Google Earth, a product from Google which maps the earth by superimposition of images screened by artificial images.
It is a revolutionary product that allows user to view practically any thing located on earth like house or anything else with eagle's eye view. For this reason its usage was banned by Government of some countries as it can pose security threats to some sensitive locations.
Available in three editions namely: Google Earth (free), Google Earth Plus (charged $20 per year) and Google Earth Pro (charged $400 per year). With certain improvements few months back, Google Earth has now plug ins for browser indicating that you can take a heavenly ride just by sitting in front of your desktop with internet connection.
The feature will introduce certain add-ons to make your ride more pleasant and informative:
Tour the past world: Taking a tour of present world is not mandatory with Google Earth. If you wish to learn how globe looked earlier, you can have your wish granted by viewing content in Google Earth. Thanks to cartographer who took pains and amassed maps showing the details how earth looked like from1680 to 1930. It also details the drastic changes demonstrating the dramatic shift of borders of certain countries.
Ride Virtual Cruise: Webcam was a strange device in dark images of Internet. But now it is a device needed daily. Technology has leapfrogged and it is now possible to attach a webcam at the front of a cruise ship. Some companies like Costa Cruise have taken this initiative. The user can take pleasure of the ships going through the water and via Google Earth you can view ship's webcam feed by clicking ship's link.
Enjoy the cruise virtually by this add on.
Go for Geocaching: Scavenger hunt is an old time story. Now it is the time to work on GPS enabled devices to hunt for a treasure which are named as "caches". A company named Geocaching.com offers you this service to hunt around for caches. Registering for free with the site, Google Earth network link can be downloaded to check for nearby cache locations. So go for it and join the race for finding caches.
Feel Global Warming Visually: Despite of so much awareness programs and ads running around us warning people to control their habits as they contribute to global warming; it is really hard to make some people believe this fact. But Google earth has a very practical approach for such people. The National Snow and Ice Data Center (organization that really cares for extent of global warming) has contributed its data to make animation files that help the user to compare data with past and watch the drastic climatic change itself. The data is updated daily and also the user has the ability to compare the climatic change as each summer passes by.
Be a meteorologist: Natural calamities come without even giving a notice. Many a times it seems that weather reports for your locality does not prove to be right. So in a very humane spirit, one of the Google forum user "glooton" created a lifesaving link that helps you to check for any weather changes. It also helps you to track the path of any storm, hurricane or cyclone in wake to know if it is getting directed to your hometown.
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