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Hate flying? Google Earth could keep you visiting attractions anyway for the next, oh, rest of your life or so, thanks to 100,000-plus new tours it just added across sites and cities in over 200 countries. That's on top of the 11,000 tours that came with its recent launches on [iOS](http://www.engadget.com/2012/07/26/psa-google-3d-city-view/), [Android](http://www.engadget.com/2012/06/27/google-earth-for-android-gets-new-3d-maps-for-some-cities/) and more recently, the [desktop app](http://www.engadget.com/2012/11/01/google-earth-7-desktop-3d-maps-tour-guide/). The option provides a virtual video flyby of the selected area, adds Wikipedia snippets and concludes with user-provided [Panoramio](http://www.engadget.com/2012/08/02/how-to-geotagging-journal-trip-picasa-google-earth-maps/) photos of the area. You'll need not lift a finger to get it, as all the tours are automatically available -- provided you're running the current Google Earth 7.0 for desktop or mobile. Check the video after the break to see how to use it.
Filed under: [Cellphones](http://www.engadget.com/category/cellphones/), [Desktops](http://www.engadget.com/category/desktops/), [Tablets](http://www.engadget.com/category/tablets/), [Software](http://www.engadget.com/category/software/), [Google](http://www.engadget.com/category/google/)
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**Via:** [TNW](http://thenextweb.com/google/2013/01/30/google-earth-on-desktop-android-and-ios-updated-with-100000-new-tours-of-popular-sites-cities-and-places/)
**Source:** [Google Earth Blog](https://plus.google.com/u/0/+GoogleEarth/posts/XoDEGqSwonm)
URL: http://www.engadget.com/2013/01/30/google-earths-tour-guide-feature-by-100k-sites/
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