The Get Mapping service offers aerial photos of locations across the UK. They also offer rather stunning scenery for use in Microsoft’s Flight Simulator.

‘Imagine being in the cockpit of a Cessena C172SP Skyhawk, having just taken off from a small airfield close to home and flying above your neighbourhood. What would you go to see first? Your home? Your place of work? Or would you just explore the area in which you live, soaring over the surroundings?’