+user13371 Posted February 3, 2015 Share Posted February 3, 2015 http://earth.google.com/intl/en/download-earth-pro.html For server sign-in use your email address, and license key GEPFREE ... which makes me wonder if Google has something in mind to replace the $400 per seat, per year, that they used to charge for this -- or if it was brining in so little that tyey decided it wasn't worth the effort to bill it anymore. Quote Link to comment
alandb Posted February 3, 2015 Share Posted February 3, 2015 Or maybe they want to get you hooked, then initiate a fee again. Quote Link to comment
+user13371 Posted February 3, 2015 Author Share Posted February 3, 2015 AlanDB, I don't think that would work. They've generally proceeded in the other direction, giving more and more stuff away. There used to also be a Google Earth "Plus" version that landed somewhere between the free and pro versions. When Plus went away its features were trolled into the free version. Now I'm not sure there is ANY difference left bet6ween the free and Pro version. Quote Link to comment
+Timpat Posted February 4, 2015 Share Posted February 4, 2015 Thank you user13371! This is awesome news. I have used our company GE Pro (with the $400 fee) but now have the same version here at home- for Free! Quote Link to comment
+Mineral2 Posted February 4, 2015 Share Posted February 4, 2015 AlanDB, I don't think that would work. They've generally proceeded in the other direction, giving more and more stuff away. There used to also be a Google Earth "Plus" version that landed somewhere between the free and pro versions. When Plus went away its features were trolled into the free version. Now I'm not sure there is ANY difference left bet6ween the free and Pro version. Free version doesn't let you make videos. Quote Link to comment
+user13371 Posted February 4, 2015 Author Share Posted February 4, 2015 (edited) Mineral2, what I meant was there was no PRICE differentiation, so why even offer a free vs pro version. Edited February 4, 2015 by user13371 Quote Link to comment
+Mineral2 Posted February 4, 2015 Share Posted February 4, 2015 Mineral2, what I meant was there was no PRICE differentiation, so why even offer a free vs pro version. Two thoughts: 1. This is temporary 2. It's permanent, but they haven't merged the two versions to not require a key for the pro features, yet they wanted to make it free at this time. Quote Link to comment
+Wet Pancake Touring Club Posted February 4, 2015 Share Posted February 4, 2015 My gut feel is that Google Earth is trying to compete with ArcGISOnline, which is free. Skye. Quote Link to comment
+ecanderson Posted February 5, 2015 Share Posted February 5, 2015 My gut feel is that Google Earth is trying to compete with ArcGISOnline, which is free. Skye. You sure? Last I looked, it was a free 30-day trial, but that they charged ever year. Hmmm... yup >>> http://www.arcgis.com/features/free-trial.html Quote Link to comment
+BikeBill Posted February 5, 2015 Share Posted February 5, 2015 Is there a compelling reason to switch to Pro for Geocaching purposes? Quote Link to comment
+ecanderson Posted February 5, 2015 Share Posted February 5, 2015 It can be more convenient. For example, the standard 'free' version never allowed the drawing of circles, and that was nice for establishing proximity -- though there are other online tools for that as well now. Most of the other benefits of the thing in general are also related to measurement of one sort or another. The 'Ruler' tool includes lines, paths, polygons, circles, 3D path (when using elevated features or objects), and 3D polygon (measuring volume instead of just area). Most of that isn't relevant to caching, but I suppose the circle tool is the most useful -- for keeping outside that 528' limit. Quote Link to comment
+coachstahly Posted February 5, 2015 Share Posted February 5, 2015 You can run a macro on GSAK that does the proximity circles for you, but you have to have your database AND hope that unsolved puzzles or multis (or other stages hidden around the area) don't cause issues, as well as frequent PQ updates to get the most current caches. Quote Link to comment
+Timpat Posted February 5, 2015 Share Posted February 5, 2015 My gut feel is that Google Earth is trying to compete with ArcGISOnline, which is free. Skye. You sure? Last I looked, it was a free 30-day trial, but that they charged ever year. Hmmm... yup >>> http://www.arcgis.com/features/free-trial.html ArcGISOnline is free, while ArcGIS you linked is for the desktop software for GIS users. You can try it Free for 30-days, then there would be an annual license fee. I believe that it is $100/yr for personal use- not for business use. Quote Link to comment
+BikeBill Posted February 5, 2015 Share Posted February 5, 2015 I did the download - Thanks for posting about it! I'll have to play around with it. I often use the ruler function on the standard version so additional measuring options should be helpful. Quote Link to comment
+ecanderson Posted February 7, 2015 Share Posted February 7, 2015 (edited) My gut feel is that Google Earth is trying to compete with ArcGISOnline, which is free. Skye. You sure? Last I looked, it was a free 30-day trial, but that they charged ever year. Hmmm... yup >>> http://www.arcgis.co...free-trial.html ArcGISOnline is free, while ArcGIS you linked is for the desktop software for GIS users. You can try it Free for 30-days, then there would be an annual license fee. I believe that it is $100/yr for personal use- not for business use. Guess I could use a link. I was also familiar with the ESRI tool, but that's only a trial run as well. http://www.esri.com/software/arcgis/arcgisonline/evaluate Edited February 7, 2015 by ecanderson Quote Link to comment
+GrateBear Posted February 9, 2015 Share Posted February 9, 2015 Downloaded it, but have the same problem as the regular GE--"quit unexpectedly". This has been happening for months. I'm using a MacBook, and every single time, GE shuts down. Quote Link to comment
+ecanderson Posted February 9, 2015 Share Posted February 9, 2015 Does the Mac version offer two different rendering methods as does the Windows version? Can you get it open far enough to find out? If the menu structure is similar, look at Tools / Options / Graphics Mode I know that for some Windows systems, OpenGL is more stable than DirectX. Mac users may have similar issues of some sort. Quote Link to comment
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