2022-02-12, 11:00 PM
I use National Geographic TOPO! software on my computer, with mapsets for California, Nevada and Utah. It is no longer produced.
From what I deduce from your post, I believe the same can be achieved in TOPO!. You can view the raw topographic map as seen on the paper map, turn on shading that gives you more of a sense of contour and slope, turn on roads and street overlays, and you can turn on a 3D view of the map for a similar sensation that GE gives; though you are looking at the map in 3D, not imagery of the location as does GE.
In the past I never took advantage of online map services because I had no source of internet except by cell phone. Now lines have been run in my neighborhood and I now have full time high speed interent. But I still like my old TOPO! software, running on my ancient (in computer speak) 2007 Toshiba laptop running Windows Vista. But since I got high speed internet in December, I found GE, loaded the app on my iPad and found a new addiction.
From what I deduce from your post, I believe the same can be achieved in TOPO!. You can view the raw topographic map as seen on the paper map, turn on shading that gives you more of a sense of contour and slope, turn on roads and street overlays, and you can turn on a 3D view of the map for a similar sensation that GE gives; though you are looking at the map in 3D, not imagery of the location as does GE.
In the past I never took advantage of online map services because I had no source of internet except by cell phone. Now lines have been run in my neighborhood and I now have full time high speed interent. But I still like my old TOPO! software, running on my ancient (in computer speak) 2007 Toshiba laptop running Windows Vista. But since I got high speed internet in December, I found GE, loaded the app on my iPad and found a new addiction.
DAW
~When You Live in Nevada, "just down the road" is anywhere in the line of sight within the curvature of the earth.
~When You Live in Nevada, "just down the road" is anywhere in the line of sight within the curvature of the earth.