Android Apps
Google delivers Android app for Google Earth (Nexus One only)
February 22, 2010 | by Andrew Kameka
Travel
Google Earth is now available for Android handsets. Android devices can already tap into the World Wide Web through the browser and the stars through Sky, and they can now dot across the globe with 3D imagery from Google Earth.
UPDATE: The only people able to download the app are Nexus One owners. This app will only work if you have Android 2.1 installed on your phone.
Google uploaded Earth into the Android Market a few minutes ago and promise to provide the same quality images available on the desktop version. Users can search by voice to find cities, landmarks, business, and places to get a 3D view of the surrounding area. The app also includes layered geographical information for roads, borders, places, and photos among other features.
Scan this QR code to see if you are able to download the app. Google hasn’t made an official announcement at the time of this message so I’m not sure if it works on all versions of Android.
Thanks, Drennor!
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So they released an app that only 20% of Android users can access. Brilliant!
looks like a nogo for the g1 so far
Android 2.0.1 on a Moto Droid. No Google Earth available. Maybe they backtracked on something yet again?
nogo for Droid
HTC Hero 1.5 no go
Not available here. Hero 1.5. Sucks
It's available on my droid with Pete's 2.1 build.
Well, it must be something other version then because that's already people with Droid, Hero, and G1 reporting they can't find it in the Market. It was added to Cyrket and has already been rated by at least 3 people, so it has to be out there somehow.
Available in the market here on my Nexus One.
Custom Donut… doesn't work.
N1 FTW
Works awesome by the way. Pinch to zoom, loads quickly. Panning is a little jittery, but not too bad. This is on a nexus one.
Looks like it's 2.1 only, meaning Nexus One is so far the only phone capable of using it.
Looks like it's only available to Nexus One at the moment
Does Google even support Android 1.6 or lower any more? I mean I know that the labs team lets us use Google Shopper, but even on the mobile version of Buzz we are referred to as an "unsupported device", hah. They must be really excited about 2.1… My recent post Google Buzz
Google Earth on Android uses floating-point hardware and latest Android features. It is not "anti early phones" just necessarily dependent on certain hardware and software features. Same logic in Google Earth on iPhone but not on Blackberry.
I found it and downloaded it on my rooted Moto Droid with Pete's Bugless Beast v1.0 ROM. Verified that my /system/build.prop file shows build version as 2.01 so not sure why other Droid users unable to find it in the Market. Works great!
Running a rooted myTouch 3g with 2.1 and I see it in the market.
I've got it on Droid. Available in Market. Running DroidMod 1.0.
Sweet!! I'm glad to see it available to more carriers. How's the battery life when you use it? I know that it drains the iPhone like there's no tomorrow.
I have an LG Ally w/ Android 2.1 w/ update 1, and so far it is NOT available to me, and probably never will be. Hell will freeze over long before GE for the LG Ally ever becomes a possibility. Oh well, at least I have GE on my laptop, and I do have Google maps on my phone which will have to serve as a poor man's GE.
You're not missing much James. It's HUGE, and takes forever to load over 3G. I had it installed for like 2 days.
This is a good development android market is growing so much and with Google Earth available on Android handsets just so much more good things ahead for users of android platforms. My recent post Version 333 available