http://serc.carleton.edu/sp/library/google_earth/google_earth_api.html
Google Earth API
谷歌地球api
The Google Earth API (application programming interface) enables developers to embed Google Earth applications into web pages with JavaScript code.
谷歌地球api(应用程序开发接口)使开发者能够用JavaScript代码嵌入谷歌地球应用程序到网页中。
With the Google Earth API plugin installed, these applications can run interactively in web browsers.
安装了谷歌地球api插件以后，这些应用程序能在浏览器中交互式地运行。
The API can display placemarks, lines, polygons, overlays, and 3D models on the imagery, just as the standalone versions of Google Earth can.
API能显示地标，线，多边形，覆盖物，3D模型，就像单独版本的谷歌地球那样。
The plugin supports several of the Google Earth layers, including terrain, roads, borders, and buildings.
插件支持几个谷歌地球图层，包括地形，公路，边界和建筑物。
It can switch to Google Sky Mode for views of planets, stars, and galaxies.
它可以切换到谷歌天空模式来观看行星，恒星，和星系。
Because it enables scripting, it offers great potential for the development of educational and other material.
因为它使能脚本，它提供更多的潜能来做教育培训和实物性的开发。
Initially, it was available only for Windows, but now that it is available on the Macintosh as well, the rate of development of applications has increased.
起初，它只能在Windows上使用，现在也能在麦金托什机上使用，开发应用程序的速度也有了增长。
http://serc.carleton.edu/sp/library/google_earth/activities.html
This activity uses Google Earth to introduce students to a variety of measurements related to meandering rivers by looking at how rivers around the world have changed over time.
这个活动使用谷歌地球向学生介绍弯曲的河流的各种测量值，来观看围绕世界的河流随着时间的改变。
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As the Google Earth API Shutdown Nears, What Are Your Options?
当谷歌地球API近期关闭，什么是你的选择？
The previously popular Google Earth API is being deprecated and is due to shut down in early ,
先前流行的谷歌地球API被反对，起因于早期关闭；
signalling the end of access to its 3D imagery via the API.
信号是结束通过API访问它的3D影像。
This post by Timothy Whitehead for Google Earth Blog looks at four applications that used to use the API, and what they are using now.
怀特黑德，谷歌地球博客，发现4个应用程序使用API，他们现在仍在使用；
RELATED APIS
相关API
API Name Description Category Date
API名字描述分类日期
Doarama
The Doarama API allows developers to upload their GPS-based activities,
Doarama API 允许开发者载入基于GPS的活动，
set up visualizations, and embed visualizations in their apps.
设置可视化，在他们的应用程序中嵌入可视化。
