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Google Earth tops 1 billion downloads since launch

时间：2011-10-07 07:25:05

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 　　SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 5 (Xinhua) -- Google announced Wednesday that Google Earth, the tech giant's virtual globe, map and geographical1 information program, has been downloaded more than one billion times since it was first introduced in 2005.

　　According to Google's official blog, there have been more than one billion downloads of the Google Earth desktop3 client, mobile apps and the Google Earth plug-in. To celebrate the milestone4, Google is aggregating5 all the interesting ways people have used Google Earth around the world and posting them on "www. OneWorldManyStories.com."
　　"We never imagined our geospatial technology would be used by people in so many unexpected ways," said Google in the blog post.
　　Google Earth maps the Earth by images obtained from satellite imagery, aerial photography and GIS (geographic information system) 3D globe. It also has versions of Moon, Mars and Sky, enabling users to see images and videos of the planets and distant galaxies6.
　　It is currently available in Google Earth, a free version with limited function, as well as Google Earth Pro2 and Google Earth Enterprise, subscription7 services with additional features intended for commercial use.

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1 geographical Cgjxb     
adj.地理的；地区(性)的
参考例句：
  • The current survey will have a wider geographical spread.当前的调查将在更广泛的地域范围內进行。
  • These birds have a wide geographical distribution.这些鸟的地理分布很广。
2 pro tk3zvX     
n.赞成，赞成的意见，赞成者
参考例句：
  • The two debating teams argued the question pro and con.辩论的两组从赞成与反对两方面辩这一问题。
  • Are you pro or con nuclear disarmament?你是赞成还是反对核裁军？
3 desktop sucznX     
n.桌面管理系统程序；台式
参考例句：
  • My computer is a desktop computer of excellent quality.我的计算机是品质卓越的台式计算机。
  • Do you know which one is better,a laptop or a desktop?你知道哪一种更好，笔记本还是台式机？
4 milestone c78zM     
n.里程碑；划时代的事件
参考例句：
  • The film proved to be a milestone in the history of cinema.事实证明这部影片是电影史上的一个里程碑。
  • I think this is a very important milestone in the relations between our two countries.我认为这是我们两国关系中一个十分重要的里程碑。
5 aggregating 0fe55a5efe451057100d17d440c89f32     
总计达…( aggregate的现在分词 )； 聚集，集合； （使）聚集
参考例句：
  • The thesis first promotes based Object Oriented Modeling method-Aggregating & Deriving Mothod. 本文首先提出了基于面向对象思想的建模方法——聚合派生法。
  • Multidimensional data cubes are composed of base cube and other cubes aggregating on base cube. 多维立方体由基本立方体和基本立方体的聚集产生的立方体组成。
6 galaxies fa8833b92b82bcb88ee3b3d7644caf77     
星系( galaxy的名词复数 )； 银河系； 一群（杰出或著名的人物）
参考例句：
  • Quasars are the highly energetic cores of distant galaxies. 类星体是遥远星系的极为活跃的核心体。
  • We still don't know how many galaxies there are in the universe. 我们还不知道宇宙中有多少个星系。
7 subscription qH8zt     
n.预订，预订费，亲笔签名，调配法，下标（处方）
参考例句：
  • We paid a subscription of 5 pounds yearly.我们按年度缴纳5英镑的订阅费。
  • Subscription selling bloomed splendidly.订阅销售量激增。

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