@All,
A friend told me about "Google Earth", "World Wind" (NASA), and
"Virtual Earth" (MSN). These all have the satellite mapping of locations on
earth and can show mapped areas of Earth, not in real time, but
from airal photographs from our space telescope. I liked "Virtual
Earth" since it had the feature of overlay street names and areas
of interest. You can zoom in and out, render 3D and tilt the view, etc;
Try them out and see how much fun they are.
http://virtualearth.msn.com/
http://earth.google.com/
-BP