The iPhone's multitouch screen actually makes using the application
easier than the desktop versions. Dragging a fingertip across the screen
slides the view appropriately, of course. Two-finger pinch gestures not
only zoom in and out, but also, by adding a little twirling rotary
motion, steer the view's orientation in one direction or another. When
the iPhone is tilted a certain angle out of horizontal, Google Earth
reads data from the phone's accelerometer and adjusts your view
accordingly, so you can look up into the sky. And it's integrated with
the iPhone's capability to locate itself through GPS, Wi-Fi networks,
and mobile phone towers. There's even a two-finger drag to tilt the
perspective back--flight-simulator gamers might think of pulling the
stick back to lift the nose of a virtual airplane--and that you also can
zoom in and out with single-finger and two-finger double-tapping,
respectively. Google Earth lets people virtually fly around a 3D view of the world
made from satellite and aerial imagery mapped onto the planet's
mountains and valleys. The iPhone version reproduces this core
experience, downloading imagery from Google's servers as the perspective
shifts and dotting the map with landmarks, photos, and other
information. iPhone's multitouch screen actually made using the
application easy. Dragging a fingertip across the screen slides the view
appropriately, of course. Two-finger pinch gestures not only zoom in
and out, but also, by adding a little twirling rotary motion, steer the
view's orientation in one direction or another.
You can download this App on iTunes
The App name is Google Earth and it's Free to download.

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