T0t0astbread·Jul 24, 2019
While we're at it, just for the absurdity: Google Earth is also open source (albeit without planetary or maps data so it doesn't really fit here): https://github.com/google/earthenterprise
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earthenterprise
Google Earth Enterprise - Open Source
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Google Earth Enterprise - Open Source
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Observed mentions: 2017-03-30 02:39:06 UTC to 2019-07-24 18:42:06 UTC.
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| Period | Start (UTC) | End (exclusive, UTC) | Mentions | Submissions | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 2017 | 2017-03-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2017-04-01 00:00:00 UTC | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| Apr 2017 | 2017-04-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2017-05-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| May 2017 | 2017-05-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2017-06-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jun 2017 | 2017-06-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2017-07-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jul 2017 | 2017-07-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2017-08-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Aug 2017 | 2017-08-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2017-09-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 2017 | 2017-09-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2017-10-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 2017 | 2017-10-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2017-11-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 2017 | 2017-11-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2017-12-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dec 2017 | 2017-12-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jan 2018 | 2018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2018-02-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Feb 2018 | 2018-02-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2018-03-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mar 2018 | 2018-03-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2018-04-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Apr 2018 | 2018-04-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2018-05-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| May 2018 | 2018-05-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2018-06-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jun 2018 | 2018-06-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2018-07-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jul 2018 | 2018-07-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2018-08-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Aug 2018 | 2018-08-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2018-09-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 2018 | 2018-09-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2018-10-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 2018 | 2018-10-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2018-11-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 2018 | 2018-11-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2018-12-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dec 2018 | 2018-12-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jan 2019 | 2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2019-02-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Feb 2019 | 2019-02-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2019-03-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mar 2019 | 2019-03-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2019-04-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Apr 2019 | 2019-04-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2019-05-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| May 2019 | 2019-05-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2019-06-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jun 2019 | 2019-06-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2019-07-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jul 2019 | 2019-07-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2019-08-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
What Hacker News says
9 sources"Reverse engineering" seems a bit pointless when Google has open sourced the code for Google Earth Enterprise:
https://github.com/google/earthenterprise
(Update: The client was not open sourced, just the server.)
However, this doesn't give you carte blanche to use Google's own imagery:
https://maps.google.com/help/terms_maps.html
In Google Earth Reverse EngineeringGoogle Earth Enterprise Open-Source
2 points · Open discussionIt would be nice if they opened the protocol specs up. But I'm happy to have a professionally maintained client binary signed by google. Much easier to get it distributed.
https://github.com/google/earthenterprise/wiki/Google-Earth-...
In Google Earth Enterprise Open SourceFrom: https://github.com/google/earthenterprise/wiki/Google-Earth-...
"The Google Earth Enterprise Client (EC) is required to connect to Earth Server and view 3D globes. This client is not open-sourced; but will continue to be maintained by the Google Earth Team."
That's a shame.
In Google Earth Enterprise Open SourceThe GitHub repo is at https://github.com/google/earthenterprise/
In Google Earth Enterprise Open SourceHere's the link to the documentation (PDF) for more infos: https://github.com/google/earthenterprise/raw/master/earth_e...
In Google Earth Enterprise Open SourceYes. The github readme [1] has more info:
Earth Enterprise is the open source release of Google Earth Enterprise, a geospatial application which provides the ability to build and host custom 3D globes and 2D maps. Earth Enterprise does not provide a private version of Google imagery that's currently available in Google Maps or Earth.
The application suite consists of three core components:
Fusion - imports and 'fuses' imagery, vector and terrain source data in to a single flyable 3D globe or 2D map.
Server - Apache or Tornado-based server which hosts the private globes built by Fusion.
Client - the Google Earth Enterprise Client (EC) and Google Maps Javascript API V3 used to view 3D globes and 2D maps, respectively.
Similar text appears on their 'Getting Started' page [2].
[1] https://github.com/google/earthenterprise
[2] http://www.openg
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Here is the github link in case you're searching for it: https://github.com/google/earthenterprise
In Google Earth Enterprise Open Source