Google Earth 6.0 Includes 3D Trees, Which Makes Up To 30% of Earth's Surface

This Monday, released updated its 3D globe and map software on Google Earth. After which Google Earth is considered to be in its milestone beta version, new classified Google Earth 6.0 did not add much new features, though it still increased the usability and reality by tying the 3D Earth images to those captured in Street View. This was done by adding 3D rendered trees!

When Google first introduced Street View to Google Earth in 2008, it began giving all its mapping and navigation products a relatively similar interface. The so called ‘first-person perspective’ view of the world was now enhanced as if a layer was added to Google Earth which lets users to choose to switch to if they wanted to use it. However, this time there is no switching, as it's simply been included in Google Earth's zoom. Users can zoom as far out as they want but still they will be able to zoom all the way down to street level without switching views.

Google Earth initiated the 3D support in buildings at Google Maps, all the way back in 2006. Today, quite a lot of buildings are a part of the 3D database of Google Earth. Despite the fact that trees are nearly 30% of the entire Earth's surface, they could only be included in textures on the facades of buildings, and not as actual 3D objects themselves. In Google Earth 6, more than 50 different species of trees have been added, and they have already been included in major city maps in the software.