Play with Google Maps they said!! Hmm -- all too tempting!!!
I have done so before. I could find our house on Google Earth and had a friend with a CD-ROM of aerial views of Sydney taken during WWII (available from Museum of Sydney) and compared those with recent aerial shots of Sydney by Google Earth.
I had also gone from Melbourne to Echuca following online directions. When I revisited Google Maps for this the options where fewer and the route less pleasant so I think I probably looked at a different route planner but haven't been able to find it to quote it here. JUST FOUND IT!! It is the route planner associated with the Welcome to Victoria site and the URL is http://www.visitvictoria.com/displayobject.cfm/objectid.0000B41D-D36D-1A88-8B4680C476A9047C/
I hadn't used street views but I have now enjoyed viewing my nan's old house and vaguely walking a bigger block near home. Our street is too small to be there which is a blessing.
I've also searched for some overseas townships.
I do find it interesting though that you can not get a map to show you where the island of St Helena is (That is not the one in Queensland but the one where Napoleon died)
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