The folks at Google Earth have just created an incredible 3-D model of the entire Disney World resort area. You can walk down the virtual streets and click on any building to see what’s inside.
Disney bills it as the world’s best trip planning device. People can get the feel for the area’s layout to schedule their time and they can make reservations at all the hotels and restaurants right through the interface.
That said, with the price of both air fare and gas rising so fast, I think parents with gullible children should consider “taking their kids to Disney World” by sitting them down in front of a monitor.
Even folks who have no interest in Disney world should have a look. Google and Microsoft are both moving quickly to map the entire world in this level of detail and more. As screens get larger and graphics keep improving, virtual visits may start to seem a lot like actual travel.
One warning: the application is so rich that it will hog your Internet connection, your CPU and your RAM.
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