Google earth and post panoramio era.

[surfepic]

Hello everyone. I just wanted to share my disappointment towards panoramio closing it´s doors forever. It has not been too long since I heard about this. I have been looking for some information but did not succeed.

I do plan all my holidays (every year) using google earth. The best geographical tool I know about. Once I open google earth, I choose a city, and start opening random pictures and saving some for later, of course these pictures are public and  use them ase a powerful reference.

Now getting to the point, does anyone know what will happen to google earth´s  Panoramio photographs after its closure? I mean, will all those pictures still be available? will they disappear from google earth?

If you know something regarding changes I will truly appreciate any info.

Thanks in advance,

....a travel fan.

[Tomas K☼h☼ut]

Unfortunately, there is no official info about Google Earth (GE).

However, many people (including me) speculate about the possible demise of GE.

Hints:

- Photos neither from Panoramio nor from Google Maps (GM) are not added for long time

- No visible development (no new features, no new information layers)... whereas and meanwhile many small changes are rolled up on GM

- Pro version of GE is now for free

- No many mentions about GE in Google official posts about their products (example: Panoramio death announcement is all about transfer oft he photos to GM, but not about GE)

- future of the applications is a thin/web client (app running from web/cloud on a device within a browser, without installation)

Focus is clearly on GM. Let's see how long will be GE with us...