My first thought is, cool I should order something. My second though, what the hell could I use this for, to even remotely justify doing so.
this is so cool. a bit expensive to order new images (~$300) but it's still great. older high res images are a good price though (~$4)
Play Civ. for real.
I found that True Crime: Streets of LA used satellite imagery to create their map of LA [0]. Apparently, using real data made for a very boring game [1].