9.12.2005

Google Earth


First off, I know I just posted about 20 minutes ago, but this must be put out there. Google is an amazing group of geniuses. They've made some of the most important technology in the world right now and they're constantly pioneering the newest things. GMail, Hello, Picasa, Google Maps, Google News, the actual Google search engine, and they've got many more things in testing. This may be one of the most intriguing things they've done. It's called Google Earth. I don't know the exact URL, but if you google for "google earth" the first hit will be the site for the program. Download it (the free version), install it, and launch it. It's an entire earth compiled by satellite images. However, that's not even the coolest part. They have textures so you can change the viewing angle from right on top to at an angle and see mountains and things like that. I was able to find Long's Peak, which I climbed. So it's pretty cool...just thought I'd let y'all know.

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