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Migrating to Cesium for Google Earth API

Information

This page is archived. Information on this page may be outdated. For the most recent tutorials and documentation, visit the CesiumJS Learning Center.

Here you'll find technical resources for moving from the browser based Google Earth API plugin to CesiumJS.

Support for the Google Earth API ended on December 12, 2015, and many developers are moving to CesiumJS. CesiumJS is built on modern plugin-free tech, and is cross-platform, cross-browser, open source, and actively developed by a large community.

Below you can find resources for migrating your own app to Cesium, and read success stories from other users about their migration from the Google Earth API to Cesium.

Tutorials

Build on what you already know. Here are two tutorials specifically targeted at helping you make the switch from the Google Earth API to Cesium:

Content and code examples at cesium.com/learn are available under the Apache 2.0 license. You can use the code examples in your commercial or non-commercial applications.