Consulta las notas sobre las actualizaciones de Google Earth

Consulta las notas de la versión que aparecen a continuación para conocer las novedades de Google Earth Pro.

A continuación, se destacan las correcciones, los cambios y las mejoras que realizamos en esta versión de Google Earth Pro:

Herramienta Creador de películas:
- Codificación de video acelerada por hardware para un procesamiento más rápido y una mejor calidad de imagen
- Compatibilidad con el códec HEVC (H.265)
- Controles de navegación completos, incluidas las imágenes históricas y de Street View, disponibles en el modo de grabación en vivo
- Mejor capacidad de respuesta durante la grabación en vivo
- Posibilidad de posponer la codificación del video hasta que finalice la grabación en vivo
- En el modo de grabación en vivo, diálogo de estado de grabación menos intrusivo
- Las grabaciones en vivo muestran con precisión los tiempos de las acciones de los usuarios durante la sesión de grabación
- Los fotogramas de video se pueden guardar en el formato de imagen QOI
Divide una marca de posición de MultiGeometry en marcas de posición individuales
Combina varios marcadores de posición seleccionados en un solo marcador de MultiGeometry
Importa archivos GeoJSON
Mejoras en la calidad de la herramienta de impresión
Herramienta para guardar imágenes:
- Aumento del tamaño máximo de las imágenes
- Compatibilidad con el formato PNG
Ajuste del tamaño del logotipo de Google Earth en la vista principal, las imágenes guardadas y las impresiones
Windows: Compatibilidad automática con pantallas con valores altos de DPI
macOS: Corrección de pestañas de diálogos ilegibles en macOS 11 y versiones posteriores
macOS: Perfeccionamiento estético en los paneles Mis lugares y Capas
La herramienta Regionalizar admite datos extendidos del esquema KML
Guarda archivos KML de forma coherente sin cambios entre sesiones
Importa correctamente archivos CSV con valores que contienen comillas
Edita el estilo de línea de la marca de posición de KML LinearRing
Otras correcciones y mejoras menores

Earth versión 7.3.4

A continuación, se destacan las correcciones, los cambios y las mejoras que realizamos en esta versión de Google Earth Pro:

Cambios

Correcciones para los dispositivos de control 3D en Mac y Windows
Resolución de errores de navegación en el modo Street View
Corrección de la distorsión en la renderización de las imágenes de Street View
Compatibilidad mejorada con las nuevas capas del mapa
Importación más rápida de archivos GeoTIFF
Posiciones precisas de las estrellas y el fondo del cielo nocturno
Compatibilidad mejorada con versiones recientes de Linux
Actualizaciones y correcciones de seguridad
Otras correcciones y mejoras

Earth versión 7.3.3

A continuación, se indican las correcciones, los cambios y las mejoras que realizamos en esta versión de Google Earth Pro:

Cambios

Se actualizó la experiencia de Street View.
Se mejoraron los resultados de la búsqueda de código plus.
Al presionar Mayúsculas y hacer clic con el botón derecho en el mapa, se muestra el código plus.
El botón "Ver en Google Earth para web" abre la vista actual en Google Earth para web.
Cuando agregas una foto a un marcador, este se puede reubicar automáticamente en la ubicación GPS de la foto.
Se corrigen los problemas de conectividad que en ocasiones aparecen después de volver a conectarse a Wi-Fi.
Las importaciones de GPS ahora admiten el formato GeoJSON.
Se solucionaron las siguientes vulnerabilidades de seguridad:
- CVE-2020-8895: Piratería de archivos DLL del instalador ejecutable de Windows
- CVE-2020-8896: Desbordamiento del búfer debido a longitudes no válidas de claves de encriptación
Se aplicaron otras correcciones y actualizaciones menores.

Earth 7.3.2

Estos son algunos puntos destacados sobre las correcciones, los cambios y las mejoras que incluimos en esta actualización de Google Earth Pro.

Cambios

Panel "Lugares": Posibilidad de seleccionar, mover y borrar varios elementos; mejoras en el rendimiento
Actualizaciones y correcciones de seguridad de red; mejora en la asistencia para la certificación
Mejoras en la importación de CSV: Compatibilidad de formatos de archivo Mac anteriores, campos de texto de varias líneas
Editor de superposición de suelo: Corrección de rotación defectuosa, posición del control de rotación
Vista previa de impresión: Corrección del zoom con la rueda del mouse, problemas de actualización de visualización
Idiomas internacionales: Corrección de traducciones, combinaciones de teclas y elementos de IU faltantes
Herramientas de tablas: Mejoras en la estabilidad, el diseño y la sincronización de datos
Guía turística oculta de forma predeterminada, según el caso práctico de Google Earth Pro
Windows: Earth puede ejecutarse de forma simultánea en varias sesiones de usuarios
Windows: Apariencia mejorada en monitores de alta resolución
Correcciones en Windows de 64 bits: compatibilidad con joystick; fallas al ocultar edificios 3D; interfaz de aplicación COM (p. ej., Garmin BaseCamp)
Linux: Compatibilidad con el software de controladores 3D "spacenav"

Earth 7.3.1

Estos son algunos puntos destacados de todas las correcciones, los cambios y las mejoras que incluimos en esta versión de Google Earth Pro.

