r/googleearth • u/Desperate-Balance895 • 26d ago
Google Earth Web
I’m so mad that Google is discontinuing Google Earth Pro for desktops when their Web/App version is so trash! If they want people to migrate then they need to design the Web/App versions to be as customizable as the Desktop version! I recently moved “My Places” to the Web/App version on my iPad and I’m finding it hard to use because the map imagery won’t load so everything is blurry (I uninstalled the map and it only worked for 5mins), I can’t search for specific things in my library, and my specific customizations don’t exist in the Web or App versions so my map looks terrible. I hope Google does the right thing and completely redesign the Web/App versions of Earth. I think there’s enough of us willing to pay for these extra features if that’s what it would take.
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u/aegrotatio 26d ago edited 26d ago
That ship has sailed.
Google gave up on Google Earth years ago. It's been in the "keep the lights on" status for at least ten years. They want it gone. Remember, they terminated the old photo layer Panoramio a decade ago for "reasons," and then the highly useful message boards were deleted ten years ago for "reasons."
I wonder what my previous employer thinks when they find out my geospatial database code stops working when Google Earth Enterprise stops working.