Many thanks go to Warp2Search for this interesting little program from NVidia.
Keyhole"s EarthViewer 3D harnesses the power of NVIDIA GPUs. Fusing high-resolution satellite and aerial imagery, elevation data, GPS coordinates, and overlay information about cities and businesses, EarthViewer 3D delivers a streaming, 3D map of the entire globe to PCs powered with NVIDIA GPUs.
The result is a whole new way of looking at your world - reach out and "grab" the earth with your mouse, pan quickly to your area of interest (or select it from a placemark) and then zoom smoothly down to an individual building. Click the "terrain" button, tilt the viewpoint and see the earth"s hills, mountains and valleys rendered in full 3D.
Developed by Keyhole, Earthviewer 3D is a revolutionary product that runs on NVIDIA GPU-powered changes the way we view our world.
Requirements: NVIDIA graphics card of GeForce 2 or higher.