Dec 11, 2005
Vast and Cool
[cross-posted at Austro-Athenian Empire]
The latest amazing feature from Google is something called Google Earth, which allows you to zero in on any portion of the globe, via satellite photos. Large urban areas tend to be shown in higher resolution than small towns or rural areas; check out the detail on this view of Chicago.
You can zoom in and out, scan in any direction, spin the globe with your mouse, search for specific addresses, view pics with or without street names, etc. You can see individual people standing in Trafalgar Square, or plunge into the surprisingly high-resolution (and 3-D!) abysses of the Grand Canyon. A dangerously tempting time-waster!
The latest amazing feature from Google is something called Google Earth, which allows you to zero in on any portion of the globe, via satellite photos. Large urban areas tend to be shown in higher resolution than small towns or rural areas; check out the detail on this view of Chicago.
You can zoom in and out, scan in any direction, spin the globe with your mouse, search for specific addresses, view pics with or without street names, etc. You can see individual people standing in Trafalgar Square, or plunge into the surprisingly high-resolution (and 3-D!) abysses of the Grand Canyon. A dangerously tempting time-waster!