Google Earth For iPhone, For Free?
Written by Kevin Fordham
Ever wished you had Google Earth on your iPhone? Earthscape (iTunes link) isn’t exactly Google Earth, but it’s still pretty good. For a limited time, Earthscape is absolutely free. Normal price for Earthscape is $10 so this is a steal.
Using typical iPhone gestures, you can flick, scroll, and pinch inside Earthscape to view the world. Resolution is higher in the US, but Earthscape says, “Imagery outside of the United States is currently limited to 15 meter resolution — enough to discern major roads, but not houses. As we acquire the rights to use more detailed international imagery, it will be provided to Earthscape users as a free upgrade.”
You can view a demo of the application below:
I’ve been playing with Earthscape for the last few minutes, and it’s definitely a good time waster. One downside seems to be speed though. I’m on my home WiFi network and it’s taking several minutes to pull up the imagery near my home. I can’t imagine using this over Edge. Considering it’s currently free, it’s still worth the download. Hopefully the developers can improve the speed in future releases.
[Via Techcrunch]
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September 19th, 2008 at 2:21 am
The speed should be improved already over what it was earlier today — our servers got hit pretty hard by the initial rush of people downloading the app. We’ve increased capacity and performance is much better.
September 23rd, 2008 at 9:39 pm
Thanks for the update Tom! Earthscape is definitely faster than the last time I used it.