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Monday, July 11, 2005

Google lets users zoom from outer space

Hardly a week goes by, it seems, when the folks at Google aren't kicking out some nifty, cool, or seriously useful new service or digital gadget. Last week, it was Google Earth.

It's essentially an easy-to-navigate local interface for the Google Maps 3-D satellite imagery already available on the Web.

Type your address into the search box to zoom from outer space into your city or neighborhood, then go to the "layers" box in the application's left rail and you can overlay all sorts of useful information.

The biggest fun came from experimenting with the "3d Buildings" check box in the "layers" pallet. It caused the software to download and overlay 3-D wire-frame images of a city's major buildings. You can spin and rotate around the buildings, pan and tilt the landscape, or "fly" between structures.

Download at earth.google.com

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