Anthony A Posted March 20, 2007 Share Posted March 20, 2007 Anybody have this installed? How big is this program? Google says the min system requirement is 400MB of free disk space and they recommend 2 Gig free disk space. System requirements for Google Earth on the PC The Google Earth client requires certain system configurations in order to run smoothly. Minimum configuration: Operating System: Windows 2000, Windows XP CPU: Pentium 3, 500Mhz - System Memory (RAM): 128MB RAM Hard Disk: 400MB free space Network Speed: 128 Kbits/sec Graphics Card: 3D-capable with 16MB of VRAM Screen: 1024x768, "16-bit High Color" screen Recommended configuration: Operating System: Windows XP CPU: Pentium 4 2.4GHz+ or AMD 2400xp+ System Memory (RAM): 512MB RAM Hard Disk: 2GB free space Network Speed: 768 Kbits/sec Graphics Card: 3D-capable with 32MB of VRAM Screen: 1280x1024, "32-bit True Color" screen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fireryone Posted March 20, 2007 Share Posted March 20, 2007 Anybody have this installed? How big is this program? Google says the min system requirement is 400MB of free disk space and they recommend 2 Gig free disk space. System requirements for Google Earth on the PC The Google Earth client requires certain system configurations in order to run smoothly. Minimum configuration: Operating System: Windows 2000, Windows XP CPU: Pentium 3, 500Mhz - System Memory (RAM): 128MB RAM Hard Disk: 400MB free space Network Speed: 128 Kbits/sec Graphics Card: 3D-capable with 16MB of VRAM Screen: 1024x768, "16-bit High Color" screen Recommended configuration: Operating System: Windows XP CPU: Pentium 4 2.4GHz+ or AMD 2400xp+ System Memory (RAM): 512MB RAM Hard Disk: 2GB free space Network Speed: 768 Kbits/sec Graphics Card: 3D-capable with 32MB of VRAM Screen: 1280x1024, "32-bit True Color" screen The download itself is reasonably small, it's space is probably used for the cache as it downloads the maps from the server while you navigate around the globe. Install and have a play. fireryone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mfenech Posted March 20, 2007 Share Posted March 20, 2007 Does the program have anything more practical compared to the web-based Google Maps? I don't mean the 3-D rendering of downtown areas and fluffy things like that...I mean better satellite image definition, more current mapping, etc. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony A Posted March 20, 2007 Author Share Posted March 20, 2007 Found the info here. http://earth.google.com/support/bin/answer...&topic=1135 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators rridgely Posted March 20, 2007 Moderators Share Posted March 20, 2007 Google earth isn't really for making maps. Its for seeing 3D sattelite images of things all over the earth. Its cool to play with every now and then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators DennisD Posted March 20, 2007 Moderators Share Posted March 20, 2007 Anybody have this installed? How big is this program? Google says the min system requirement is 400MB of free disk space and they recommend 2 Gig free disk space. Anthony, before you download anything have a look at this site. Flash Earth: I got rid of google earth, and I use this instead. I found the best one (IMHO) is Microsoft VE Arial, but you have a choice, including Google. Edit: Zoom in with your mouse wheel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fireryone Posted March 20, 2007 Share Posted March 20, 2007 I still prefer to have it in 3D fireryone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sputnik Posted March 20, 2007 Share Posted March 20, 2007 Google earth isn't really for making maps. Its for seeing 3D sattelite images of things all over the earth.Its cool to play with every now and then. And a nice toy it is indeed Ceci n'est pas une signature Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDPower Posted March 21, 2007 Share Posted March 21, 2007 Anthony, before you download anything have a look at this site. Flash Earth: Thanks for that, good site. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony A Posted March 21, 2007 Author Share Posted March 21, 2007 Anthony, before you download anything have a look at this site. Flash Earth: I got rid of google earth, and I use this instead. I found the best one (IMHO) is Microsoft VE Arial, but you have a choice, including Google. Edit: Zoom in with your mouse wheel. Thanks that is a cool site. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fireryone Posted March 22, 2007 Share Posted March 22, 2007 Here Goes: The Google Earth install takes up 30.3Mb and the separate cache folder (you can choose the location of the cache during install, use custom install) took up 7Mb after zooming into a couple of places around the world and letting if fully load. One must visit location in google earth is the Grand Canyon... fireryone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony A Posted March 22, 2007 Author Share Posted March 22, 2007 Does CCleaner clean up Google Earth? I can see the cache getting out of hand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fireryone Posted March 23, 2007 Share Posted March 23, 2007 It's listed in my CCleaners Applications tab (If not there by default install the winapp2.ini) fireryone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDPower Posted March 23, 2007 Share Posted March 23, 2007 It's listed in my CCleaners Applications tab (If not there by default install the winapp2.ini) It is part of CCleaner by default. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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