

Exclusive pro data layers: Demographics, parcels, and traffic count.High-resolution printing: Print images up to 4,800 x 3,200 pixel resolution.Advanced measurements: Measure parking lots and land developments with polygon area measure, or determine affected radius with circle measure.Second things second: Do you really need this? Probably not, as Pro was created with business/enterprise users in mind - but it does afford some pretty cool extras not found in the free version, including: Now, however, you can get Google Earth Pro absolutely free.įirst things first: The words "free trial" still appear in that URL, but as you'll see when you click through to the sign-up page, "Sign up is no longer required for Google Earth Pro." All you have to do is download the installer, run it, then sign in using your e-mail address (as your username) and license code GEPFREE. What you maybe didn't know is that Google has long offered a Pro version of Earth as well, one that cost a hefty $399 per year. This despite an educational - and, let's be honest, entertainment - value that's virtually impossible to measure. Most amazing of all, Google made this tool available for free. Now we can "fly" to any location and zoom all the way in from space to a couple hundred feet above real, satellite-mapped ground. I mean, seriously, for centuries the only way to get a "bird's-eye" view of our planet was to spin an actual globe. Google Earth has been around for years, yet it still makes my jaw drop.
