If your files open in Google Earth Pro
Google Earth Pro for desktop stops
being available on 25 June 2027.
Most aerial deliverables of the last twenty years were made to open in it, including ours. Google's notice says downloads end that day and installs you already have keep working. The KMZs we delivered keep working with them. What changes is the next machine, the next hire, and the next case: none of them will be able to install it.
What to do, and when
Nothing today.
Before 2027, one email.
If Google Earth Pro is installed on the machines that need it, nothing changes on 25 June 2027 and nothing changes after. Keep the installer if you have it. The KMZs we delivered are ordinary files and do not expire.
Every job we host is already in the viewer, which opens in a browser and needs nothing installed. If a project of yours predates it, tell us which one and it can be put there, with the same frames, the same dates and the same measurements. It takes one email, and it does not have to happen before the date. It has to happen before someone on your side needs the job on a machine that cannot install Google Earth Pro.
If your files open in Google Earth Pro
2027
Google is ending downloads of Google Earth Pro for desktop, and most aerial deliverables of the last twenty years were made to open in it. Existing installs keep running for now, but new machines won't get it. Every job we host is already in the viewer, and the KMZs you already have keep working in the meantime.
| For this job | Google Earth Pro | AerialOK viewer |
|---|---|---|
| Historical imagery | Google's imagery, no stated source | +Source and year on every frame, aligned by hand |
| The ground itself | Imagery draped on coarse terrain | +Photogrammetric mesh from our own flights |
| Scaled plan view | None | +True orthographic, one scale edge to edge |
| Printing | Screen capture | +Plates at 1" = 100' and 1" = 660' |
| Legend | Made by hand | +Built from the layers that are drawn |
| Sending it | Attach a KMZ | +A link, private if needed |
Contact
Move a project over
Tell us which job, or which years, and whether you still have the KMZ. Older projects can be put in the viewer; the KMZ you have keeps working either way.
Oklahoma City, OK 73118