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Take a virtual field trip with Google Earth! Google Earth is a free, online application that uses satellite imagery to allow the user to zoom across the globe in a realistic, virtual environment. Downloading Google Earth is free at http://www.earth.google.com. An overview manual is available by clicking here... Google Earth Overview (342.0K)
To continue: - Make sure you have the Google Earth software installed and running. - Copy the following latitude and longitude and paste into the "Fly to" field under the Search tab. - Hit “Enter” for Google Earth to take you to the specified coordinates, then come back here and read the following overview.
Latitude/Longitude: 39.9957, 116.391
You can see the Olympic green in Google Earth, but facility development had only just begun when the satellite image was made. In this view, the Olympic Sports Stadium and the Olympic Gymnasium were under construction. Other facilities will fill most of the green open space north of the stadium. You can see a map of venues at http://en.beijing2008.cn/46/67/column211716746.shtml.
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