Cambios

Windows de 64 bits: Aplicación de 64 bits
Windows: Compatibilidad con la autenticación de clientes SSL con servidores seguros
Windows: Mejoras en la estabilidad en modo DirectX
Linux: Mayor compatibilidad con la impresión, los sonidos y los videos incorporados
Mejoras en el rendimiento con archivos KML grandes
Compatibilidad mejorada para conexiones seguras y administración de errores de certificación
Los polígonos que atraviesan el antimeridiano ya no desaparecen
Correcciones en la interfaz de usuarios de la herramienta de importación de CSV y mayor compatibilidad con Unicode
Mejoras en la herramienta de reparación
Las mediciones de la herramienta de perfil de elevación ahora son más consistentes
Mejores traducciones en toda la interfaz de usuario
Restablecimiento de la funcionalidad del modo en vivo del dispositivo GPS
Se corrigió la incompatibilidad con los gráficos de frecuencias de actualización altas

Problemas conocidos

Windows: La actualización de la aplicación de 32 bits a las de 64 bits restablece la caché
Problemas de estabilidad de la interfaz de usuario de la herramienta "Tablas"

Earth 7.3.0

Problemas resueltos en esta versión de cliente de Google Earth

Faltaban mosaicos de imágenes del terreno en algunas ubicaciones.
No funcionaban las opciones de grabación y reproducción de audio de los viajes.
No se guardaban correctamente los viajes con grabaciones de audio.
Se producía una falla al cargar archivos de datos KML grandes.
No funcionaba la opción para arrastrar y soltar archivos en la ventana de la app.
No se podían abrir los archivos KMZ de una ruta que incluía ".kmz".
Se recortaban los skyscrapers al guardar imágenes de alta resolución.
El instalador de Windows no completaba el registro COM.
No se cargaban algunas imágenes incorporadas en los archivos KML.
La opción Filtrado anisotrópico no producía ningún efecto.
Las sugerencias de inicio solían posicionarse incorrectamente.
Las etiquetas en árabe solían quedar recortadas.

Cambios

La versión sin cargo de Earth y Pro se combinaron en un único producto: Google Earth Pro.
Windows: Windows 7 es la versión más antigua compatible.
Windows: Las instalaciones nuevas tienen como opción predeterminada el modo OpenGL.
Mac: Mac OS 10.8 es la versión más antigua compatible.
Mac: La app ahora es de 64 bits.
Mac: Ya está disponible la opción de suavizado.
Compatibilidad con pantallas de alta resolución (como aquellas con valores altos de PPP y "Retina").
Nueva herramienta de reparación para restablecer los datos de la caché, restaurar la configuración y solucionar los problemas de inicio de la app.
Actualización de la herramienta Movie Maker con nuevos formatos de video.
Rendimiento mejorado al guardar imágenes, imprimir contenido y crear películas.
Herramienta Web Inspector disponible para globos KML.
Admisión de los videos HTML5, como aquellos incorporados en YouTube, en los globos marcadores.
Opciones actualizadas y mejoradas del navegador web interno y su seguridad.

Problemas conocidos

"Compartir con Google+" no funciona.
Los Certificados de cliente SSL no son compatibles en este momento.
Los botones de la barra de herramientas y los íconos de la IU se muestran pixelados en el modo con valores altos de PPP.
Windows: La compatibilidad con valores altos de DPI no se habilita hasta que la escala de píxeles sea del 200% o superior (se debe utilizar googleearth2x.bat para forzar el modo con valores altos de DPI).

Earth 7.1.8.3036

Problemas resueltos en esta versión de cliente de Google Earth

Varios problemas de seguridad
Algunos archivos faltantes en los archivos KMZ guardados
Falla en "Ver en Maps" si el usuario accedió
Problemas relacionados con la licencia de Google Earth Pro
Elementos localizados incorrectamente en la interfaz de usuario
Comportamiento inesperado del diálogo Configuración/Preferencias
Windows: "Ver en Maps" congelado
Windows: Bloqueo en la herramienta de comentarios
Windows: El programa se congela cuando se guardan los resultados de la búsqueda
Windows: El instalador no borra los archivos
Mac: Falla mientras se ejecuta en OS X 10.6
Mac: Conflicto de instaladores entre las diferentes variantes de Earth
Linux (Debian): Falla de la búsqueda
Linux: El instalador no instala las bibliotecas necesarias
Linux: Mensajes de advertencia de la red falsos
Linux: Falla cuando se ven los puntos de referencia de Google Moon

Cambios

Se editó el selector de imágenes para los marcadores.
Se quitaron los vínculos para realizar ventas verticales de Google Earth Pro.
Se descontinuó el complemento del navegador (integrado y autónomo).
El terreno con gran detalle está habilitado de forma predeterminada.
Windows: Se actualizó la biblioteca de la aplicación Qt.
Linux: Google Earth Pro ahora está disponible.
Linux: Los instaladores ya están firmados.

Problemas conocidos

Guía turística, las superposiciones a veces se superponen con las Sugerencias de inicio y los diálogos "Acerca de".
Windows (7): El instalador genera problemas.
Linux: Google Earth Pro: En Movie Maker, algunas funciones de GPS no están disponibles.
Linux: Google Earth Pro: Los diálogos de importación a veces son lentos o se demoran.

Earth 7.1.7.2606

Problemas resueltos en esta versión de cliente de Google Earth

Se solucionó el problema de compatibilidad con Windows XP.
Se solucionó el problema de Google Earth Pro que dejaba de actualizar el contenido después de unos minutos.

