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The Google Earth Plug-in and its JavaScript API let you embed Google Earth, a true 3D digital globe, into your web pages. Using the API you can draw markers and lines, drape images over the terrain, add 3D models, or load KML files, allowing you to build sophisticated 3D map applications. If you have an existing Maps API site, you can 3D-enable your page with as little as one line of code.

Today we're announcing that on Wednesday, January 11, 2017, we'll officially be sunsetting the Google Earth API, as well as discontinuing support for Google Earth 4.

In December 2014, we announced that we would be deprecating the Google Earth API. The Earth API was built on the NPAPI plugin framework which most modern browsers no longer support. This has made building applications that leverage the Earth API untenable for developers. The API was kept alive for an extra year so developers had time to choose alternatives, but we will be officially taking it down in January.

We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause, but we want to dedicate our team to building the next generation of Earth products.