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Technical Announcements. Employees in the News. Get Our News. Media Contacts. I'm a Reporter. Staff Profiles. Social Media. It provides detailed offline. Developed by Google, the programs are different yet complimentary. Google Earth, a free software application that you download from Google, allows the user to view 3D satellite imagery anywhere on the planet.

Google Earth , a free software application that you download from Google, allows the user to view 3D satellite imagery anywhere on the planet. Google Earth allows you to visualize the actual terrain of most of the locations featured in our books from the comfort of your home, which we have found very useful when planning a trip.

Google Maps , accessed through a web browser on a Windows PC or Mac computer — or through an app on an iPhone or Android phone — provides real-time, voice-guided, turn-by-turn navigation. With the Google Maps app installed on your smartphone, you can use our KML file to navigate to the locations featured in our books. All three approaches use the same exact underlying data the files we supply for download.

In the case of Garmin and TomTom devices, the data file is transferred into the memory of the device using a Windows PC or Mac computer. Because the data files are stored in the device itself, no internet connection is required, only a GPS signal.

GPS signals are reliably provided at no charge, day and night, by a constellation of satellites orbiting the earth. In contrast, data for the Google Maps app is stored in the cloud, making the data and the corresponding maps accessible on multiple devices via the internet.

Once signed in to your Google Maps account, the data and corresponding maps can be accessed across different platforms — desktop or laptop computers, smartphones and tablets — without the need to load the data onto each separate device. For smartphones this functionality requires an internet connection in the form of a data plan with a sufficient amount of data to avoid roaming charges.