Google Earth Flies Into iPhone’s Orbit and is Pretty Damn Cool

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Even as Google pushes its own SmartPhone platform, it continues to release some pretty rad apps for the competitor. Google Earth for the iPhone has hit the App Store’s virtual shelves as a free download, and it’s definitely worth a look.

The pint-sized Google Earth looks to have all the same functionality as the computer version, including integration with Wikipedia and Google’s Panoramio library of pictures from around the world. Of course, navigation is a little different on the iPhone, with zooming controlled by pinching your fingers on the screen, and scrolling handled by sweeping a digit across the display. In a nice touch, the viewing angle can be controlled by actually changing the angle of your iPhone.

The apps also integrates Google’s “My Location” feature, which uses cellular tower triangulation to identify your approximate location on the map.

They’ve also posted a video showing off the new app. Check it out and let us know what you think.