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I stumbled across Google Earth via a news website i frequent daily and have discovered just how fucking cool this application is. It requires a download of the app to your local drive, but it streams live once you open it, so it's constantly being updated with new information. and the app opens with a 3D view of the earth zooming in where it stops at just under 4 thousand miles above North America. this is a search engine for maps whose results display in 3D and show the exact location, literally, on a map on your desktop. you want to see your house, real time in all it's glory? do a search on your address and poof!, you can see exactly what your house looks like sitting in its neighborhood. Like to locate the nearest bar, movie theater, bank, retail shop, school, stadium, etc? it'll mark the exact location of everything within X miles of where you are. the possiblities are endless. and to make it even better, you can chose the location you've searched on and it'll give you directions on how to get there and print out a map for you. Fuckin A!

Wanna see a 3D view of the Grand Canyon? check! Wanna see the Statue of Liberty? check! wanna see what New Orleans looks like in the aftermath of Katrina? check! this is truly an awesome and limitless tool.