Works for me in the SF bay area on Safari 5.1, OSX Lion. I believe you need to h...

		paisawalla on Oct 2, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Cool New Google Maps Feature Lets You 'Helicopter'... Works for me in the SF bay area on Safari 5.1, OSX Lion. I believe you need to have the Google Earth browser plugin installed: http://www.google.com/earth/explore/products/plugin.html That plugin is not available for Linux, sadly.

Thanks! The Google Earth plugin was the missing piece of the puzzle.