"google world" to map out routes?
08-11-05 | 01:50 PM
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"google world" to map out routes?
if you dont know google world is a free program by google that gives you a 360 view of very high resaloution satalite images.... I think this would be a fantastic tool for bike touring 
08-11-05 | 02:56 PM
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it is a cool program, but I don't know how you would use it on the road
ya gotta have a pretty fast broadband type connection and a CPU with some horsepower
Might be cool to use prior to setting out.
e.g.
you could easily locate the starting point (a road or intersection) then, using a paper map as a guide, you can 'fly over' the route using Google Earth.
by the way, try doing a fly over w/Google Earth of the Grand Canyon and places like that... way cool
ya gotta have a pretty fast broadband type connection and a CPU with some horsepower
Might be cool to use prior to setting out.
e.g.
you could easily locate the starting point (a road or intersection) then, using a paper map as a guide, you can 'fly over' the route using Google Earth.
by the way, try doing a fly over w/Google Earth of the Grand Canyon and places like that... way cool
