Google Earth Pro
Google Earth Pro is a desktop globe and mapping app for exploring satellite imagery, 3D terrain, Street View, and GIS data on Mac.
What is Google Earth Pro?
Google Earth Pro is a desktop mapping and virtual globe application that helps you explore places around the world using satellite imagery, 3D terrain, buildings, and Street View. It is used by educators, researchers, travelers, planners, and anyone who wants a richer desktop view of geographic information than a simple web map. On Mac, the Pro edition adds advanced tools for importing and exporting GIS data, working with placemarks and custom map layers, measuring distances and areas, and viewing historical imagery over time. It also supports creating presentations and map-based projects that combine locations, annotations, images, and other visual context. Google Earth Pro is designed for desktop workflows where a larger screen, precise navigation, and file-based map work are useful.
Key features
- Explore high-resolution satellite imagery and 3D terrain
- View cities, landmarks, and landscapes in a desktop globe interface
- Use Street View to look around places at ground level
- Import and export GIS data for mapping and analysis
- Measure distances and areas directly on the map
- Review historical imagery to compare places over time
- Create placemarks, paths, polygons, and custom map projects
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Safety overview
Status: Mostly safe
Google Earth Pro is a legitimate Google desktop application. Its network access and use of location-related map data are consistent with its purpose, but the app connects to Google services and may offer crash reporting or usage statistics options during installation or use. On Mac, keep it only if it was installed from Google's Earth download page and is code-signed as Google software. If you use sensitive location data or imported GIS files, review sharing settings and project contents before exporting or presenting them.
Recommendation: Keep Google Earth Pro if you use desktop mapping, GIS import/export, historical imagery, or presentation-style geographic projects. If you do not use those features, removing it is a reasonable way to save space and reduce software you need to maintain, and you can reinstall it later if needed.
Common paths
/Applications/Google Earth Pro.app
Cache paths
~/Library/Caches/com.Google.GoogleEarthPro
Support paths
~/Library/Application Support/Google/GoogleEarth
Preference paths
~/Library/Preferences/com.Google.GoogleEarthPro.plist
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