The website says “created with Google Technologies”, and appears to be more sophisticated than simply using the Google Maps API. Game developer Bungie, who also created Halo, has created a website showing the worlds of Destiny – Moon, Mars, and Venus.Īlthough the intro does give the illusion of a 3D experience reminiscent of Google Maps ‘Earth Mode’, the website is really much closer to Street View than the Google Earth plugin. Upcoming console game Destiny will be released in 3 days. You can get an idea of what the game will be like from this YouTube video. The previous version is based on the Google Earth plugin and is still available at. Paul van Dinther of, whose many great Google Earth Plugin creations we have featured over the years, is developing a new version of his ship simulator, Ships 2 Career, based on Google Maps. With our recent story on the possible demise of the Google Earth plugin – at least in the Chrome browser – it begs the question, what is currently possible with the Google Maps API? The new YoubeQ, using Cesium and Bing Maps.įiled Under: GE Plugin Tagged With: GE Teach,, Ships 2 Career, youbeqĭestiny – Google Street View in a game world It now uses Bing Maps for the 3D portion and Google Maps for navigation. It has now been completely redone in WebGL using Cesium. Until recently it was based on the Google Earth plugin. When we featured it in June 2014, it had 13 vehicles and 3 languages. It allows you to drive or fly a large number of different vehicles/aircraft around the globe while socializing with other people you meet on the way. YoubeQ is a cross between a social network and a driving/flying simulator. Despite the lack of 3D, it still looks good and has a number of notable features, including drawing tools, access to Google Maps Gallery, and Street View. However, the site is now transitioning to a new version based on Google Maps. The site, until now, has been making excellent use of the Google Earth plugin to show side by side comparison views of various maps. GE Teach, a site developed by 9th-grade geography teacher Josh Williams, received a Geographic Excellence in Media Award in 2012.

Ships 2 Career will be entirely Google Maps based. We are sure that when it is released it will be an excellent game. However, the developer, Paul van Dinther, is now working on Ships 2 Career, which is entirely Google Maps based. Here are three examples: Ships 2 Career from īack in 2009 released a fantastic free ship simulator using the Google Earth plugin. Due to the uncertain future of the Google Earth plugin, many prominent sites that used to use it have started to transition to other alternatives.

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