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Google Earth
Google Earth is free satellite photograph browsing service provided by search engine Google. You can enjoy photos from the roof of your house, world wide scenic spots to mysterious ruins, hidden facilities by one click. And that resolution of provided photos are very high in some places and you can identify each car and man on such a high resolution area. There is now no plase of hidden location on the Earth.
Google Earth is free software. Let's start up Google Earth with internet connection, then you can look any place you like. And select to display roads, rails, hotels, so it's useful to plan your next travel. If you once enter Google Earth Community then you can upload and share the remarkable or helpful place informaion you find. Download Google Earth now from HERE.

There are some variety systems of Google Earth. Like Google Moon : map of the Moon, find the landing site of Apollo spacecraft. And Google Mars : map of the Mars.
Here try making flying tour to visit Apollo related facilities with Google Earth.

Install Google Earth then click " Look with Google Earth" link in following explanation, you can see the facilities in your Google Earth.
If do not start Google Earth and "Save the file" window pops up, Please save this "sendkml.cgi" on your PC and change extension to ".kml". Then Drag and drop it on Google Earth.

Apollo related facilities

	Kennedy Space Center (KSC) Kennedy Space Center:Look with Google Earth Launch pad 39A:Look with Google Earth Launch pad 39B:Look with Google Earth Vehicle Assembly Building(VAB):Look with Google Earth Apollo Saturn V Center:Look with Google Earth KSC visitor center:Look with Google Earth Read KSC visitor center travel sketch (Japanese)
	Johnson Space Center(JSC) Johnson Space Center:Look with Google Earth Saturn V in JSC:Look with Google Earth JSC visitor center:Look with Google Earth
	U.S. Space and Rocket Center U.S. Space and Rocket Center:Look with Google Earth Saturn V in this center:Look with Google Earth Marshall Space Flight Center:Look with Google Earth Read U.S. Space and Rocket Center travel sketch (Japanese)
	Michoud Assembly Facility Michoud Assembly Facility:Look with Google Earth Saturn V S-IC-15 in Michoud:Look with Google Earth
	Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum (NASM) Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum (NASM):Look with Google Earth Read NASM travel sketch (Japanese)
	CSIRO Parkes radio telescope CSIRO Parkes radio telescope:Look with Google Earth Canberra Deep Space Communication Complex:Look with Google Earth

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Books about Google Earth

	Google Earth For Dummies For Dummies December 18, 2006 USD24.99 The first general reference on Google Earth, Google Earth For Dummies covers the tool from the perspective of all levels of user. The table of contents includes: Part I: Getting to Know Google Earth Part II: Personalizing Google Earth Part III: Becoming a Cybertourist Part IV: Advanced Features Part V: The Part of Tens more detail(Amazon.com) more detail(Amazon.co.uk) more detail(Amazon.co.jp)
	Off the Map : Weird and Wonderful Mysteries from Google Earth Carroll & Graf September 28, 2006 USD10.37 This book brings you the hole-in-the wall gems that you'd never stumble onto on your own, but which the cameras did. Just as you thought the world had been fully explored ? here are the most amazing sights on planet earth that no guidebook takes you near. This selection of the weirdest and most unusual sights includes: The Plug Holes in the Mediterranean; Arizona's Boneyard; The White Snake of Baja; Australia's Extraordinary Flying Car; The Hole in the Coast of Mexico; and the Face of Jesus Found in the Sand Dune. Extraordinary natural formations, offbeat manmade marvels, and the simply uncategorizable - all are glitches in the matrix of how we expect to see the world. The true explanation for each, where known, is featured in this wonderful and unusual guide. more detail(Amazon.com) more detail(Amazon.co.uk) more detail(Amazon.co.jp)
	Google Hacks : Tips & Tools for Finding and Using the World's Information O'Reilly Media Inc August 1, 2006 USD15.74 Everyone loves Google, and it's the first place many people turn to locate information on the Internet. There's a big gap, though, between knowing that you can use Google to get advance information on your blind date and having a handle on the considerable roster of fact-finding tools that the site makes available. Google Hacks reveals--and documents in considerable detail--a large collection of Google capabilities that many readers won't have even been aware of. Want to find the best price on a pair of leg warmers? Try the Froogle price-searcher that's hidden within the Google site. Interested in finding weblog commentary about a particular subject? Tara Calishain and Rael Dornfest call your attention to the special Google syntaxes for that purpose. This book makes it clear that there's lots more to the Google site than typing in a few keywords and trusting the search engine to yield useful results. more detail(Amazon.com) more detail(Amazon.co.uk) more detail(Amazon.co.jp)
	Hacking Google Maps And Google Earth John Wiley & Sons Inc July 19, 2006 USD19.79 This is the ultimate guide to hacking, tweaking, and modifying Google Maps and Google Earth - 2 of the hottest topics on the web today. Tons of hacks including: Hacking the Google Maps and Google Earth interface Creating mashups with data from other sources such as Flickr Build a space station tracker Find any golf course in the world Hacking Maps with Firefox PiggyBank Hack maps with statistical data Build a complete community site with Maps and Earth Build interactive maps Hack Maps to calculate distances for travel expenses, running, biking or other uses Build an interactive vacation map with Google Earth and integrate with your vacation photos Integrate Maps and Earth with Google search Integrate with social services such as LinkedIn and more more detail(Amazon.com) more detail(Amazon.co.uk) more detail(Amazon.co.jp)