Google Earth with out downloading Plug-in

[Sam Ellis]

We are using google earth on our web platform and it is highly dependent on using google earth but are becoming aware most people do not want to download the plug-in.  Is there a way we can host the plug-in on our server and it be available to users with out downloading plug-in? Or is there a plan to make google earth available without plug -in in the future? Has anyone else experienced this same problem with users?

Thanks a lot.

If you want to check out our application:

http://www.heliomap.com/helioapp

we use google earth to make solar energy estimations quick, easy, and accurate.

Holla,
Sam Ellis

[GTrek]

Hi Sam,

The answer is yes and no, you can download an installable version of the Google Earth which includes the plug-in however you can't as far as I'm aware download the latest version. Goto http://earth.google.com and click “Download Google Earth”. Untick “Install Chrome” and click “advanced setup”, select “Previous Version” (7.0) and click “Agree and download” and select save.

Google Earth is essentially a desktop application hence the plug-in, Google Maps on the other hand is a web based application and does not require the plug-in. 

Hope this helps

Regards 

John

www.gtrek.co.uk