Tag: Google
Timelapse Satellite Imagery – View Changes on Earth over Time
The series of Landsat satellites has been collecting global imagery continuously since 1972. A total of eight satellites and millions of pictures (and trillions of pixels) has resulted in a hugh amount of imagery which, when compiled, visualizes the massive amount of global change over the past thirty+ years. Landsat satellites capture imagery of the [...]
GIS Forums for Discussing Geospatial Topics
Where can you go to get help with GIS issues? There are a variety of different web sites that can help with GIS questions, depending on the type of technical or general questions you have. While there are many GIS forums that have been set up, only a handful are truly active and serve as [...]
The Many Modes of Google’s Street View Program
Google’s street level imagery gathering is an enormous data collecting effort. Street View launched in May of 2007 and Google has since collected over 20 petrabytes of imagery with its program. Google’s Street View provides 360-degree panoramic views in 39 countries and over 3,000 cities. The number of places where Street View imagery is available is [...]
Show Me the Data
All the uproar over Apple’s Map app debacle shows that at the end of the day, all the whizz bang over flyovers, 3D renderings, and turn-by-turn voice directions can’t make up for bad data. In addition to lacking much of the geographic data and street level imagery that Google Maps contain, the new Map app [...]
Armchair Geography
Geospatial technology has allowed users the ability to travel the world without ever leaving home. Users can explore the world, inside and out. Last October, Google unveiled Google MapsGL which uses Google Maps and Web Graphics Library (WebGL), bring 3D graphics to web browsers. Showcasing the advancement were sample 3D tours of Rome, Italy and London, [...]