This gives a 3D-like experience to the 2D Google Maps (without the 3D terrain or 3D models from the Google Earth API). You can tilt and rotate the map and “fly” around Google Maps.

Google Earth plug-in now works with Chrome It's not just for Firefox, Internet Explorer, Flock, and Safari anymore. The Web-based version of Google Earth works in Google's browser.

More than 150,000 sites have developed applications using the Google Maps API, while the Google Earth client has logged more than 400 million downloads.

Google launched its latest sustainability tool, a series of environmental geospatial APIs that help cities, businesses, and other partners map solar, air quality, and pollen data worldwide.

We heard from Google’s Earth team that the Google Earth API will not be shut down on December 12th, 2015 as previously announced but will be kept running a bit longer.