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The Google Earth blog has a video demonstrating a Virtual Globe (ala Google Earth) all done on the iPhone from the last Where 2.0 conference. From the articles summary : "One of the most interesting exhibits I saw was by a Boulder, Colorado company called earthscape. They showed a number of interesting things (see below), but what really impressed me was when their CEO Tom Churchill pulled out his iPhone to show me how they're working on a 3D Earth application for the iPhone."
Please visit the Google Earth blog to see the video and read the rest of the article.
Please visit the Google Earth blog to see the video and read the rest of the article.
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Virtual Globe On iPhone [Where 2.0 video]
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What exhibit?
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