

Most folks have used Google Maps or Virtual Earth before, but mostly just for driving directions. (This isn't a house or neighborhood I'm looking at, I've just selected it for demonstration) Seems that this kind of thing could be very useful to a prospective buyer. I wanted to understand how the neighborhood would lay out and where houses would sit, but other than pencil sketches, they couldn't help me. There's no kiosk, no 3D renderings, nada.

I was surprised that the Real Estate folks (at least these) weren't very computer savvy. We were screwing around last weekend looking a houses and found a big empty lot that some folks are building houses on.

Optionally: Google SketchUp (for Part 2).WinSnap or WindowClippings (or ALT-Printscreen) to do screenshots.Paint.NET (or any editor that does the PNG format with transparency).(assumes Windows, but there's comparable tools on any platform)
