Android and Google Earth Technology

During the past year I have been sailing through the Caribbean and the south Pacific and, after 13,000 miles of sailing, arrived in New Zealand. Right now, I’m back in the US visiting friends and family for the holidays.

Google Earth on Mobile PhonesEarlier this year, Google was good enough to send me an unlocked Nexus One (see GEB review). Increasingly, I’ve managed to use the phone – often without cell or WIFI connections – for a variety of applications. Google Earth for Mobile still has the ability to work offline, just like the desktop version. You just have to visit the places you want to store (while you are on an Internet connection) and the last 2GBytes of data are remembered in your cache. Then, when you have no Internet, you can still use Google Earth to re-visit those places. The offline ability can be incredibly useful since you often have a need for geo-spatial awareness when you are far away from a data connection (read my story on Google Earth for Sailors).

Keep reading for more about using Google Earth on your phone…