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The Google Earth Plug-in and its JavaScript API let you embed Google Earth, a true 3D digital globe, into your web pages for viewing on Windows or Mac devices. The Google Earth API has been deprecated as of December 12th, 2014. The API will continue to work on supported browsers until December 12th, 2015, and will shut down on that date.

The Google Earth Plug-in and its JavaScript API let you embed Google Earth, a true 3D digital globe, into your web pages which can be viewed on Windows or Mac devices.

Supported browsers

The Google Earth Plug-in supports the following browsers (source):

  • Microsoft Windows (XP, Vista, 7, and 8)

    • Google Chrome 5.0-39.0 (32-bit)
    • Internet Explorer 7-9, and 10-11 with Compatibility View (32-bit) (Note that the Windows 8 browsing mode with Internet Explorer does not support plugins.)
    • Firefox 11.0-34.0

  • Apple Mac OS X 10.6 or later (any Intel Mac)

    • Google Chrome 5.0-39.0 (32-bit)
    • Safari 3.1+
    • Firefox 11.0-34

The plugin is not supported on Linux, nor any mobile devices.

Because the Google Earth Plug-in is based on the NPAPI platform, support for Chromium-based browsers will end when NPAPI support is removed in September 2015.

The Google Earth API has been deprecated as of December 12th, 2014. The API will continue to work on supported browsers until December 12th, 2015, and will shut down on that date.

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How can I place a html div over the Google Earth plugin? Involves wmode, I imagine

I'm having trouble laying a html div over the Google Earth plugin in a web application, any help would be appreciated. It's fine for Map, Terrain and Hybrid mode, but on 'Earth' mode, the Flash kicks in and automatically layers the map on…
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Adding click event to KMLLayer Placemarks and Markers

How do i attach an onclick event to Placemarks specified in the KML file. Can event listeners be added to both google maps and google earth plugin? How would I go about this?
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How to Enable Google Maps Earth View without Plugin

I'm evaluating options for a 3d globe viewer that doesn't require any download/install. As an alternative to Cesium.js, I'm also taking a look at Google Maps Js API v3. Recently I've noticed that WebGL enabled browsers seem to be able to switch into…
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Catching Remember-Me Authentication Events in Spring Security

I'm developing an application in which I need to catch and respond to Authentication events to take appropriate action. Currently, I'm catching just fine the AuthenticationSuccessEvent Spring throws when a user logs in manually. I'm now trying to…
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Feeding Data to Google Earth Plugin from MATLAB via COM

I am currently working on a flight simulation project with MATLAB/Simulink and Google Earth. What I want to do, is to have MATLAB/Simulink doing all the calculations and simulations and Google Earth to display the result in real time. To interface…
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Google Earth Determining zoom level from bounding box

I got a Windows Forms app making use of Google Earth where users can draw a polygon on the map which is used as a geofence. What I'd like to do is to be able to zoom to the polygon so that it fits nicely on screen with a click of a button. A sort of…
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Embed Google Earth in desktop applications instead of website. Is QT a real option?

I have in mind to develop a desktop application that simulates a satellite camera orbiting the earth. I would like to use Google Earth in a desktop application instead of embedding it in a website. Apparently the only option that the Google Earth…
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Google Earth API vs Google Earth COM API

I want to use Google Earth in a desktop application. My question is which one of these two APIs provided by google do you think has more functionality and/or best support? Thank you very much
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Google Earth within custom C++ Linux application

I am exploring using Google Earth within a C++ application I am writing for Linux. This application would be operating at a very high resolution (approx. 6000 x 3000 pixels). I am confident about the graphics performance of Google Earth in the high…
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Region-based network links in Google Earth API

I have many large KML data-sets, which are served using a hierarchy of region-based network-links; as described in the KML reference: Using Regions in conjunction with NetworkLinks, you can create a hierarchy of pointers, each of which points to a…
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Is it possible to use a Google Earth 3D view, when embedding a google map?

Or can you embed Google Earth directly even though the Earth API is deprecated and their documentation page is mostly disabled. Im trying to have a website that works in the current version of Chrome and uses a 3D google earth. Any way on how I…
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How to force network links to refresh, even after they encounter a file error?

I have a program that is constantly writing/updating a KML file, and I have a network link that points to this file. Under heavy load, if the Network Link attempts to access the KML file at the same time as my program is writing to the KML file,…
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Street View preload

We experience a problem with Google Street View. We want to move there using API. So, let's say, initially we load certain panoramic view. Then, we move forward for a few meters and want to load everything again with the new coordinates. What we…
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Google earth api javascript control

I have an HTML file in which the camera flies from space to a street view and I only need to move forward, in a random direction to the next streetview and keep moving. Just like keeping the up arrow pressed. Does anyone know how to do it, please?…
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Google Earth Plugin Click Events on 3D Buildings

I have been looking around and haven't found an answer to this yet. Is it possible to add click events to either the 3D building layer or custom 3D models using javascript for the google earth plugin. My end goal is to be able to have a user select…
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