First look: Earthscape

This is pretty hot. I actually downloaded the earthscape desktop when it was available in beta at this year's Where 2.0. Actually liked it a lot better than Google Earth, was faster, had a nicer search, nice transition between historical imagery, social networking, it had all the international imagery...it'll be interesting to see where they go with the iphone application and if they can port all the stuff they had on their desktop app.

Got it, tried it, deleted it. VERY slow, not at all intuitive, not useful. Even for free I can't recommend it, much less for $$.

The trouble is that Earthscape lacks a purpose. It is not useful as an atlas because searches aren't possible. It is not useful as a local map without street names. Its entertainment value is limited because only the USA is represented with any detail.

I bought Earthscape the day it was released for more than its current price in the App store. Since then the company has made two changes in order to make it sell better: reducing the price and changing its name from "Earthscape Basic" to just "Earthscape." However the function everybody wants, the ability to search, is still missing.

I think everyone agrees the software is very attractive. This could become a mini version of Google Earth but it would need a complete rethink and probably more investment than its creators could manage.

It sure would be nice to see Google make a "Google Earth" app for the iPhone. The Touch interface would propel that application to a place it has never been before, only paving the way for the Google Earth app to run on the MacBook touch. I have said too much. :-)

still up for free..
yet once downloaded i get a "cannot open application" popup....wtf?

I just nabbed it. I don't have a touch yet but I want to get some of these awesome apps before they go away. I got Tris a couple days before it's day of destruction. I wish I could of gotten that light saber app though.

Still showing as free for me? just nabbed it.

I nabbed this last night when it was still free, I'm glad I did, it's really fun to play around with, although I'm not sure I'd pay for it. Definitely a cool little toy to show off to your friends.