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Google Earth flight sim IS documented
Stephen Withers
Monday, 03 September 2007 12:50
Adding a flight simulator to a program that already lets you 'fly' around the world is one of those ideas that seems so obvious in retrospect. All the scenery and animation was in place, so essentially all that was needed was some UI work plus a physics simulator.
Just keep an eye on your download meter if you're on a low-end broadband plan: like other uses of Google Earth, a fair amount of data is streamed to your computer to make the software work.
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