StarDestroyer.Net BBS

This is definatly a fun little program, and much more friendly than the online version, it has better zoom and clarity as you come up close, and I don't know if it's the time or day or something, but the picture just looks a hell of a lot better. It gives you elevation, grid coordinates, it's just a really neat, free, toy.

Oh you'll want a link...

Google Giveth


I really hope this isn't old news...

I've had it for awhile.

Is it actually fully standalone downloadable now, or do you still need to have broadband to make it work?

You still need broadband: http://earth.google.com/faq.html#5

My favourite feature of Google Earth are the sightseeing placemarks they include. The Grand Canyon is amazingly detailed and you can change the viewing angle, I was in awe the first time I saw it.

There are a load of inaccuracies still, mainly with heights and post codes/location markers. I also want the metric units as standard and not to be given US cities when I type in the original city names from the UK. No, the Birmingham in Bumfuck, USA is not what I want.

They didn't have Newcastle in high enough resolution to be any use to me. Was hoping for something close to streetmap quality for a university project, but in the end, just scanned in my A-Z pages.