Earth 7.1.7.2602

Problemas resueltos en esta versión de cliente de Google Earth

Se solucionó el problema de compatibilidad con el marco 3Dconnexion que causaba fallas al inicio de algunas instalaciones de Mac.

Earth 7.1.7.2600

Problemas resueltos en esta versión de cliente de Google Earth

Elementos eliminados del menú de Google Maps Engine y Google Earth Community.
Logotipos nuevos de Google y Google Earth.
Fallas en la reorganización de los elementos en Mis lugares.
Google Earth Pro: Diálogo de registro eliminado debido a que Pro ya no requiere una licencia.
Windows: Mensaje de error “1603” del instalador causado por los intentos de volver a instalar Earth 7.
Linux: Diálogo de fuente y otras fallas.
Linux: Inconsistencia en los datos de la caché entre las compilaciones de 32 y 64 bits.
Linux: Problemas con el instalador de RPM relacionados con los permisos en el directorio “/usr/bin”.
Mac y Linux: Controlador actualizado para mejorar la compatibilidad con los dispositivos con controlador 3Dconnexion.

Earth 7.1.5.1557

Problemas resueltos en esta versión de cliente de Google Earth

El proceso de acceso a la cuenta de Google se actualizó de OAuth 1.0 a OAuth 2.0, debido a que OAuth 1.0 dejó de estar disponible. Los usuarios de todas las versiones anteriores de Earth ya no podrán acceder con sus cuentas de Google después del 30 de mayo de 2015.
Se corrigieron los problemas con el proceso de actualización automática en Mac OS X.

Earth 7.1.4.1529

Problemas resueltos en esta versión de cliente de Google Earth

Actualizaciones menores de todas las versiones de escritorio de Earth.

Instalador de Windows nuevo: Los MSI ahora se crean a través de WiX en lugar de InstallShield.
Instalador de Mac nuevo: Es posible que las instalaciones nuevas y las primeras instancias de actualización automática a 7.1.4+ soliciten una contraseña de administrador.
La versión para empresas ya no se conecta a los servidores Oauth de Google durante el inicio.
Corrección de problemas de seguridad menores.
Actualización del logotipo (ahora con 'E' en mayúscula en Earth).

Earth 7.1.2.2041

Problemas resueltos en esta versión de cliente de Google Earth

Según la configuración predeterminada, la opción "Activar controlador" de las preferencias de usuario ahora está desactivada. Debido a que no se calibraron los joysticks o a que se conectaron otros controladores a Earth al iniciar la aplicación, las flechas rojas de dirección no se pueden visualizar.
Según la configuración predeterminada, la opción "Utilizar HTTPS para conexiones de Google" está activada para ofrecer una mejor seguridad.
Se corrigió el error por el cual el tamaño de la caché aumentaba hasta superar los límites que había especificado el usuario.
Se corrigió el bloqueo que se producía al realizar búsquedas en algunas computadoras Windows.
Se actualizó la API de LEAP a la versión 1.08.
Se redujo la sensibilidad del controlador LEAP a los movimientos de la mano del usuario. Esto permite un vuelo más suave y un mayor control sobre la ruta al usar un controlador LEAP.

Earth 7.1.1.1888

Problemas resueltos en esta versión de cliente de Google Earth

Se actualizó la API de LEAP a la versión 1.0.8 y se corrigió un bloqueo que afectaba a parte de los usuarios que ejecutan Google Earth en Windows XP. Si quieres usar un dispositivo LEAP con Google Earth, asegúrate de estar ejecutando la versión 1.0.8 del controlador LEAP (o una posterior) del sitio web de LEAP Motion.
Según la configuración predeterminada, la opción "Activar controlador" ahora está activada. Si conectaste un controlador externo sin calibrar (como un joystick para juegos) a la computadora, es posible que la Tierra gire con flechas que indican movimiento. Para solucionar el problema, te sugerimos las siguientes alternativas:
1. Desactivar la opción "Activar controlador" en la pestaña "Navegación" de Opciones/Preferencias
2. Desenchufar el controlador externo
3. Volver a calibrar el controlador externo

Earth version 7.1.1.1871

Issues fixed in this release Google Earth Client

We have included another fix for the unified_cache_leveldb_leveldb2 directory filling beyond specified cache limits for some Windows and Macintosh users.
Imagery no longer stays blurry upon zooming in when the cache is full.
Certain NVIDIA cards, notably the GeForce 6600, 6800 and 7950, no longer suffer corrupted text or navigation controls in DirectX mode.
Font and tilt settings now stick between sessions.
Balloon opens now display when recording tours.
We have included UI improvements to Flight Simulator.
When printing, the scale legend now displays correct distances.
Collada models now display with uncorrupted textures.
Polygons and image overlays now display correctly across the Antimeridian.
We fixed an issue with certain GPU - driver combinations whereby no imagery displayed in the client.
The time slider in Sun and Historical Imagery features now displays the correct Daylight Savings time.
Performance and stability improvements.
[Pro] Artifact .avi files are no longer created when rendering movies from tours on Windows. [Pro] Calculating a Viewshed in parts of the southern hemisphere no longer displays an error.
[Pro] The scale legend in the print flow no longer disappears when view is tilted, nor does it change between high-, medium- and low-quality prints

