The world is my playground...

Status: 23% zombie, 77% perk


At last, I have traveled through the world of Web 2.0 and landed at my last destination - Google Earth!!!

I saved it for last, because I love maps and other earthly delights.

I was not disappointed!

It was fun to mess around and take a look at some fun things. First up, of course, was a flight to my new home. Yep - there's the big tree in the corner! I like turning the photo to near street level, and looking at the neighborhood that way. Though moving the map too quickly can be just a little queasy-making. No matter.

I also took a look at the Grand Canyon and Yellowstone, two of the more geologically interesting places to view.

Hmmmmm, an idea - I'll be right back.

Okay - just took a quick trip to Mount Everest. Didn't even get hypoxia or frostbite!

I especially like the option to look at photos of the different locations, which they call Panoramio. I'm not exactly sure how photos get chosen/posted (some seemed more amateur than others), but it is nice to see the pretty sights! Aha! I think all my questions can be answered on the Panoramio website.

Some other day.

I also played around with adding layers and searching for different things. I liked the weather layer. But then, I'm a weather geek. It can't be helped. Have you ever seen the lightning strike map? Updated every 20 minutes! The old map style was better, but this is still interesting. A little harder to read though.

Where was I? Oh yes - back to earth, Anne!

I was a little disappointed with the rising sea level animation - it wasn't quite what I expected. And sometimes little markers showed up on my map when I hadn't marked that I wanted them. But other than that, Google Earth is an excellent - and very fun - tool. I could spend HOURS messing around! I see that I've barely dipped into all the things one can do, including look at the sky.

Like I said - HOURS... HOURS... HOURS...