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Old Jul 4, 2006 | 8:14 am
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rmyadsk
 
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Baltimore, MD
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Originally Posted by sbagdon
Track your physical location, in 3 dimensions.

I can't remember how many times I've red-eyed, and wondered what the town was I was flying over. I'd like it even more if I knew the path (and what side of a big city we were going to be on) so I could shift seats to watch a city go by. I've seen Chicago from cruise altitiude on a clear night during a red-eye, and it was amazing.

Steve B.
Is anyone interested in doing this while in the air? I have the code to do it - my code reads in the GPS settings, build a route to a destination airport, and display it all on Google Earth.
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