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Posted: Sat Jul 16, 2005 1:50 am
by tom

Posted: Sat Jul 16, 2005 10:13 am
by ShockFire
I am of course now forced to point you to:
http://worldwind.arc.nasa.gov/

Posted: Sat Jul 16, 2005 10:35 am
by tom
ShockFire wrote:
I am of course now forced to point you to:
http://worldwind.arc.nasa.gov/
We were been there, IMHO it sucks :lol:

Posted: Sat Jul 16, 2005 10:41 am
by Aldaryn
tom wrote: ...IMHO it sucks :lol:
And Imho it knows even the smallest place's name in the most remote corners of this world, and the search engine actually works anywhere, not just the US... ;)

Posted: Sat Jul 16, 2005 10:46 am
by tom
I agree Aldaryn, but what I see amazes me more than placenames. :D

Posted: Sat Jul 16, 2005 11:07 am
by Aldaryn
Yup, agree. :) But you know, one can get really frustrated when he finds that someone mistyped the name ot the town where he lives... :lol:

Anyway, both are quite useful to get the exact position info.

Posted: Sat Jul 16, 2005 3:22 pm
by Becco_UK
This one http://www.heavens-above.com/countries.asp finds small places around where I live.

Posted: Sat Jul 16, 2005 7:04 pm
by daros
I agree
http://earth.google.com is better as the nasa one.
much more datailed maps.