Sometimes I want to be somewhere I’m not. Today, it was Yosemite. Fortunately, there’s a high-tech solution: virtual touring.
Here are a few of my favorite resources.
Google Maps Directions 
Google Street View 
Google Earth 
Web Cams Flickr
There are many more resources you can use for virtual traveling.
Do you use the Internet to “travel”? What are your favorite resources?
Update (2/15/2010). Here are a couple more resources I should have mentioned:
- Twitter — Chances are, there’s someone on Twitter tweeting about the location you’re interested in. Tweeting about the location likely will result in your being followed by that someone. For example, I tweeted about Yosemite and was soon followed by @THEYosemiteBlog. Doing a people search for Yosemite resulted in a lot more hits.
- Blogs — Finding blogs about a certain topic is easy. Google’s Blog Search or Technorati are great resources to find blogs.
Photo credit: http://www.flickr.com/photos/bestrated1/ / CC BY-NC-ND 2.0
2 responses to “Virtual Touring”
What a wonderful idea! And thanks for including the resources.
You’re welcome! Sometimes, when the weather gets a little depressing a little too long (nah, that never happens…), I like to search for webcams in tropical locales.
I was surprised how many travel videos there are on YouTube.
Google Earth is fun because you can save your favorites so you can easily return later. I like to record places we’ve been on family vacations.
Happy travels! :-)