Google has released its revolutionary mapping client, Google Earth, for web-browsers, according to Google LatLong

Today, I’m happy to announce the release of the new Google Earth Browser Plug-in, which brings the full power of Google Earth to the web, embeddable within your own web site. Driven by an extensive JavaScript API, you can control the camera; create lines, markers, and polygons; import 3D models from the web and overlay them anywhere on the planet.

However, as is the case with many Google applications (including Google Earth for some time), us Linux users have to wait - again. The technology is currently available to Firefox 2 and Internet Explorer 6/7 on MS Windows only. However, I guess this move will create a lot of interest - Google Maps API certainly did - add 3D ability to that now, and imagine the possibilities !

We used Google Maps API within Sahana as the primary plugin for GIS. We now concentrate on having OpenLayers as the main mapping client, allowing a host of services to be accessed through it, including the GoogleMaps API. So once the Linux/Mac ports are done, I wonder if and when OpenLayers support for GE would be on the roadmap..