your email address and the key GEPFREE to sign in. Download and install Google Earth Pro to your PC or Mac.If you need to import or add an ArcGIS shapefile to Google Earth Pro as a reference for on-screen digitizing, here are the easy steps on how to do it.
