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Google Maps and Google Earth


Although these two apps are not the same thing, they are very similar. Google earth is speacialized in satellite imagery while google maps, having satellite imagery, also takes a look at traffic, directions, political divisions and other specific aspects of certaing areas. Google maps is an iphone and google earth is an app within the iphone.


Google Maps include:

- Google Earth
- Google Streetview
- Directions
- World Info.

Google streetview is a program set up to explore the world in a generalized aspect, but from the comfort of your own home. Google cars have been deployed all over the world since May 25, 2007.  Each car has a built in camera on the roof that takes 360 images of the place.

Directions is a program within google maps that is more like a GPS system, When used, it pinpoints your location or a location you enter and gets you the directions from there, to anywhere you want to go.

World info. is a tab within maps or earth thats gives you data about a certain region or place. i.e. Weather, traffic, terrain/



This program could be used by the school commuunity for school projects in the streetview areas. The galleries available in this division are amazing and very complete in every aspect possible when you take into consideration that you are thousands of miles apart from the place you are staring at in such details and panoramic availability.