Masses of people have gotten into Google Earth.

The basic version is free downloadable at earth.google.com [win/mac only]. For that you will have a very nice (not too heavy) program with loads of possibilities around satellite maps of every spot on earth. There are restrictions on resolution for some hotspots, like Israel, but the program is still absolutely great.

Greatest fun about it, is the fact that people can do tricks with the program, by making (groups of) waypoints or keyholes, collections of places with a specific interest. These points are put into a downloadable file and can be projected as a layer on the the satellite photo formed globe.

There are groups of people that are searching the globe for trange or unknown forms, objects or locations to find out what it is. There are people searching for (shadows of) planes on the sat pix. So everyone can have his own fun!

The best thing I found till now is a little program called RoboGEO which you can use to georeference your pictures with. It is easy. You take photos at a certain point on the globe, but you must have the location recorded by a GPS. Coming home you can attach pictures to these recorded locations and project them, with text and photo’s and location on Google Earth.
You can make slideshow of the route you have taken and put it again as a layer on Google Earth. Send the file to your friend on the other side of the globe and show them your tracks with photos!

And I Admit: Google Earth is great fun!

Before @ us
More pfun here and here and here [just to give you an impression]
[and for geocachers that didn't see it: yes, caches on Google Earth]

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