September 5, 2007 9:51 AM PDT

Branson hopes to use Google Earth to find Fossett

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British billionaire who had teamed up with the missing aviation adventurer hopes to track him via the satellite mapping service.

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Tracking using google earth?

All the maps I have seen are sometimes 2 years old. He can find him using a 2 year old map?

I assume the pay version uses live mapping?

September 5, 2007 11:52 AM (PDT) Like Reply Link Flag

old: of course, the 2 year old images were at one point 2 minutes old - unless somehow the satelittes are 2 light years away.

With Fossette and Branson money and PR, I would assume they can monitor the live feeds in real time.
Posted by gggg sssss (2292 comments ): September 5, 2007 5:21 PM (PDT) Like Link Flag

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