Have you heard of google.earth?

[BootinUp]

Its a compilation of satellite images that is pieced together to form the whole planet on your computer. You can zoom in/out and fly over any area with a bird's eye view. Going from North America to Africa is no problem, zoom out to a few thousand miles altitude and turn right. It even has a search function to help you locate things that are entered in the database (dining locations, shopping malls, atm locations, your local zoo). Way Cool. I might try to post some images for you to see.

There are some system requirements to run it. You need broadband internet, and a fairly recent computer with windows 2000 or XP. Check it out here if you are interested.

http://earth.google.com

[SHRED]

1. Yes

I have had it for a few years now.
First it was Earthviewer then Keyhole and now Google Earth.
It use to cost around $50 for a yearly subscription but now is free.

[Dez]

2. Yes!

I saw it the other day! I am going to download it! It's really cool!

[stlsaxman]

3. As soon as it's OSX compatable I'll get it...

they say it's coming "soon".

:eyes:

[Clintmax]

4. It's a fantastic program!

I have spent HOURS "surfing" the planet with Google Earth. It's better than "Terraserver" and in color! Highly recommended!

[Shipwack]

5. Truly amazing...

On a fast enough connection, you zoom in almost real time. It looks like something you'd see out of a scene from Star Trek, or another science fiction movie.

I'd never have predicted that program even 5 years ago. The only way it could be better is if it was updated in real time.

[BootinUp]

6. Here's a sample

Some areas are in higher resolution than others. Here's a shot of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. This is very high resolution, you can see cars and trees.

[DS1]

7. Actually, it runs on machines slower than the minimum spec just fine

Like my laptop with half the video memory required, and no 32 bit color option ;-)

[Tripper11]

8. I downloaded it a while ago

I love it...you can also "mapquest" a raod trip from one location to another, andf it shows you all the twists and turns, roads and cities....truly awesome program.