Google’s mission is to organize the world’s information and make it universally accessible and useful. Keyhole’s technology and products are an excellent addition to our efforts to do that. We do not have any announced plans regarding how this technology will integrate with our current products and services. |
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Keyhole Notice:
May 11, 2005. We have launched a major update to the Keyhole image database. We are in the process of updating our coverage list to accurately reflect this new database. Please check back here after May 18, 2005 for the new coverage list. |
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Keyhole takes advantage of the 3D graphics capabilities standard on most desktop PCs shipped in the last four years. If you are using Keyhole on an older machine, or a notebook computer that does not have 3D graphics capabilities, you might not be able to run the Keyhole application. We currently do not offer a Macintosh version of the Keyhole client.
Graphics Card Requirement for Keyhole 2 LT
The Keyhole 2 LT client will work on most graphics cards from the following manufacturers:
- NVIDIA
- ATI
- Intel
- 3D Labs Wildcat
- Matrox *
- S3 *
* These graphics card users must use the DirectX version of Keyhole. S3 SuperSavage graphics cards or better are required to run the Keyhole application. Note: Intel can use OpenGL, but should use DirectX.
The following steps can help you find out what type of graphics card you have and if it will run the Keyhole 2 LT client.
Note: The instructions that follow apply to the Windows XP operating system, but are similar for other versions of Windows.
- Open the Control Panel window by selecting if from the Start menu.
- Double-click on the System icon in this window to display the System Properties dialog.
- Click on the Device Manager button in the Hardware panel.
- In the Device Manager window, double-click the Display Adaptors icon to list the graphics card(s) for your computer.
The make and model of your graphics card appears under the Display Adaptor tab.
System Requirements For Keyhole 2 LT
The Keyhole 2 LT client requires certain system configurations in order to run smoothly.
Minimum Configuration
- Operating System: Windows 98/ME, Windows 2000, Windows XP
- CPU Speed: Intel® Pentium® PIII 500 MHz
- System Memory (RAM): 128MB
- 200MB hard-disk space
- 3D Graphics Card: 3D-capable video card with 16MB VRAM.
- 1024×768, 32-bit True Color Screen
- Network Speed: 128 kbps
Recommended Configuration
- Windows XP
- CPU Speed: Intel® Pentium® P4 2.4GHz+ or AMD 2400xp+
- System Memory (RAM): 512MB
- 2GB hard-disk space
- 3D Graphics Card: 3D-capable video card with 32MB VRAM or greater.
- 1280×1024, 32-bit True Color Screen
- Network Speed: 128 kbps
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When you fly down to a city in Keyhole, you are actually pulling data over the Internet from our servers, just like a music download service. Keyhole is an “Application Service Provider” — providing a service for downloading satellite and aerial imagery and other geographic data. |
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Keyhole continuously updates its database with the average age of imagery ranging from 18 to 24 months. Imagery can vary in age from as new as 2-3 months to as old as 2-3 years. Keyhole is increasingly taking advantage of satellite imagery to update the Keyhole database more aggressively. |
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