All airports are clearly marked, too. Wow, they are so many of them in
my area! Who would've thought :-) It's like an interactive sectional
chart with drill-down capabilities. You can toggle roads and highways
on and off too.

This software is truly amazing.



On Sun, 21 Nov 2004 03:10:40 GMT, Patrick Pohler
wrote:

Hey everybody, I'm a lurker to these forums but I found a pretty neat
piece of software I've been playing around with for the past couple of
days. Google last week bought a company that produces this software
called Keyhole. Bascially it's like Terraserver, which streams satellite
images for anywhere on the planet. However this is more powerful in that
the resolution is so good you can zoom right down to street level (that
is if there is the right data for the area, medium to major cities are
covered right now but they're expanding the coverage).

Anyway I think it's pretty useful for VFR flight planning, especially if
you haven't been to your destination before. You can actually see what
your checkpoint or your airport will look like from the air.

The software isn't free, but the personal edition is $29.95 a year, and
they've got a 7 day free trial, and the download is only 9 megs, so it's
pretty light. Just go to http://www.keyhole.com.

If you're also interested, I've taken some screenshots of a virtual trip
from Don Scott (OSU) to Delaware (DLZ) and you can view them he
http://flyingohio.blogspot.com

Clear skies!

Pat