<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2668" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#d8d0c8> <DIV><FONT size=2>I think this is on topic, since most of us have to = find new addresses all the time.  But it's also great fun:</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2><A href="http://earth.google.com">http://earth.google.com</A></FONT></DIV>= <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>It needs a connection faster than dialup, because = the server is doing much of the heavy lifting here.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>Google has combined the satellite pictures it bought = from Keyhole along with terrain elevations and other mapping data to give you = a 3D view of the entire globe that you can fly around from different heights = and angles!  Instead of a straight down view, you can tilt the map and = view it from any angle.  The photos are textured over the terrain data, so = it looks very close to a plane's-eye view (OK, so the bridges droop into the valleys...).  </FONT><FONT size=2>You can turn on different data = layers, such as street names, hotels, and restaurants.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>The basic version is free for personal use.  = The commercial version is $400, but lets you upload a file of addresses to = be mapped, lets you print out in high resolution, upload your data from = your GPS unit, and so on.  (By the way, I highly recommend Garmin's GPSMAP 60C.  See garmin.com.)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>Every once in a while, I have trouble interpreting a = map.  This crystallizes it for me.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>--Cy Shuster--</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>Bluefield, WV</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV></BODY></HTML>