Known issues

On certain Radeon GPUs, specifically the X1600, SketchUp Buildings appear corrupted when Atmosphere is on. As a workaround, enable 3D Imagery in 3D View > Terrain or turn off Atmosphere.
Elevation Profile displays as blank on Mac machines running certain NVIDIA GeForce GPUs.
On Macintosh OS, the Google Earth Plugin will not install in Firefox while Firefox is running. As a workaround, install the Plugin when Firefox is closed. Note that this bug does not affect updating the Plugin, only the first installation.
Audio recorded in tours does not play across platforms. As a workaround, record a tour on the OS that you intend to use while playing the tour.
Tours stop recording when there is no 3D View movement during recording.
For users running Intel 965 Express Chipsets on Windows XP and Windows Vista, Earth will appear pixelated when run in OpenGL mode. As a workaround, run Earth in DirectX mode.
[Pro] Print style options are broken when Atmosphere is off. To enable these options, ensure that Atmosphere is on.
[Pro] A Viewshed warning dialog appears for placemarks at ≤2m and a high tilt.
[Pro] After computing a Viewshed Earth areas outside the Viewshed zone suffer corruption. Exiting the Viewshed will correct the display of these areas.

Earth version 7.1.1.1580

New features in Google Earth Pro

Ability to create rich, annotated images from print and save
Redesigned print flow
Viewshed/Line of Sight analysis tool from a placemark

New features in Google Earth and Google Earth Pro

Support for LEAP Motion device
Enhanced starfield
Google Feedback tool integration
Redesigned balloons

Issues fixed in this release

Google Earth Client

Polygons and image overlays display over the international dateline
Performance improvements in Movie Maker and in viewing 3D imagery areas
Ocean surface displays across Mac clients with Intel GPUs
Full Map names display in Google Maps Engine maps
Earth client now supports NTLM authentication for a PAC file
Fixed Incorrect "Z-order" in rendering overlapped vector layers

Known issues

Plugin fails to initialize on Internet Explorer 10 and 11. As a workaround, we suggest enabling Compatibility View.
Elevation profiles display as blank on certain Mac configurations.
The Google Earth Plugin will not install while the Firefox browser is running. As a workaround, install the Google Earth Plugin while the browser is closed.

Earth version 7.0.3.8542

Issues fixed in this release

Google Earth Client

We have put in a fix for the unified_cache_leveldb_leveldb2 directory filling beyond specified cache limits for some Windows users.
We now handle SSL certificate revocation errors appropriately.
Lighting of Diorama buildings in OGL now appears correctly.
Balloons no longer flicker while playing tours.
We have improved the appearance of image and polygon overlays for users running some families of Radeon GPUs.
We have included stability improvements for users running GeForce 6xxx and 7xxx cards.
We have included stability improvements for users running Earth for extended periods of time.
Imagery now displays for Linux users running specific families of Intel GPUs.

Google Earth Plugin

Placemark and linestring quality no longer diminishes in the Plugin with browser refresh.

Known issues

Water surfaces around coastlines will flicker then resolve upon zoom.
[Pro/Enterprise] Rendering of movies, especially movies that show 3D imagery at a tilt, is very slow. As a workaround, we recommend using Google Earth 6.2.2.6613 for movies that require such a perspective.

Earth version 7.0.2

What’s new in Google Earth 7.0.2 release?

We have included substantial performance improvements to this build. You should see scenes load more rapidly than in our previous public Beta release.
We have included minor tweaks to the Tour Guide UI.

Issues fixed in this release

Google Earth Client

We fixed the bug that prevented users from recording movies from saved tours.
Wikipedia text displays in tours.
Gray buildings and extruded polygons have improved lighting effects.
Imagery holes no longer appear after sun has been turned on in DirectX on certain hardware configurations.
Icons align correctly upon installation of .dmg.

Known issues in Google Earth 7 OOB

When run in DirectX mode on certain Radeon graphics cards on Windows, SketchUp models and extruded polygons will appear gray. To work around this issue, run Earth in OpenGL mode.
When run in OpenGL mode on certain Intel graphics cards, SketchUp models and extruded polygons will appear gray. To work around this issue, run Earth in DirectX mode.
Clamped Polygons and Image Overlays display multiple instances in 3D cities on certain hardware configurations.
KML overlays don't render correctly in 3D cities in DX on certain hardware configurations.
Water surfaces around coastlines will flicker then resolve upon zoom.
Placemark and linestring quality diminishes in the Plugin with browser refresh. To workaround, zoom closely into the KML you want to view.
Terrain and Water Surface oddities exist at the antimeridian.

Earth version 7.0

Support for 3D imagery data: 3D data provides a comprehensive representation of metropolitan environments around the world. 3D imagery is currently available in the these areas.
Tour Guide mechanism in the client: The new tour guide allows you to explore interesting places around the world, even if you don’t know to search for them. As you move, thumbnails of pre-created tours and points of interest will dynamically update with interesting locations in your current view. Read more.
Support for terrain data accessed via Google Maps Engine
Zooming in now tilts at a higher elevation in order to showcase 3D imagery
A unified graphical rendering pipeline
Redesigned startup tips and status bar

Issues fixed in this release

Google Earth Client

Fixed a Pro and Enterprise bug whereby cached login data disappeared after upgrading to Mac OS 10.8+.
Sound can now be recorded from a microphone when producing a tour.
Improved Atmosphere feature for users on certain NVIDIA GeForce cards.
Polygons clamped to seafloor now display correctly.

