<story><title>Google Earth Redesigned</title><url>https://www.google.com/earth/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>therealmarv</author><text>It seems this is the Google way. They kill one product (especially a desktop product) and it takes years till the new one is on every feature on the same level as the old one... look at Picasa vs. Google Photos. Even today Picasa can do many more things that Google Photos cannot do today. I&amp;#x27;m sure the native&amp;#x2F;old Google Earth has a ton of stuff which is not ported to the web version.&lt;p&gt;Good they cannot convert Chrome itself as a web app :D</text></item><item><author>watbe</author><text>Looks like the Google Earth Flight Simulator[0] didn&amp;#x27;t make the cut. Many features are missing from the original desktop app and it&amp;#x27;s not immediately clear what this offers over using &amp;quot;Earth&amp;quot; within Google Maps. The &amp;quot;auto-rotate around the landmark&amp;quot; feature is also a pain for people who are used to maps being north-facing by default.&lt;p&gt;[0] &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;googlesystem.blogspot.co.uk&amp;#x2F;2007&amp;#x2F;08&amp;#x2F;google-earth-easter-egg-flight.html#gsc.tab=0&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;googlesystem.blogspot.co.uk&amp;#x2F;2007&amp;#x2F;08&amp;#x2F;google-earth-eas...&lt;/a&gt;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>ClassyJacket</author><text>I find it interesting that they recently introduced location sharing to Google Maps as a new feature... which it had back in 2009, until they got rid of it.</text></comment>
<story><title>Google Earth Redesigned</title><url>https://www.google.com/earth/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>therealmarv</author><text>It seems this is the Google way. They kill one product (especially a desktop product) and it takes years till the new one is on every feature on the same level as the old one... look at Picasa vs. Google Photos. Even today Picasa can do many more things that Google Photos cannot do today. I&amp;#x27;m sure the native&amp;#x2F;old Google Earth has a ton of stuff which is not ported to the web version.&lt;p&gt;Good they cannot convert Chrome itself as a web app :D</text></item><item><author>watbe</author><text>Looks like the Google Earth Flight Simulator[0] didn&amp;#x27;t make the cut. Many features are missing from the original desktop app and it&amp;#x27;s not immediately clear what this offers over using &amp;quot;Earth&amp;quot; within Google Maps. The &amp;quot;auto-rotate around the landmark&amp;quot; feature is also a pain for people who are used to maps being north-facing by default.&lt;p&gt;[0] &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;googlesystem.blogspot.co.uk&amp;#x2F;2007&amp;#x2F;08&amp;#x2F;google-earth-easter-egg-flight.html#gsc.tab=0&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;googlesystem.blogspot.co.uk&amp;#x2F;2007&amp;#x2F;08&amp;#x2F;google-earth-eas...&lt;/a&gt;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>psiclops</author><text>Last part of your comment reminds me of the birth &amp;amp; death of javascript [0]&lt;p&gt;[0] &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.destroyallsoftware.com&amp;#x2F;talks&amp;#x2F;the-birth-and-death-of-javascript&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.destroyallsoftware.com&amp;#x2F;talks&amp;#x2F;the-birth-and-death...&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>