I recently blogged about how impressed I was by Google now having a map program. (March 3, 2005) For my money, they have made it even better. Previously all that was needed was almost any kind of address to get a street map.

Click on images to enlarge.
Click twice to enlarge more.
Use your browsers Back Arrow to return here.

Then using the slider on the right it’s possible to zoom in.

In the upper right hand corner there is a notation that says “Satellite”.
This gives a different view.

Clicking on the picture allows you to move around and here is Carmel High School where I go wogging almost every morning. You can see the track and the baseball diamond easily. It also shows the tennis courts and the swimming pool. I think this is amazing and apparently Google and Yahoo are going at it hot and heavy each aiming to be the dominant force on the Internet. The users benefit. “Users”: That’s you and me.

Possibly one of those very tiny dots on the track is The Old Professor. If you had a powerful magnifier and could see other dots passing one particular dot all the time, that would be me – the passee.
The other day an elderly lady, walking with a cane, passed me.
I’ve toyed with the idea of getting a sweatshirt with a sign on the back saying, “I’m 82 years old. Pass on the left.”

June 23, 2005
The Old Professor
Carmel, CA