How many times have you thought of booking your very own Florida villa? Only to be put off by the thought of not knowing where it was relative to the places where you and your travelling party, want to visit, resulting in you opting for the less flexible and more expensive option of a hotel, where you have to share the amenities with other guest, find somewhere to get breakfast etc etc. Or perhaps you have booked a rental villa before, only to be disappointed upon your arrival.

Thankfully due to the highly detailed imagery, offered by Microsoft’s Virtual Earth, it is now possible not only to view many of Orlando’s rental communities, in high resolution, but you can also locate and inspect individual properties within them. The quality is such, that you can even see the size and shape of a rental properties pool! by Simply clicking the ‘Bird’s eye’ link located at the top left of the map, after which the image simply comes alive. (more…)