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June 30, 2005
Google Earth
Google just keeps dropping cool stuff. Google Maps going worldwide was awesome and now they've done even better with Google Earth, which is basically a 3D globe of the earth that allows you to zoom, pan and tilt and basically fly all over the planet.
When you launch the application you're looking at the earth from a very high orbit and can then either zoom in or enter an address or lat/long and the 3D application flies you to the location you entered. I just got done flying through the Grand Canyon and over Hoover Dam and Lake Mead. There are plenty of overlays too. Once you've found your spot you can select a variety of different services and see where the bars, restaurants, churches, school districts, parks and grocery stores are.
It does require some decent computing power including a 3D video card (they suggest 32 MB video card but I wouldn't try it with less than 64 MB of video RAM) and a broadband connection. Oh, and no Mac support yet.
Another big time waster.
Posted by Half-Cocked at June 30, 2005 08:33 PM