Google's Globe
Tonight, I had aspirations of retiring to the bliss of slumber at an earlier hour than the norm. However, such thoughts were quickly thwarted when I checked Slashdot, "just to see what happened in the world today". To my rapturous delight, I learned that Google Earth had been released (it’s basically an updated version of Keyhole that’s free, and yes it's quite similar to the Google Maps satellite coverage [except its 3D]).
You can literally "fly" around the world with this program. Google has global satellite coverage which makes for some really cool images (naturally). Then, as if that wasn't cool enough, there are topographical variations (the earth isn’t a simple oblate spheroid after all), there are actual visible changes in elevation! The metaphorical icing on the cake, is that ‘they’ went through and rendered 3D buildings for the cities (except for places like Jamestown because nobody cares about such "cities").
And did I mention that it's free?
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You can literally "fly" around the world with this program. Google has global satellite coverage which makes for some really cool images (naturally). Then, as if that wasn't cool enough, there are topographical variations (the earth isn’t a simple oblate spheroid after all), there are actual visible changes in elevation! The metaphorical icing on the cake, is that ‘they’ went through and rendered 3D buildings for the cities (except for places like Jamestown because nobody cares about such "cities").
And did I mention that it's free?
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