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Google Earth Now Home to 3D Disney World

Disney3d_060608 The Walt Disney World Resort has a new home, and that is Google Earth.

Users who download the latest version of Google Earth will be able to tour all four of the resort's theme parks and hotels.

On top of that, the models will be linked to Disney's online tools for planning travel and vacations, making searching and booking a seamless experience.

For the first phase of the project, eight photographers worked for 10 days, taking over 100,000 pictures. These pictures were the basis for the 1,500 ed models comprising the virtual tour.

More information about the House of Mouse's new virtual digs can be found at www.disneyworld.com/parks.

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Virtual Flying Using a Bike and Google Earth

Greg Chaffins

GoogleFlyingBike

Okay, here's how you do it. You take one (1) bike, one (1) Google Earth Flight simulator (built in to the Google Earth download), and a lot of creativity , along with a used bike, and presto you are riding a virtual magic carpet exercise bike. The video shows the bike in action, and it looks like a hoot. The pedals control the power, the handlebars serve as the steering (logical) and a couple extra levers serve as the rudder and elevator (apparently). A SunSPOT, a 3d wireless controller that speaks java, serves as the connection to the PC. Put it all together and you have some fun.

Aloha from the Beach

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Spy on the Mailman

Greg Chaffins

Did you ever have a burning desire to know exactly how your mail got to where it was going? Ever wanted to know where it went on the way to where it was going? Then this might be the gadget for you.

The Micro GPS mail logger is only 1/4" thick, allowing it to fit in most standard envelopes. The battery can last up to 2 weeks on motion activate "tilt" mode, less if set for minute by minute updates. The device records speed, location, and altitude, so you will know the where, how fast and how high your mail went. The device must received and downloaded to get the information, but once that is done you can interface it to Google Earth for determining the route.

This is definitely something that could be interesting to the postally suspicious. I do have to wonder, though; if you added a recorded barking dog sound and had the unit play it when the speed showed to be very slow, would it get there faster?

Aloha from the Beach,
greg

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