Known issues in Google Earth 7

PC Enterprise users will note flashing historical imagery when going to the minimum date of the time slider in a handful of areas around the world. To workaround, use 6.2 for Enterprise.
Terrain, imagery and polygons that overlap the antemeridian occasionally appear broken.
This build includes changes to shaders that strain older graphics cards. Please see system requirements for updated lists of recommended hardware.

Earth version 6.2

New features in this release

Enhanced search, including support for:
- Clearer local business and directions search results. These now appear in full HTML in the left hand panel.
- Improved quality thresholds on search results.
- Walking directions, biking directions, and transit search.
- Search layers in local business searches. In a local business search, you now see all relevant results in the 3D view, 10 results in the search panel.
- Suggest in search. As you type a search query, search suggestions appear in a drop-down menu.
- Loading search results with one click, not two.

Improved imagery rendering, including:
- Google Earth imagery is significantly more seamless, especially at higher altitudes
- Fade-in animation for imagery as it is fetched.
- Anisotropic filtering by default.
- Improved level of detail calculation for imagery tiles.

Unified network stack. Google Earth now uses the same network stack for imagery, vector content, balloon content and embedded browser content. This will avoid situations where imagery loads but balloon content does not display under certain proxy settings.
Ability to share screenshots with your Google+ circles from within the Google Earth client.
Unified Google login mechanism in the client.
Improved performance with 3D buildings.

Issues fixed in this release

Google Earth Client

Fixed an issue where ground overlays without the "icon" tag did not render rectangles using the fill color. KML ground overlays where images fail to load will now draw rectangles using a default or user-specified fill color.
Added the ability to create balloon HTML for locally saved images using the “Add image” button.
Fixed proxy accessibility issues for the Google Earth Plug-in and Client.
Added the ability to update network links in parallel on synchronous updates.

Google Earth Browser Plug-in and API

Fixed an issue where the Google Earth Browser Plug-in generated an “ATL 10.0” error while running on Internet Explorer versions 8 and 9.
Fixed an issue where Google Earth Browser Plug-in wouldn’t resize on Firefox version 4 and above on Mac.
Fixed an issue where the “-” key was not working on Google Earth Plug-in on Mac.
Fixed an issue where the AJAX loader returned false for isSupported() on 64-bit browsers that are not supported.
Fixed the rendering order of imagery layers added through side databases.
Fixed an issue where 3D buildings did not update with changes in view when terrain is not visible.

Known issues in Google Earth 6.2

New search pages and screenshot sharing pages are not fully translated into all languages.
Text in the Google login box is clipped at the bottom.
Some instability and growth in memory usage is seen in long running or looping tours and while making movies from long tours.

Earth version 6.1

New in Google Earth Pro:

Google Earth Pro has improved support for printing from the client. Changes include a legend with a North indicator and scale, controls for print/paper size, and improved performance.
Google Earth Pro has improved the experience of making movies by simplifying the user interface and improving performance in certain configurations.
Importing data files in Google Earth Pro is now easier with the ability to edit shared balloon style for folders and to increase the import categorization limit from 8 to 64.
Google Earth Pro now allows you to view an elevation profile while measuring.

In Google Earth (Consumer and Pro version):

Improved the robustness of network access by providing better support for Proxy and SSL certs. This will fix issues users have experienced of not being able to see balloon content or embedded browser content.
Improved the resolution seen in elevation profiles for lines and tracks.
Added the ability to sort “My Places,” and improved the user interface to be able find points across my places.
There were several improvements to Street View in Google Earth. We added the ability to zoom into a Street View photo by using a zoom slider. Street View in Earth feels more immersive now due to wider field of view. It is now faster and smoother to use. We made several small tweaks to the user interface including adding a way to navigate floors when you are indoors and there are multiple floors available in Street View.
Fixed bugs related to missing road labels in cases where roads were curvy or zoomed into.

In Google Earth API for browser plugins:

Added API for working with tours.

Fixed bugs and product changes:

To conform more closely with the OGC KML 2.2 standard, we've made the parsing of the <coordinates> tag more strict in version 6.1. Spaces must only be used to separate the (longitude,latitude,altitude) triplets which specify the coordinates of a single point. It is invalid to add spaces between individual coordinates. We understand that previous versions of the client were more lenient, so if your KML files contain spaces beween coordinates in coordinate triplets, an easy workaround is to remove all whitespace located immediately before or after commas inside a <coordinates> tag.
Several performance improvements that would allow smoother experience in specific computer configurations.
Fixed 'Restrict to View' functionality during a shapefile import in Google Earth Pro.
Fixed an issue where Google Earth would sometimes save incorrect ordering of elements in KML.
Added field of view recording to tours and ability to play back those changes.
Fixed an issue where the icon heading did not work in Google Earth API.
Changes to reduce occurrences of missing desktop icon and shortcut menu items on an update.
Sped up overlay polygon rendering in OpenGL mode.
Fixed loading of kmz files when the first file at the root level was image file.
Upgraded GDAL support to 1.7.0 and fixed issues with importing .tab files in Google Earth Pro.
Fixed the discrepancy caused in measurements due to multiple radii of Earth used inside Google Earth.
Fixed an issue where placemarks created with UTM coordinates did not move when edited.
Fixed an issue when screen overlays disappeared in a print-out.

