Google releases Earth
Wed 29 Jun 2005
Posted by daniel under general (edit this) 
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In a move seemingly designed to make me ruin the inside of my panties, Google has released the first cut of its Earth product, based on technology it acquired when it purchased Keyhole.
The product is, in a nutshell, a copy of the earth on your computer. In fact what it does it stream detailed data from Google’s massive database so that you only see the parts of the earth that you’re interested in at any particular time. It can also overlay data such as roads, populations, crime rates etc.
But don’t take my word for it, check out some reviews.
June 29th, 2005 at 4:47 pm e
looks pretty awesome, I couldn’t find canberra in any searches though, and I couldn’t get very good resolution on anything as far east as Richmond in Melbourne.
I also couldn’t get any roads appearing on Australia.
I haven’t played with it very much, so these things might be just behind that next button click,
does it allow the community to make contributions to the maps?
June 30th, 2005 at 10:52 am e
I have a Mac and am therefore not allowed to visit earth.
June 30th, 2005 at 11:15 am e
That’s ok, Starfleet rules say that you’re not allowed to influence more primitive cultures anyway.
June 30th, 2005 at 1:33 pm e
You know, all this time I thought Dr Doom was you. Cause that makes sense. And now, you have challenged me with this conversation with yourself, or else I need to become aware that Dr D00m is another party.
Oh wait, hold on, I don’t really care that much. I am commenting from boredom.
June 30th, 2005 at 2:25 pm e
Please. Not even Dan is nerdy enough to use a pseudonym like Dr Doom.
June 30th, 2005 at 3:21 pm e
Heh! *snort*
I just beat Superfrog using Fairlight’s infinite lives cheat!
Ff-tang!
Dan