On Mon, 02 Feb 2015 08:41:11 -0000, Martin wrote:

On Sun, 01 Feb 2015 21:43:32 -0000, "Uncle Peter" wrote:

On Sun, 01 Feb 2015 21:17:44 -0000, Martin wrote:

On Sun, 01 Feb 2015 21:14:00 -0000, "Uncle Peter" wrote:

On Sun, 01 Feb 2015 21:07:10 -0000, Martin wrote:

On Sun, 01 Feb 2015 16:05:24 +0000, Stephen Wolstenholme
wrote:

On Sun, 01 Feb 2015 15:28:48 +0100, Martin wrote:

On Sun, 01 Feb 2015 13:36:16 +0000, Stephen Wolstenholme
wrote:

On Sat, 31 Jan 2015 14:02:55 +0100, Martin wrote:

On Sat, 31 Jan 2015 12:57:35 +0000, stuart noble
wrote:

Regurgitated from uk.d-i-y (thanks to PeterC). Something useful for
free! Seems you have to use the Chrome browser and have a GMail address
though

https://geoauth.google.com/gev0/free_trial.html?hl=en

Now to discover the benefits over the non-pro version....

and the benefits over using Google Maps :-)

I find Google Earth (plain or pro) runs without a browser running.

I only have a stand alone version.

So far as I know that's the only one.


I
just tested it by loading Google Earth and ending all the browser
processes. Google Earth is still up! Google Maps seems to need a
browser running.

but Google Maps is much faster.

I've only tried one comparison and the results of planning the same
journey are identical. I assume it the same team using a lot of common
code.

Google Earth takes ages to start up.

Timing.... 2.27 seconds. How is that ages?

Far longer than that on my PC.

I cheated, I have an SSD. Everyone should try one they're amazing.

It takes more than a minute to start on my PC.

If anything takes longer than 5 seconds after I click it, I go mental and either punch the computer or buy a part to make it faster.

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I was at an ATM yesterday when a little old lady asked if I could check her balance, so I pushed her over.