Earth version 6.0.2

Issues Fixed with Desktop Client:

Fixed a problem where we were over fetching certain kml layer data and running into issuing of using large amounts of memory and slowness during zooming in.
Fixed an issue of ruler tool disappearing. In 6.0 beta, when measuring using the path tool, if you break to add a place-mark then you go back to the path and click "save" the path and ruler tool disappears all together.
Fixed an issue with incorrectly measuring long distances. Improved navigation in Street View inside buildings.
Fixed a crash with elevation profile if there was empty gx:value node in KML.
Optimized amount of terrain and imagery data fetched while viewing photo overlays.
Fixed an occasional crash while viewing 3D buildings. Fixed broken fly-to links within local kml files.
Fixed an issue where new place-marks added were with absolute altitude instead of being clamped to ground.
Fixed an issue where the title for panoramio pictures no longer appeared when hovering over panoramio icons with your mouse if scale legend was enabled.
Fixed an issue when there was occasionally a missing wall in 3D buildings.
Optimized amount of data fetched in Street View.
Fixed an issue where tilt by holding “shift” and moving the scroll wheel only worked in one direction on Mac.

Issues Fixed in Earth Browser Plug-in:

Fixed a crash when getNormalStyleUrl was called on a StyleMap referencing a non-existent Style.
Fixed some issues in using plug-in on https sites.
Fixed functionality of disabling ground level navigation through API.

Earth version 6.0B

New features in Google Earth 6

Integrated Street View: In Google Earth 6, the Street View experience is now fully integrated. You can enter Street View either by dropping pegman in navigation controls or by zooming in all the way to ground level on places that have Street View.
3D Trees:Google Earth now has trees. You can enable trees by turning on the check-box next to the Trees layer under the 3D buildings layer folder. You can see trees in several places, and we will add trees to more places over time.
Easy to use historical imagery:When you fly to an area where historical imagery is available, the date of the oldest imagery will appear in the status bar at the bottom of the screen. If you click on this date, you’ll instantly be taken back in time to view imagery from that time period.
Ground-level navigation: In Google Earth 6, in addition to flying around features, you can now walk on the ground to explore either 3D buildings and trees or Street View imagery.
3D Measurements in Google Earth Pro:In addition to measuring distances and areas on the ground, you can now measure heights and widths of 3D building and distances from buildings to the ground.

Other changes in Google Earth 6

Tour Recorder Improvements:With Google Earth 6, the tour recording feature has been improved in several ways. The tour recorder now incorporates the activation of Sunlight, Street View, and Historical Imagery modes into the recorded tour. Additionally, the quality of the recording has been significantly improved, including better motion fidelity and better synchronization with sound recording.
Earth on PowerPC Mac:We are discontinuing support for Google Earth builds that work on PowerPC Macs. Users of PowerPC macs can still use the Google Earth 5.2 version.
Earth on OS X 10.4:We are discontinuing support for Google Earth builds that work on 10.4 version of Mac OS X. Users of this version of Mac OS X can still use Google Earth 5.2 version.
Earth on Windows 2000:We are discontinuing support for Google Earth builds that work on Windows 2000. Users of Windows 2000 can still use the Google Earth 5.2 version.
Linux Builds:Google Earth Linux binaries are now based on the Linux Standard Base. This improves the compatibility of Google Earth on different Linux distributions, but requires users to have Linux Standard Base installed on their system. If your Linux system does not have LSB, please install it using apt, yum, smart or up2date. As a side effect of moving to LSB, joysticks are currently unsupported.

Issues Fixed

Addressed issues related to slow internal browser and balloon performance
Addressed issues related to broken images in balloons seen in Earth 5.2.
Linux now handles KML in locales where the radix separator isn’t “.”.
Linux fixes for Flash-induced crashes.

Google Earth Plug-in and API Changes

Updated API version 1.007
New class KmlViewerOptions, to set global render state (Historical Imagery, StreetView, and Sun)
Added ability to enable/disable street view in GENavigationControl
Added ability to enable/disable automatic transition to ground level view in GEOptions
Added ability to enable/disable 3d tree rendering through new layer LAYER_TREES
Added altitudeOffset functionality to KmlLinearRing and KmlLineRing. This allows ability to set altitude for all vertices through a single function call.
Added ability to enable/disable building selection through mouse input in GEOptions
Added ability to enable/disable building highlight through mouse input in GEOptions
Added copyAsLookAt() and copyAsCamera() conversion to KmlAbstractView
Improved performance on Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard).

Earth version 5.2 Out of Beta

New features in Google Earth 5.2 Out of Beta:

Visualization of Rain/Snow when the weather layer is enabled in the Google Earth client.

Issues fixed in Google Earth 5.2 Out of Beta:

Fixed polygon overlay rendering issues in the Google Earth Browser Plug-in as well as the Google Earth Client when using Direct X rendering mode.
Improved overall stability by fixing multiple crashes seen since beta release.
Drawing order of ground overlays and polygons has been restored to behavior similar to versions 5.1 and 5.0.
Multiple bugs related to the GPS functionality with different devices have been fixed.
Fixed a bug related to mouse navigation not working when using the Ruler tool.
Panoramic photos in 360 cities layer (and similar other panoramic photos) were tilted with beta version. This bug has been fixed.
Issues seen with lines and polygons in high resolution image saving and printing for Google Earth Pro version have been fixed.
Improved start-up time for the Internal Browser.
Fixed text scale in 3D view for the Movie Maker tool in Google Earth Pro.

