Lois, I have an old computer (Windows 98) and I do fine with just the Google Map function and I can drag the map around. I like the satellite view. Granted, I can't get this extra special program. Betty On Mon, 11 Jul 2005 10:56:00 -0500 Lois Willand <[email protected]> writes: > Thanks once again, Betty, for sending valuable information to the > lists. > > But it should be noted that you have to have a fairly new computer > and > software to make this work. Currently you can't do this on a Mac as > well. > > Someone recently steered me to maps.google.com as a far superior way > to get > driving instructions. And that too wouldn't work on my aging Mac. > > Lois > > > From: "Betty A. Pace" <[email protected]> > > Date: Mon, 11 Jul 2005 07:44:51 -0400 > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: [RowanRoots] Google Maps -- Worldwide > > Resent-From: [email protected] > > Resent-Date: Mon, 11 Jul 2005 05:45:23 -0600 > > > > I use Google maps for addresses and satellite views of addresses. > But > > there is a program that improves on what I have been doing. Even > without > > the download, I tried my own address and with the satellite view, > I could > > see my own house. > > > > Try Google maps for area search...New and BRILLIANT, road maps > and > > satellite views with infinite scrolling in any direction. > > > > An astonishingly intimate view; see fields and rivers in > Greensboro, > > Liverpool, Iraq, Western Australia as easy as pushing a button, > find the > > highest point on > > Ararat, find your house (though you have to imagine the garden > gnomes), > > make > > the earth spin and stop as you choose. Google Earth. > earth.google.com > > for > > Windows XP or 2000 http://desktop.google.com/download/earth/ > to > > download the application. > > > > "The Fly To feature accepts an address, place name, cross street > or > > simple > > Latitude/Longitude coordinates and zooms you quickly in to the > specified > > location, typically stopping at an altitude of about 3,000 feet > above > > ground. From this point, use the controls to zoom, tilt, pan or > rotate > > the > > view. > > > > Checkboxes next to the navigation controls allow you to overlay > lodging, > > roads, terrain, dining, geographical borders and 3D buildings over > the > > satellite image. Even more overlays are available using the > "layers" > > features. > > > > Additional layers allow you to overlay data points of geographic > interest > > > > over images." > > > > ______________________________ > > > > > > ==== ROWANROOTS Mailing List ==== > > The list administrator can be reached at [email protected] > > > > >