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    Crazy dev creates flight sim from Google Maps

    Games creator Mark Caswell-Daniels has come up with an innovative use for Google Maps, having created a flight sim around the technology.
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    Looks fun!

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    That's quite clever... makes a great distraction from work!...

    Wish you could fly higher though.

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    another thing to kill the spare minutes of my day at work!


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    lol looks like Iain beat u to it mate

    http://forums.hexus.net/showthread.php?t=82995
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    Anybody crashed into any landmarks yet?

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    i wasted 10 mins flying around london for the millenium dome, i need a map lol

    even in hong kong it gets boring mashing the fire button tho lol

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