Earth version 5.2

New Features in Google Earth 5.2

Improved embedded browser functionality: Better integration of embedded browser with Google Earth Application.
Track and Multitrack in Google Earth: A track allows you to create one visible object in Google Earth (either a Point icon or a Model) that moves over time between multiple positions. Using the time slider, you can animate position and orientation of an object and show a line tracing the path. A multitrack is a collection of tracks. You can create Track and Multitrack by authoring KML documents or by importing your GPS data (from a number of GPS receivers or file formats such as GPX) into Google Earth.
Elevation Profile in Google Earth: You can see elevation profile of a line-string or track in Google Earth. It plots the elevation profile, speed, and associated extended data (for example, heart rate) in a KML file.
Added file import types: NMEA (.log and .nmea), Garmin GDB, Garmin Training Center, and Ozi Explorer files can now all be read. Garmin fitness extensions are now read from GPX. Extended data for Elevation Profile and Track is handled when available.

New Features available in Google Earth Pro 5.2
In addition to features present in Google Earth Consumer version, Google Earth Pro version has support for the following additional features.

Additional Layers in Google Earth Pro:
1. US Demographics: Provided by Nielsen Claritas, shows United States Census Tract Data, including income, age, ethnicity, household size, marital status and more for 2010, as well as a projection for 2015.
2. US Parcel Data: Provided by DataQuick, shows critical parcel and building information for commercial and residential real estate within the United States.
3. US DailyTraffic Counts: Provided by Market Planning Solutions Inc., shows the concentration of automobile traffic for different areas within the United States.
Creation of Efficient Regionated KML for vectors and images: You can now create hierarchical, vector data and image overlays in Google Earth Pro.
Improvements to Draw and Measure tools: Changes make it easier to measure and draw. You can also see measurements by selecting properties of an object now.
General Improvements to importing Spreadsheet Data & Applying Style Templates
Other Changes include:
- Improved polygon rendering.
- Bug fixes for polygons and image overlays spanning date-line/anti-meridian.
- Bug fixes to allow getting closer to 3D models.
- Bug fixes for anti-aliased lines and points in Google Earth.
- Improved stability and memory consumption by Google Earth Application.
- Minor enhancements to Time UI in Google Earth Application.
- New icons for Pro and EC versions of Google Earth.
- Reduced aliasing/shimmer in Historical imagery mode.
- For Consumer and Pro version, moved Terrain setting to options menu from layers panel.
- Improved Earth Gallery integration in application and changed Add Content Button to Earth Gallery button on layers panel.
- Added support for ZH-HK language.
- Added support for MGRS coordinate system.
- Added support for editing coordinates in UTM.

Known Issues and Workarounds

In Google Earth Pro, while using movie-making with high resolutions you could run into issues of text and view being distorted in OpenGL mode. We are fixing this issue. If you run into this issue, there are three workarounds

Use window size such that 3D view is larger than resolution of movie being recorded.
Use window size such that both vertical and horizontal size of 3D window is smaller than resolution needed.
If you are using windows platform, you can use DirectX mode.

Changes for Google Earth Plug-in 5.2

Enhanced Time support:
- ability to toggle Historical imagery in Google Earth Plug-in (#235)
- ability to create timestamps and timespans (#177).
- ability to toggle time UI (#202)
- ability to set plug-in’s clock rate. (#208, #143, #381, #419, #396)
- ability to set the plug-in’s virtual time/clock (#104)
- Improved accessors:
  - getUrl
  - getComputedStyle (#392)
  - getElementbyUrl
  - getElementbyId (fixed #60)
  - getElementbyType
  - getElementsByStyleUrl
  - Access to Balloon Content
  - Ability to get balloon content using getBalloonDescription, getBalloonHtml, and getBalloonHtmlUnsafe (#16) (#97).

Earth version 5.100B

Release Notes for 5.100B This release is a maintenance release which fixes the following bugs:

fixes to icon style heading
fixed labels in Pro hi-res printing
honor default layer visibility for enterprise databases
getKML now allows fetching of arbitrarily long strings of KML (Google Earth API)
added https support for enterprise API (Google Earth API)
fixed region fade-extent bug as reported here:
http://http://code.google.com/p/earth-api-samples/issues/detail?id=329
fixed issue with placemarks flashing in region-based network links as reported here:
http://code.google.com/p/kml-samples/issues/detail?id=310
fixed crash-on-exit bug
PhotoOverlay now derived from kmlOverlay instead of kmlFeature (kmlPhotoOverlay.getColor() is now working) (Google Earth API)

Additionally, with this release the following changes have been made:

removal of "beta" label from Google Earth clients
bundling of Google Earth browser plug-in with Mac installer
added Intel-only Mac installer package

Earth version 5.1

Release Notes for Google Earth 5.1

Google Earth 5.1 release is mostly a performance and bug fix release upgrade over Google Earth 5.0. Salient changes include:

Improved Startup Time. The improvement is most noticeable when users launch the Earth application multiple times.
Improved overall rendering performance. Changes include faster atmosphere rendering and using compressed textures whenever possible.
Improved Road rendering Performance: Frame rate at places with dense road networks is three times faster than in previous releases.
Improved memory utilization in the application.
Significantly smoother frame-rate and less stuttering in the application compared to previous releases.
Improved performance with large region based network link KML documents. Some of large KML documents are now processed and rendered at more than twice the speed of earlier releases.
Improved KML document handling performance. Large regionated KML Image overlays are up to 80% faster than previous releases.
Support for KML hint = moon or mars to switch to moon or mars based on kml document.
Availability of one installer that installs both the Google Earth application and browser plugin.
Desktop Application now works on Windows 7.
Users can set the memory cache size up to 1024 MB now.

