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Brand: Delorme Mapping EAN: 0019916009427 Format: CD-ROM Label: Delorme Mapping Manufacturer: Delorme Mapping Model: AO-001437-201 Platform: Windows 98, Windows 2000, Windows Me, Windows 95 Publisher: Delorme Mapping Studio: Delorme Mapping Editorial Review: Amazon.com Review: Back in the good old days, world explorers needed to carry tons of food, gear, and malaria pills; these days you can go anywhere using just a notebook computer in the local coffee shop and Eartha Global Explorer 1.0. Using high-detail satellite imagery and up-to-date political and transportation information, users can find the facts on locations from Manhattan to Madagascar and practically anywhere else. The interface is easy to navigate; users just enter a place name or browse the world map from nearly any height. Those who want to leave their armchairs will find travel planning a breeze as well, with highway, air, rail, and even ferry travel data wired in or available online; any trip imaginable, short of hot-air ballooning, can be planned in seconds. Users can change any leg of the trip in accordance with particular needs, including sightseeing, efficiency, or sticking to particular routes. Floyd, DeLorme's guide, offers tips and facts about locations worldwide in a manner that's far less obnoxious than his virtual cousins, and the terminally impatient can turn him off at their whim. While it doesn't offer the comprehensive demographic and geographic data of a good atlas, the combination of browsing and trip-planning capabilities makes Eartha Global Explorer 1.0 worth attention. Better still, it's cheaper than getting all your shots. --Rob Lightner Amazon.com Product Description: With Eartha Global Explorer you can rediscover the entire world with shaded relief and breathtaking views of land and sea. Search for place names and locate specific latitudes and longitudes while reading about them in the window below. Eartha makes global routing easy by letting you choose your start and finish points as well as your method of travel. In addition, go online with the Gazetteer for more information regarding your destination. This program also enables global GPS tracking with certain system requirements. Average Rating:
 Rating: - Eartha Global Explorer Inferior to Original Global ExplorerDeLorme's Eartha Global Explorer 1.0 is not at all like its predecessor, Global Explorer 1.0. The original Global Explorer had street maps of the world's great cities, with detailed descriptions of famous landmarks, like a wonderful tour of the world. The new 'Eartha' Global Explorer has none of those features and seems to be nothing more than a crude attempt at an annotated 3-D atlas of the world, viewed from afar. I tried to order the original Global Explorer, without success. |
