Monday, a Google Earth application customized for Apple Incorporated’s gadgets the iPhone and the iPod Touch was made available by the search giant, the feature being free of charge.

Product Manager for Google Earth Peter Birch has revealed that a similar app was high on the company’s priority list for the newly released Android smartphone, but no official statement concerning the matter has been made yet.

Google’s phone, which has been manufactured by the High Tech Computer Corporation (HTC)  hit the United States markets on October 23 and is currently being brought to American customers by the T-Mobile network operator.

Google’s geographical software for the iPhone allows users to view the location they are in at a certain moment in time at a simple click on the „My Location” tool and also to look up information on various cities or businesses via the company’s local search engine.

In addition, Google Earth features Panoramio and Wikipedia, both of which are layers to the main app, with one enabling iPhone owners to learn more about a given area by viewing photos that have been taken by others at that place and the other offering them articles rife with detailed info on the location.

Moreover, the new iPhone tool was reported to have been fitted with a Webkit-based browser that includes a link to Apple’s Safari browser that was added to the iPhone and the iPod Touch in 2003. Consequently, whenever a user clicks the address of a business, he receives directions to the location at the drop of a hat via Google Maps.

Presently, Google Earth is available in all the 18 languages Apple’s gadgets support and is expected to be released for a total number of 22 countries along the way.