Online Maps are Getting Scary Detailed
Posted on April 13, 2007, under Search, Tools and Services.
Every now and again I like t take a trip down memory lane and lookup old houses I grew up in, on the many maps services on the Internet. It’s been amazing to see the satellite imagery updated and get more accurate. However, it’s gotten to the point where it’s scary detailed; and Microsoft’s Live Search takes the cake. Take a look at the detailed view of the Googleplex, not even zoomed in all of the way. (Yes I am aware of that I am looking up Google’s address on a Microsoft service.)
Click me, I get big.
My house has the same amount of detail, and it’s scary. Add in services like Virtual Globetrotting (a great time waster by the way), and you have a stalker’s best friend.
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Brandon on April 13, 2007
Buy a “Holux slim 240″ bluetooth gps about the size of 2 stacked flash drives. I then import the position altitude, speed and velocity into google maps and recreate a ski trip or workout. The mapping software makes a great visual. Unfortunately, the images on google earth are from the summer not winter.
I was at the google complex last month. Not in the picture are the 7 cafaterias, endless swim pools, massage rooms in each building, the scale map of submited search requests or my favorite the T-rex in the center of the quad.
Sure you have to share offices but the community is from days gone by.