Any Railway on Earth
 

If you download Google Earth, and click on Railways to see Railway Routes, on Terrain and Buildings to enable reliefs and 3D elevation, you can travel on any Railway on Earth, albeit by helicopter!
But you can spot a train frozen in the view, as you pass by.
The TILT control on the right allows you to fly as a bird over the Railway line.
Another nice game is to spot your own home!
Do you want to know where is the British Royal Family Estate in Rome?
Villa Wolkonsky. You can actually see it.
It's 41°53'19"N, 12°30'36"E, inside the Aurelian walls.
I live just outside, in a 5-storey block of flats,
41°53'06.15"N, 12°32?05.20".
But I cant recognize my car parked in the square close by!
The Rome-Naples railway line is not far but I can only see the roofs of the coaches as they pass by.
Dario Romani
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This is Roma Termini station.
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It all depends on what you are looking at, as som areas are very clear, and others are almsot unusuable.

yeah, i've had google earth about 1/2 a yr now + still find it amazing
but some of the pictures are less than brilliant

Hi, mendiprail,
can you please write the geographical coorrdinates of the ESR, just for a broad look.
I understand I cant see the engines, but nevertheless its fun for me!
Olympic greetings from Dario

the esr is just a blurred line
but i will get them next time i use it, yes

I use google earth all the time for photograph purposes. If i`m visting a venue I havn`t been to before, I usually explore it with google earth first to find good locations for photos. Normal maps dont give enough detail as to trees by the side of the line which spoil the shots. Google earth lets you see the lie of the land better and so pick your locations. It works very well if you zoom in close enough -try it next time you go taking photos at a new venue line side.

They did an item on North West Tonight the other week. It seems that most of the Northwest is blurry and out of date. I've never bothered checking out the East Lancs, but if Manchester isn't that well portrayed, what chance do places like Summerseat have?

Adam

Adam
Just checked-out Summerseat, and pretty good result, followed the line down to Bury and you can see some rolling stock and a Diesel Engine in the siddings

Seth

That pretty good then, cheers for that Seth.

Adam