Version history for Google Earth

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Changes for v7.1.1.1888 - v7.1.2.2041

• Issues fixed in this release Google Earth Client
• •The “Enable Controller” option in user preferences is now turned off by default. This prevents red directional arrows from displaying as a result of uncalibrated joysticks and other controllers being connected to Earth at startup.
• •For enhanced security, “Use HTTPS for Google connections” is now toggled on by default.
• •We fixed a bug whereby the cache size rose above user-specified limits.
• •We fixed a crash resulting from searching on some Windows machines.
• •We updated the LEAP API to version 1.08.
• •We reduced LEAP controller sensitivity to user hand motions. This enables a smoother flight and greater control over your flight path when using a LEAP.

Changes for v7.1.1.1888 - v7.1.2.2019

• •The “Enable Controller” option in user preferences is now turned off by default. This prevents red directional arrows from displaying as a result of uncalibrated joysticks and other controllers being connected to Earth at startup.
• •For enhanced security, “Use HTTPS for Google connections” is now toggled on by default.
• •We fixed a bug whereby the cache size rose above user-specified limits.
• •We fixed a crash resulting from searching on some Windows machines.
• •We updated the LEAP API to version 1.08.
• •We reduced LEAP controller sensitivity to user hand motions. This enables a smoother flight and greater control over your flight path when using a LEAP.

Changes for v7.1.1.1871 - v7.1.1.1888

• •We updated the LEAP API to version 0.8.1 and fixed a crash affecting a portion of users running Earth on Windows XP. If you want to use a LEAP device with Google Earth, ensure you are running LEAP driver version 0.8.1+ from the LEAP Motion website

Changes for v7.0.3.8452 - v7.1.1.1871

• We have included another fix for the unified_cache_leveldb_leveldb2 directory filling beyond specified cache limits for some Windows and Macintosh users.
• Imagery no longer stays blurry upon zooming in when the cache is full.
• Certain NVIDIA cards, notably the GeForce 6600, 6800 and 7950, no longer suffer corrupted text or navigation controls in DirectX mode.
• Font and tilt settings now stick between sessions.
• Balloon opens now display when recording tours.
• We have included UI improvements to Flight Simulator.
• When printing, the scale legend now displays correct distances.
• Collada models now display with uncorrupted textures.
• Polygons and image overlays now display correctly across the Antimeridian.
• We fixed an issue with certain GPU - driver combinations whereby no imagery displayed in the client.
• The time slider in Sun and Historical Imagery features now displays the correct Daylight Savings time.
• Performance and stability improvements.
• [Pro] Artifact .avi files are no longer created when rendering movies from tours on Windows. [Pro] Calculating a Viewshed in parts of the southern hemisphere no longer displays an error.
• [Pro] The scale legend in the print flow no longer disappears when view is tilted, nor does it change between high-, medium- and low-quality prints
• Known issues
• On certain Radeon GPUs, specifically the X1600, SketchUp Buildings appear corrupted when Atmosphere is on. As a workaround, enable 3D Imagery in 3D View > Terrain or turn off Atmosphere.
• Elevation Profile displays as blank on Mac machines running certain NVIDIA GeForce GPUs.
• On Macintosh OSs, the Google Earth Plugin will not install in Firefox while Firefox is running. As a workaround, install the Plugin when Firefox is closed. Note that this bug does not affect updating the Plugin, only the first installation.
• Audio recorded in tours does not play across platforms. As a workaround, record a tour on the OS that you intend to use while playing the tour.
• Tours stop recording when there is no 3D View movement during recording.
• For users running Intel 965 Express Chipsets on Windows XP and Windows Vista, Earth will appear pixelated when run in OpenGL mode. As a workaround, run Earth in DirectX mode.
• [Pro] Print style options are broken when Atmosphere is off. To enable these options, ensure that Atmosphere is on.
• [Pro] A Viewshed warning dialog appears for placemarks at ≤2m and a high tilt.
• [Pro] After computing a Viewshed Earth areas outside the Viewshed zone suffer corruption. Exiting the Viewshed will correct the display of these areas.

Changes for v6.0.2.2074 - v6.1.0.5001

• # Fixed bugs and product changes:
• * To conform more closely with the OGC KML 2.2 standard, we've made the parsing of the tag more strict in version 6.1. Spaces must only be used to separate the (longitude,latitude,altitude) triplets which specify the coordinates of a single point. It is invalid to add spaces between individual coordinates. We understand that previous versions of the client were more lenient, so if your KML files contain spaces beween coordinates in coordinate triplets, an easy workaround is to remove all whitespace located immediately before or after commas inside a tag.
• * Several performance improvements that would allow smoother experience in specific computer configurations.
• * Fixed 'Restrict to View' functionality during a shapefile import in Google Earth Pro.
• * Fixed an issue where Google Earth would sometimes save incorrect ordering of elements in KML.
• * Added field of view recording to tours and ability to play back those changes.
• * Fixed an issue where the icon heading did not work in Google Earth API.
• * Changes to reduce occurrences of missing desktop icon and shortcut menu items on an update.
• * Sped up overlay polygon rendering in OpenGL mode.
• * Fixed loading of kmz files when the first file at the root level was image file.
• * Upgraded GDAL support to 1.7.0 and fixed issues with importing .tab files in Google Earth Pro.
• * Fixed the discrepancy caused in measurements due to multiple radii of Earth used inside Google Earth.
• * Fixed an issue where placemarks created with UTM coordinates did not move when edited.
• * Fixed an issue when screen overlays disappeared in a print-out.

Changes for v6.0.0.1735 Beta - v6.0.2.2074

• * Issues Fixed with Desktop Client:
• - Fixed a problem where we were over fetching certain kml layer data and running into issuing of using large amounts of memory and slowness during zooming in.
• - Fixed an issue of ruler tool disappearing. In 6.0 beta, when measuring using the path tool, if you break to add a place-mark then you go back to the path and click "save" the path and ruler tool disappears all together.
• - Fixed an issue with incorrectly measuring long distances. Improved navigation in Street View inside buildings.
• - Fixed a crash with elevation profile if there was empty gx:value node in KML.
• - Optimized amount of terrain and imagery data fetched while viewing photo overlays.
• - Fixed an occasional crash while viewing 3D buildings. Fixed broken fly-to links within local kml files.
• - Fixed an issue where new place-marks added were with absolute altitude instead of being clamped to ground.
• - Fixed an issue where the title for panoramio pictures no longer appeared when hovering over panoramio icons with your mouse if scale legend was enabled.
• - Fixed an issue when there was occasionally a missing wall in 3D buildings.
• - Optimized amount of data fetched in Street View.
• - Fixed an issue where tilt by holding “shift” and moving the scroll wheel only worked in one direction on Mac.
• * Issues Fixed in Earth Browser Plug-in:
• - Fixed a crash when getNormalStyleUrl was called on a StyleMap referencing a non-existent Style.
• - Fixed some issues in using plug-in on https sites.
• - Fixed functionality of disabling ground level navigation through API.

Changes for v4.0.2091 Beta - v4.0.2416

• Drawing Tools: The path and polygon drawing tools are now available in the free product
• Improved caching of models
• Support for compressed textures
• New icons for pushpins and user palette
• Coincident placemarks/icons now expand into a ‘star-formation’ for disambiguation when you click on them
• Improved Printing: Now you can also print search results, and folders of placemarks, in addition to driving directions and the 3D view

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