Having joined in a non-technical role, it still took all my might to hold back from diving headfirst, questioning that juicy detail as a Technical Exec - and now one of my closest colleagues - took me through an exciting demo.Ī magic display of a virtual reality interactive Digital Twin of a Wind Farm, full of expert programming and complex code it was incredibly impressive. The buzzwords that similarly illicit a shiny image - I can see a globe, perhaps, with pulsing lights. The words that get bigger the more people say them but the concept rarely new Big Data, Data Science, Blockchain. I have spent my career as a data consultant, I am very used to buzz words. You know the one - the image of choice for a deck titled 'How Digital Twin will change the world' But it offers an important distinction: a better set of Layers.Before I stepped into a new role at Avanade, my association with the term 'Digital Twin', was simply a face half human, half robot. This is because both have the satellite layer. Google Earth and its satellite imagery may look the same compared to Google Maps.It also keeps this information synced across all your devices. Google Maps allows you to find and share directions and explore your locality with a fine-toothed comb. Google Maps is a more powerful local tool.Google Earth is a 3D virtual globe, while Google Maps is used more like a 2D map even though it has 3D features.

Related: Unique Ways to Use Google Maps With Other Google Toolsīut there are significant differences between Google Earth and Google Maps too. Few things like searching and directions are also similar in both.

Google Earth and Google Maps use the same satellite/aerial and street view imagery to give you some amazing data on our planet. Google Earth also runs on Firefox, Edge, and Opera. Note: Google Earth Pro is entirely free to download on desktops, and you can even use the web version in Chrome and the mobile apps on Android or iOS.

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