Sunday, 11 January 2009

Google Earth, Google Sky & Google Maps

Google Earth is a free, downloadable program by Google. It allows you to view the Earth from pictures taken by satellites. It is quite useful as you can view any place in the world and there are no limits to the ways in which you can view the images of Earth.

There are many features of Google earth, For example you can turn on 3D buildings to see large buildings in cities; you can also take pre-made tours of historical places or Landmarks. Also there is a hidden bonus: A flight simulator. The Flight simulator is quite cool as you can fly over your own town or city and see your house from the air.

One of the newer features of Google Earth is Google Sky. This allows you to see the sky at night as if you had a telescope. With this you can view constellations, Nebula, Galaxies or Planets. Microsoft has also put out a competing program called The WorldWide Telescope, this is a collection of all the best satellite photographs and is very similar to Google Sky.

Another online program by Google which is similar to Google Earth is Google Maps. This Allows you to view maps of areas and also allows you to see satellite pictures.

Google Earth and Google Maps are very useful for allowing people to see the World and to navigate around it. This is changing the way how we can see the World as it is interactive and allows you to do what you want with just a click of a button. They are both interesting to use because of the many features that they have and the numerous ways in which you can view the World from above.

So in short Google Earth, Google Sky & Google Maps are all really good.

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