Google Updates Earth to 4.3

Google Earth has been updated with what Google claims is a smoother and more natural 3D navigation system. Among other features, the new version Google Earth 4.3 boasts improved zooming. For instance, zooming in from a full-Earth view gets the 3D map view zooming in normally. Closer the ground, the zoom feature behaves in a manner similar to a person parachuting to the ground. And once on ground, the user is instantly surrounded by a 3D landscape similar to that in 3D games.
Also, a 'Street View' feature stands added to Google Earth that allows users navigate by way of actual street photographs. Google Earth 4.3 boasts better lighting and landscapes load even faster thanks to better software rendering, according to Google. In addition, version 4.3 introduces an 'image acquisition' feature that lists dates when landscape images were taken as also a new and improved language pack with 12 more translations. First launched in 2005, Google Earth is claimed to have been downloaded over 350 million times.