Google on Monday brought the Google Earth application to Apple's iPhone, allowing users to fly around the globe with just a touch of the screen.

Google Earth for the iPhone and iPod Touch is available for free in 18 languages and 22 countries through the iTunes App Store, Google said in a posting on the official blog of the company.

With Google Earth for iPhone, you can:

- Tilt your iPhone to adjust your view to see mountainous terrain
- View the Panoramio layer and browse the millions of geo-located photos from around the world
- View geo-located Wikipedia articles
- Use the 'Location' feature to fly to your current location
- Search for cities, places and business around the globe with Google Local Search

The "My Location" feature instantly shows a user's real world location while Google Local Search helps locate nearby places, businesses and landmarks.

More than eight million photos pictures of landmarks and scenery are integrated into the phone allowing users to take a "virtual tour" of the world.

The Google Earth application also includes links to Wikipedia articles.