Putting the Earth on your iPhone

While there's still no Google Earth app for the iPhone (*cough cough*), Google Earth developer Frank Taylor recently got a chance at the Where 2.0 conference to check out a 3D Earth app from Colorado company Earthscape. He posted a YouTube video of the app, and man, it looks pretty fly. I'm particularly digging on the ability to use the iPhone's tilt sensors to navigate around in 3D space.

No word on a timetable for availability for the iPhone; the software is in private beta for Windows right now, with Mac and Linux versions coming soon.

[via TechCrunch]

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morcheeba

An improved version of software is now available in the App Store: http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=288154060&mt=8
The tilting behavior is different and the UI greatly improved. We've also added geo-tagged Wikipedia articles so you can read more about places you see, and there is also a "locate me" button to zoom to your current location.

August 20 2008 at 11:15 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

iPhoneinator

i know this is off subject but does the newest version of winpwn allow installer or cydia to work? (preferably installer)

May 27 2008 at 4:00 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

phlavor

Zero load time. I'd be curious to know where all of that data is stored.

May 27 2008 at 3:17 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Tom Castle

Extremely cool, that tilting action. But the goon whose hands star in this demo should know you don't have to jackhammer the iPhone to get it to work.

May 27 2008 at 10:40 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

OSXleopard2

That is SooOOOooOO beautiful!!! I am totally drooling right now...

May 27 2008 at 10:36 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply