April 13, 2010 -- Why bother visiting New York, if you can do it in Google Earth without the smell of rotting fish?

If you're considering a visit to New York City but you'd really rather be playing Grand Theft Auto: Vice City,  Google Earth has a sensible compromise: They've just  released ultra-high quality images of New York stretched over a 3-D map so you can swoop through the city like Superman. It's all a bit hallucinatory, as this video shows ...