[pct-l] The PCT from Space

[Bighummel at aol.com (Bighummel@aol.com)]

I just found this NASA site that has THE most amazing capability; you can 
view just about anywhere on earth from space, zooming in to see into your 
backyard, literally.  You have to have a damn good high speed internet connection to 
download all of the software and to run it, and NASA's server isn't always 
able to keep up with all of the requests that it is getting (I hear through Wired 
Magazine that they are getting some of the greatest demand for this in 
history) to image the area you want to see.  However, even the views from 200 km up 
are fantastic.  

This, of course, is not real time satelite imagery, just a compilation of 
satelite imagery in real color, in incredible detail. 

They say that in the very near future you will be able to get near real time 
and be able to look at archival imagery to compare to current or recent 
imagery.  

The Appalachian Trail is already delineated on these images as an optional 
add-on.  Somebody, please, please, delineate the PCT!

All of you computer nerds, go to http://worldwind.arc.nasa.gov/ and start 
downloading.  

Have fun,

Greg