Again, to be fair this system is not about conducting analysis, but rather looking up addresses and finding directions. Beyond this, analysis is left to the more advanced versions of Google Earth. In fact the only real analysis feature contained within Google Earth is the measure tool which allows a user to measure a straight line distance between two locations.
Rather, as stated above, Google Earth is an address lookup and directions service and any analysis you get with it should be considered a nice bonus. To be fair, the purpose of Google earth is not to replace a GIS nor is it to do analysis. Analysis FeaturesĪs a power user of GIS, I have to say that I am sorely unimpressed by the analysis features, or lack there of, within Google Earth. While the service works well, there is nothing inherent about it that begs me to use it for anything other than finding an address or getting directions. Overall, I had no real complaints about the use of Google Earth, however, I also had no real standout features either. Navigation, zooming, tilting, and panning all worked flawlessly adding to the nice experience of looking up addresses. Although I didn't compare it to other services in terms of routing as other reviews have done, I found the routes to be accurate and well planned. Looking up addresses and getting directions was easy, and accurate.
Google Earth, while lauded by some pundits as a do-it-all mapping service is at its heart an easy-to-use, good-looking address look-up service. The review covers three main areas, Overall use, Analysis features, and Data layers. Although I am ambidextrous when it comes to computers and have used Google Earth for months, it was not until it came to the Mac, my favored OS, that I really sat down to do a thorough review. While the Windows community has had Google Earth since late Summer, the Mac community has just finally gotten our hands on it. Much has been made in the popular media about the groundbreaking Google Earth, its cool fly-overs and aerial photos, and its ability to support all types of mash-ups. While some of the features are undoubtedly cool, the thing I was most surprised by was the poor quality of the data layers.
Having had a few weeks to play with Google Earth for the Mac I have finally gotten down to writing a brief review of the features.
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