14 hours to save the earth...

Google Earth is a nice piece of kit but, unfortunately for college purposes, it is not installed on all (any?) machines & anyway the streaming was blocked the last time that I looked.
Step forward Flash Earth (http://www.flashearth.com). It uses the Google mapping technology but uses the Flash plug-in which should be installed on all PCs.
Use the Live Local option for really clear aerial photography (?) images. Unless you're looking near some "sensitive" sites which could be bombed by the...

Bit out of date perhaps (still no Renfrew North building) but, hell, if you owned a satellite would you choose an orbit over Paisley on a regular basis?

(Secret Bases? Paranoia? Try http://homepage.ntlworld.com/alan-turnbull/secret.htm)

Source: CILIP Update / Phil Bradley