At this time Google has been a leading proponent of Web-based computing software hat is delivered over the Internet and naturally runs inside a browser. But most browser applications cannot do many of the things that more powerful PC-based software can. So now Google has been trying to help close that gap. On 28th May, Google touted the fruits of its efforts on two fronts at the company’s annual conference for software developers, which is taking place in San Francisco
Google said that it has opened to third-party developers the programming interfaces to Google Earth, the company’s 3-D visualization software. That will allow developers to embed Google Earth on their Web sites, much like they already can do with Google Maps. Now Google noted that more than 150,000 sites have created applications using Google Maps to do things like indicative the locations of crimes or apartment rentals in various cities, displaying the path of airplanes in flight and helping users calculate the distance they travel on their urban walks. Those same sites will be able to improve those applications through Google Earth’s richer visualization software. And other developers will be capable to take advantage of Google Earth’s 3-D imaging to create new applications to run on their sites.
Since the applications will be embedded in the Web sites and accessible through a browser, they will work regardless of whether or not users have installed Google Earth on their PCs. Google also said that MySpace has used Gears, a set of software tools introduced by Google a year http://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gifago to help developers build browser applications that run like PC-based software, to revamp its mail service. MySpace users will now be able to easily sort and search through their mail messages, rather than having to click through page after page to find what they are looking for. Google executives said the MySpace effort represented the largest use of Gears and would likely encourage other companies to use Gears to enhance their Web applications or create new ones. That includes Google, which plans to use the software tools to make Gmail available to users even when they are not connected to the Internet. Google won’t put an exact deadline on the project but executives said they hope it will happen within a year.
Google said that it has opened to third-party developers the programming interfaces to Google Earth, the company’s 3-D visualization software. That will allow developers to embed Google Earth on their Web sites, much like they already can do with Google Maps. Now Google noted that more than 150,000 sites have created applications using Google Maps to do things like indicative the locations of crimes or apartment rentals in various cities, displaying the path of airplanes in flight and helping users calculate the distance they travel on their urban walks. Those same sites will be able to improve those applications through Google Earth’s richer visualization software. And other developers will be capable to take advantage of Google Earth’s 3-D imaging to create new applications to run on their sites.
Since the applications will be embedded in the Web sites and accessible through a browser, they will work regardless of whether or not users have installed Google Earth on their PCs. Google also said that MySpace has used Gears, a set of software tools introduced by Google a year http://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gifago to help developers build browser applications that run like PC-based software, to revamp its mail service. MySpace users will now be able to easily sort and search through their mail messages, rather than having to click through page after page to find what they are looking for. Google executives said the MySpace effort represented the largest use of Gears and would likely encourage other companies to use Gears to enhance their Web applications or create new ones. That includes Google, which plans to use the software tools to make Gmail available to users even when they are not connected to the Internet. Google won’t put an exact deadline on the project but executives said they hope it will happen within a year.
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