New Features in Google Earth 5.2
- Improved embedded browser functionality: Better integration of embedded browser with Google Earth Application.
- Track and Multitrack in Google Earth: A track allows you to create one visible object in Google Earth (either a Point icon or a Model) that moves over time between multiple positions. Using the time slider, you can animate position and orientation of an object and show a line tracing the path. A multitrack is a collection of tracks. You can create Track and Multitrack by authoring KML documents or by importing your GPS data (from a number of GPS receivers or file formats such as GPX) into Google Earth.
- Elevation Profile in Google Earth: You can see elevation profile of a line-string or track in Google Earth. It plots the elevation profile, speed, and associated extended data (for example, heart rate) in a KML file.
- Added file import types: NMEA (.log and .nmea), Garmin GDB, Garmin Training Center, and Ozi Explorer files can now all be read. Garmin fitness extensions are now read from GPX. Extended data for Elevation Profile and Track is handled when available.
In addition to features present in Google Earth Consumer version, Google Earth Pro version has support for the following additional features.
- Additional Layers in Google Earth Pro:
- US Demographics: Provided by Nielsen Claritas, shows United States Census Tract Data, including income, age, ethnicity, household size, marital status and more for 2010, as well as a projection for 2015.
- US Parcel Data: Provided by DataQuick, shows critical parcel and building information for commercial and residential real estate within the United States.
- US DailyTraffic Counts: Provided by Market Planning Solutions Inc., shows the concentration of automobile traffic for different areas within the United States.
- Creation of Efficient Regionated KML for vectors and images: You can now create hierarchical, vector data and image overlays in Google Earth Pro.
- Improvements to Draw and Measure tools: Changes make it easier to measure and draw. You can also see measurements by selecting properties of an object now.
- General Improvements to importing Spreadsheet Data & Applying Style Templates
- Other Changes include:
- Improved polygon rendering.
- Bug fixes for polygons and image overlays spanning date-line/anti-meridian. Bug fixes to allow getting closer to 3D models.
- Bug fixes for anti-aliased lines and points in Google Earth.
- Improved stability and memory consumption by Google Earth Application.
- Minor enhancements to Time UI in Google Earth Application.
- New icons for Pro and EC versions of Google Earth.
- Reduced aliasing/shimmer in Historical imagery mode.
- For Consumer and Pro version, moved Terrain setting to options menu from layers panel.
- Improved Earth Gallery integration in application and changed Add Content Button to Earth Gallery button on layers panel.
- Added support for ZH-HK language.
- Added support for MGRS coordinate system.
- Added support for editing coordinates in UTM.