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Product or service · Maps and location

Google Earth, the free 3D globe (2005)

Eight months after buying Keyhole, Google launched Google Earth, a free program for flying over 3D satellite and aerial imagery and searching for places. There were two paid versions: Plus, with GPS support, and Pro, for commercial use.

There is no official image with documented origin for this record yet. The museum prefers showing no image to using one of uncertain origin.

June 28, 2005

Google Earth

Product or service · Maps and location · Active

sources · timeline 2005–2009

Interpretive reconstruction · Web 2.0 Web 2.0 conventions (2005–2009): rounded corners, soft gradients, light blue bars and Verdana text. Does not reproduce any Google page.

Dates

  • June 28, 2005 Launch · exact date [1]

What the sources say

ClaimRecordConfidenceSources
Prices Free; Plus $20/year; Pro $400/year 2 · Single primary source [1] primary
Technical base Keyhole technology 2 · Single primary source [1] primary

What the confidence levels mean

Historical captures

No archived capture has been located for this record yet.

Sources

  1. Google Launches Free 3D Mapping and Search Product — Google (press release), June 28, 2005. Source primary · accessed November 2, 2026 · look for a copy on the Internet Archive

What still needs documenting

  • Operating systems supported at launch
  • End of the paid versions

On GD

GD has followed Google since 2006. Search GD for “Google Earth” (in Portuguese)

How to cite

"Google Earth, the free 3D globe (2005)", Google Museum (GD), https://gd.eurisko.com.br/museu/en/collection/google-earth-2005/, CC BY 4.0. Reviewed on November 2, 2026.

ID: google-earth-2005 · Reviewed on November 2, 2026