对于一贯喜欢大吹大擂的科技业来说,保持适当的怀疑不无益处。然而,个人电脑今天的发展实在是太酷了,以至于那些坚定的怀疑论者有时也不由自主地感到惊诧和欢喜。这不,新型软件Google Earth一推出就让大家喜出望外。该软件能让你看到地球上几乎每个角落的卫星和空中摄影照片:对于美国、加拿大和西欧的大都市地区,你可以定位并放大单个建筑物和房屋的图象;你还可以在上面添加街道,并标出餐厅、酒店等建筑的地理位置;至于其他地方,你只能看 For the tech industry, which has always loved the big buzz, it is not bad to be properly skeptical. However, the development of personal computers today is so cool that those who are determined skeptics sometimes feel involuntarily surprised and rejoiced. This is not, the new software Google Earth let everyone overjoyed by the launch. The software lets you see satellite and aerial photography in nearly every corner of the globe. For metropolitan areas in the United States, Canada and Western Europe, you can locate and magnify images of individual buildings and houses; Add streets, and mark the location of restaurants, hotels and other buildings; as for the rest, you can only see