The end user site has not been publicly launched, as I noted, but I got a sneak preview. A free downloadable 5Mb browser plug-in is required to access SkylineGlobe.com. That's important; this is not a desktop app like Google Earth, but a plug-in. There's also a professional version, SkylineGlobe Pro, that allows not just viewing, but the ability to author 3D environments and to collaborate. It runs $500/year.
Schutzberg goes on to say:
While the data are very nice, the tools are the stars of the show at SkylineGlobe.com. There's a data creator for scribbling or marking points of interest. (With the Pro version you can annotate the SkylineGlobe terrain model: create, import, manipulate and edit new and existing objects.) There are traffic cams. Click on one in the list in the Tools pane and you fly to its location and see near real time images of traffic. In the demo, traffic cams are available from several dozen spots in Washington DC.
Isn't competition fun! (-: Here's a video demo (via News.com)
See: Also: More about Skyline here where it's still possible to download their TerraExplorer software (free) and fly around several U.S. cities as well as London, Sydney, and Paris.
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