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Published online 15 February 2006 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news060213-7
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How does Google Earth work?
Short cuts bring the globe to your screen without crashing your computer.
The globe-imaging software Google Earth has become a cult web product since its release last June. Using the web-based tool, users can fly around the globe and zoom in on both natural features and whole worlds of information added by other users (see 'The web-wide world'.
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