Entire Moon Added To Google Earth

Posted by Soulskill on Tuesday July 21, 2009 @02:50AM from the no-sign-of-a-fully-operational-battlestation dept.

CNETNate writes "Complete with Street View-like panoramas, 3D models of spacecraft now left abandoned on the moon's surface, and guided tours from the voices of Apollo astronauts, Google's recent update to Google Earth marks the 40th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing with an enormous update. It's a collaboration with NASA and other agencies, and follows the launch of Google Earth 5.0 which, amongst other things, added the ability to explore our planet's oceans. There are a number of original creations — such as the 3D mock-up of the Apollo 11 spacecraft and its astronauts — and you can download the new version from Google now."

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Not living up to promise yet by psydeshow · 2009-07-21 05:11 · Score: 1, Offtopic

Sure, they can put the whole moon into Google Earth, but can they get it to tell you the name of the river outside your window?
No, didn't think so.
I love G.Earth, but it's still a toy. It could be so much more, but they go for flashy stuff like this over solid geographical info.