The first time I read this, I thought this was going to change the default display.
But it seems maybe, what this means is things will be in perspective, regardless of where on the globe they are.
But it's still moderately interesting.
1 posted on
08/04/2018 1:02:10 AM PDT by
cba123
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2 posted on
08/04/2018 1:02:56 AM PDT by
cba123
( Toi la nguoi My. Toi bay gio o Viet Nam.)
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So I can now hold a 3D image of the earth in my hand?
3 posted on
08/04/2018 2:57:15 AM PDT by
P.O.E.
(Pray for America)
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Google has been misinformed.
The average person prefers a Mercator projection, which we have been using for the last 450 years.
We can see the entire globe with one glance.
And we can instantly locate positions and plot directions and distance with straight lines.
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I don’t know why I never backed out of maps all the way, I guess I never had a need. But I do like the floating globe in satellite mode. So, thanks for posting.
6 posted on
08/04/2018 4:11:10 AM PDT by
BushCountry
(thinks he needs a gal whose name doesn't end in ".jpg")
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Google was given direct access to NSA and military satellite resources to apply to Google Earth. It was a deal so the tech company would cooperate on building the Deep State Orwellian nightmare we are dealing with. Google didn’t launch those satellites. They were paid for by the American taxpayer.
7 posted on
08/04/2018 4:33:24 AM PDT by
SkyPilot
("I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." John 14:6)
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Their driving directions have gone downhill though.
11 posted on
08/04/2018 4:45:09 AM PDT by
Pollard
(If you don't understand what I typed, you haven't read the classics.)
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My screen is flatter than a pancake, and isn’t 3 d at all. Wonder where they went wrong in writing the article.
Oh, they meant Simulated 3 D! That’s what they meant! A map is a projection. A flat picture of a solid object.
Fine. No reason to make Greenland appear as big as South America, when it isn’t.
13 posted on
08/04/2018 4:56:25 AM PDT by
I want the USA back
(This week's hypocritical hysteria: Manafort/Russia Probe again!)
To: cba123
I like it, even if it is Google. It would be interesting to be able to select a night view, though.
14 posted on
08/04/2018 5:03:29 AM PDT by
Fresh Wind
(Hillary: Go to jail. Go directly to jail. Do not pass GO. Do not collect 2 trillion dollars.)
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Good link.... thanks
Cartography is fun.
I even found some of the locations have the county APN maps linked to the imagery.
16 posted on
08/04/2018 5:23:14 AM PDT by
ptsal
( Get your facts first, then you can distort them as you please. - M. Twain)
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? Greenland is still as big as Africa in the page I see.
17 posted on
08/04/2018 6:02:49 AM PDT by
Sequoyah101
(It feels like we have exchanged our dreams for survival. We just have a few days that don't suck.)
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SJW Alert. This most likely was an agenda item of the Cartographers for Social Equality. Referenced in a West Wing episode.
https://youtu.be/OH1bZ0F3zVU
19 posted on
08/04/2018 7:09:51 AM PDT by
tellw
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24 posted on
08/24/2018 5:45:36 AM PDT by
preacher
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