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Google Earth is a web and computer program that renders a 3D globe based on satellite imagery, aerial photography, and GIS data. Users can explore the Earth, add their own data, view photos, Street View, and more, but also face privacy and security issues.
This web page lists some locations on free, publicly viewable satellite map services that have such issues due to censorship, blurring, or low resolution. It does not show a blurred satellite image of the earth, but it mentions some countries and regions that are partially or completely obscured.
Brian McClendon is an American software executive, engineer, and inventor. He co-founded Keyhole, which became Google Earth, and later worked at Uber and Niantic.
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A German TV miniseries about the lawsuit of a German company that claimed Google Earth was based on its planet browser. The series mixes real and fictional characters and events, and has been criticized for inaccuracies and omissions.
Learn about the history, features, and implementation of Google Street View, a technology that provides interactive panoramas from many streets in the world. Google Street View is available as a component of Google Maps and Google Earth, as a web application, and as a mobile application for Android and iOS.
Learn about the history, types, and functions of GIS software, a computer program to support the use of geographic information systems. Compare various commercial and open-source products and their features.
Nwinther 11:37, 21 October 2009 (UTC) As mentioned in the article, Google Earth has a free version, a "pro" version, and an enterprise version (plus, Google sells professional services to maintain/adapt the enterprise version for specific uses). So, Google Earth makes money by giving away a loss-leader in order to secure demand at the other levels.