To use Google Earth Pro you have to pay $399/year, but now you can get it for FREE! All you need to do is register a “license” with the basic information and ensure your computer is powerful enough to run this application.

Your email will be the username and Google will send the “License Key” via email. You will need to download and install additional application Google Earth Pro on the computer.

The minimum specifications for your operating system: 

Windows:

Minimum:

• Operating System: Windows XP and later
• CPU: Pentium 3, 500Mhz
• System Memory (RAM): 512MB
• Hard Disk: 500MB free space
• Network Speed: 128 Kbits/sec
• Graphics Card: DirectX9 and 3D capable with 64MB of VRAM
• Screen: 1024×768, “16-bit High Color” – DirectX 9 (to run in Direct X mode)
• Mail: Outlook 2007+ is required for email functionality

Recommended:

• Operating System: Windows 7 and 8
• CPU: Pentium 4 2.4GHz+ or AMD 2400xp+
• System Memory (RAM): 1GB+
• Hard Disk: 2GB+ free space
• Network Speed: 768 Kbits/sec
• Graphics Card: DirectX9 and 3D capable with 256MB of VRAM
• Screen: 1280×1024, “32-bit True Color”

Mac:

Minimum:

• Operating System: Mac OS X 10.6 or later
• CPU: Any Intel Mac
• System Memory (RAM): 512MB
• Hard Disk: 500MB free space
• Network Speed: 128 Kbits/sec
• Graphics Card: DirectX9 and 3D capable with 64MB of VRAM
• Screen: 1024×768, “Thousands of Colors”

Recommended:

• Operating System: Mac OS X 10.6.8 or later
• CPU: Dual Core Intel Mac
• System Memory (RAM): 1GB+
• Hard Disk: 2GB free space
• Network Speed: 768 Kbits/sec
• Graphics Card: DirectX9 and 3D capable with 256MB of VRAM
• Screen: 1280×1024, “Millions of Colors”

Linux:

Minimum:

• Kernel: 2.4 or later
• glibc: 2.3.2 w/ NPTL or later
• XFree86-4.0 or x.org R6.7 or later
• CPU: Pentium 3, 500Mhz
• System Memory (RAM): 512MB
• Hard Disk: 500MB free space
• Network Speed: 128 Kbits/sec
• Graphics Card: DirectX9 and 3D capable with 64MB of VRAM
• Screen: 1024×768, “16-bit High Color” screen

Recommended:

• Kernel 2.6 or later
• glibc 2.3.5 w/ NPTL or later
• x.org R6.7 or later
• System Memory (RAM): 1GB
• Hard Disk: 2GB free space
• Network Speed: 768 Kbits/sec
• Graphics Card: DirectX9 and 3D capable with 256MB of VRAM
• Screen: 1280×1024, 32 bit color

Google Earth is officially supported against the most current versions of the Ubuntu and RHEL Linux distributions. Although we do not officially support Google Earth on other Linux distributions, many users have successfully run Google Earth on these platforms.

Register free Google Earth Pro