Google Earth

I've been trying to think of cool stuff to do with broadband. One of the first things was to get Google Earth. (Click here to go to the download page.) You can use it on dial-up, but it's v--e--r--y s--l--o--w.

Google Earth is a programme which lets you zoom in to addresses anywhere on the planet. I think it uses sattelite images and local mapping programmes. Anyway, the detail is much better for the city then country areas. (I tried looking up Granddad's house, and couldn't get it very well at all.) You can date the images if you look at recent changes in your neighbourhood. For example, the bypass is not shown in our city maps. But we have our current car.

It also gives you instructions on how to get from A to B. Try asking for directions from somewhere in Europe to somewhere in America!