Release notes for Google Earth Browser Plugin 5.1
All of the notes for the Google Earth Application apply to browser plugin version. Additional changes include:

API additions: Please refer to API documentation for details.
- KmlListStyle::listItemType and KmlListeItemTypeEnum
- google.earth.executeBatch(fn)
- GETourPlayer::get/setCurrentTime
- GETourPlayer::getDuration
- GESchemaObject::release()
- Experimental feature KmlFeature::get/setOpacity
Improved performance for Javascript application by allocating time for it in Google Earth.
One installer available that installs both desktop application and browser plugin.

Earth version 5.0.1

Release notes for Google Earth 5.0.1

3D Buildings: OpenGL mode performance is improved. Buildings are streamed in smoother, and low memory situations are handled better.
Tours: Make flyto and tour paths smoother by fixing several cases for jitters and unexpected jumps in camera path. Improve tour creation so that the tour path has smooth interpolation. On pause, open balloons are left open instead of closing them. Support generating tours from nested folders of placemarks.
Collada Models: Enhance collada model handling to work when Multiple resources associated with same model. Improve handling of animated textures on the models.
Pro Movie Maker: Fix movie maker to work well in presence of animated water surface. Fix holes seen in high resolution movies. Fix bugs in creating large AVI movies. Fix a crash while recording movies. Fixed high resolution movie creation in cases where it would distort view.
Fix installation failure on 64 bit linux machines related to linking against wrong version of libssl.
Improved culling of objects near poles.
Fix the case where Earth kept continuously updating after a tour was finished.
Fix handling of drag and drop in left menu between folders.
Remove occasional spurious scrollbars in balloons.
Fix holes in high resolution movies and printing. Fix tears in high resolution image save and print when animated water was in view.
Fix a crash in switching to Mars from photo view.
Fix Mars atmosphere for some graphics cards so that it shows up with red color instead of blue now.
Show appropriate historical imagery tickmarks when zoomed way in.
Fix cases that let sound continue playing even after a balloon was closed or tour was paused.
Fix text clustering when eye is below water.
Fix a crash on shutdown.
Fix issues with handling altitude modes in <Camera> tags below and above water.

Earth version 5.0

Notas de la versión de Google Earth 5.0 Novedades en Google Earth 5.0 y versiones posteriores:

Compatibilidad con la visualización del terreno submarino, la superficie del agua y los modelos 3D submarinos
Compatibilidad con imágenes históricas, incluido un nuevo elemento de la IU que permite la selección de recursos de imágenes históricas
Nueva función de viajes que permite grabar y reproducir un viaje o presentación. También permite la grabación y reproducción de sonido
Compatibilidad con HTML completo, JavaScript e iframes en los globos que aparecen en Google Earth
Compatibilidad con imágenes/relieve/capas en Marte mediante un menú desplegable para el cielo y los planetas
Compatibilidad con 15 idiomas nuevos, con lo cual se alcanza un total de 41 idiomas
Nueva interfaz de usuario unificada de fecha y hora en Earth, que admite el horario de verano, los archivos KML basados en el tiempo y las imágenes históricas
Nuevo diseño de los íconos de la interfaz de usuario y la pantalla de bienvenida
Compatibilidad con la apertura de globos descriptivos al hacer clic en líneas y polígonos
Compatibilidad con las posiciones arbitrarias de esquinas para las superposiciones de suelos
Edificios 3D activados de manera predeterminada en las máquinas que tengan suficiente capacidad
Suavizado de escena completa en modo OpenGL en sistemas Windows
Importación de seguimiento de dispositivos GPS (46 dispositivos nuevos) y seguimiento en tiempo real ahora en la versión sin cargo. Puedes encontrar más información en la página http://www.earth.google.com/userguide/v4/ug_gps.html
Animación más llamativa de las etiquetas para el contenido KML
Instaladores diferentes dirigidos a la instalación para todos los usuarios o para un único usuario en Windows

Improvements in Google Earth 5.0:

Faster start-up time.
Earth honors cache settings more rigorously.
Faster processing of KML files.
Significant performance improvements for 3D buildings in DirectX mode.
Enhanced support for anisotropic filtering.
Improved level of detail computation for better performance and quality.
Use OGC standard KML name when saving KML files.
Support for installers for users with non-administrative priviledges on Vista.
Improved performace for regionated KML files.
Improved performance in Pro version printing images, saving images and capturing movies.
Added HD view / output sizes.

Known Issues in Google Earth 5.0:

In low memory situations, 3D buildings may not get displayed on Earth. Some of the workarounds include increasing cache size from options menu, restoring defaults from options menu, restarting application and clearing memory cache.
On some windows systems, sound recording may not work. In this case, you can fix it by installing Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 Redistributable Package (x86).
For KML content, balloon formatting may be different as compared to previous versions and an unnecessary horizontal scroll bar may show up.
Switching to sky from Mars does not change the search box to do sky search. As a workaround, you would need to switch to Earth and switch back to sky.
Sometimes, overlays drawn on ocean surface may also get drawn on the underwater terrain.
Missing images in balloons may cause balloons to flicker.
In KMZ files with network links, styles from a link do not always override styles from parent file.
KML files saved from client have unnecessary extra namespace declaration.
Using a "fly to" (by double clicking a place mark) when recording a tour might lead into a jitters in recording.