Google Earth

Google Earth is a real virtual globe, which will help you to navigate better in different parts of the world. This program can be used as a geographical guide for tourists, students and teachers. With its help it is possible to see all relief of the planet Earth (in 3D), separate cities and inhabited settlements. Users can put their own placemarks, draw paths and polygons for a tourist journey, attach images and record video tours with the built-in Movie Maker.

There is also an option to approach objects from different heights. At the same time, the program may offer to look at historical satellite and aerial imagery of this area (the clock icon), or photos that are available in the Google database (landscapes and attractions from different angles). The desktop edition is free, imports and exports GIS data, and includes a ruler for distances and areas and a flight simulator. Google has announced that Google Earth Pro for desktop will no longer be offered for download from June 2027.

Among the additional things you can find a Weather layer with cloud cover, a Photos layer, 3D Buildings, Roads and the Gallery layer with collections from third-party publishers, such as popular science magazines and TV channels. The Borders and Labels and Places layers mark countries, cities and points of interest, and the More layer holds further thematic collections. And as a bonus it is proposed to look at the pictures of the Moon and Mars, provided by NASA, and at a map of the night sky.

Google Earth provides an interactive and detailed view of global geographical locations for navigation and exploration.

It should be noted that the program does not need a GPS receiver, although it can import tracks and waypoints from GPS devices. If you want to instantly go to the right object (country, house, street, or any other geographical location), it is enough to type the name in the Search field. Moreover, the algorithm here is similar to the main Google search engine, where after 2-3 letters the user will be immediately offered several key options to choose from. You can also search by the specified coordinates.