GoogleEarth

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A serious research tool.

A guy in my slow pitch softball league uses GoogleEarth to estimate distances on home runs.

I use it quite a bit to plot out running routes for particular distances.

[Arthur Dent]

I use it quite a bit to plot out running routes for particular distances.

Isn't it way easier to use Google Maps for that? Does free Google Earth do route plotting?

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I use it quite a bit to plot out running routes for particular distances.

Isn't it way easier to use Google Maps for that? Does free Google Earth do route plotting?

Not really. It's pretty easy to open up Google Earth and use the measurement tool to click around on my path to get the measurement. You can do it in Google Maps as well, but the functionality of Google Earth is better, IMO.

If I had a really slow internet connection, I might think differently.


Now seriously people, has no one else been playing around with the 3D building renderings? I'm like a kid in a candy store running around downtown StL here...

[Michael]

i've been playing with it all day.

[letsgocards89]

Google's 411 service is great. Particularly useful when you're on the road and you don't have a phone book handy.

[phins]

i've been playing with it all day.

TMI Michael, TMI.

[Michael]

but it feels so good.