Re: Google earth

On Mon, 12 Dec 2005 01:47:52 -0600, Davoud wrote (in article
<121220050247522308%star@xxxxxxx>):

> TaliesinSoft:

>> To be honest I found Google Earth to be somewhat of a ho-hum. It relies
>> on satellite images which are often quite blurry and indistinct, and the
>> visual effects are often quite jerky. To me it's a good idea who's time
>> has not yet arrived.
>
> I take it you don't have much experience with overhead imagery. Google
> Earth is a killer app if there ever was one. The quality of the images
> depends entirely on the amount of satellite coverage available; in some
> rural areas there may be no high-resolution imagery available; in many
> cases it displays remarkable definition. Looking at my house I can see
> meter-wide shrubs in the garden and blurry shadows of even smaller
> features. Looking at various places I have lived around the world I can
> see the balconies on my former penthouse at the Cairo World Trade Center
> (South Tower) and the patio at my villa on Soi Santisuk, Sukhumwit Road,
> in Bangkok, among other places.
>
> A Scottish friend who lives (temporarily!) in Thongbridge, West Yorkshire,
> visited over the weekend. He showed me his house, his parking space at his
> place of work, etc.
>
> As for jerky, depends on how busy things are on the Net and how capable
> your system is. It's OK on my iMac G4, better on my PowerBook G4, and
> excellent on the 30" Cinema Display on my Dual G5.

I was perhaps not precise enough with the comment quoted above. What I should
have said is that the intent of Google Earth is indeed fantastic, but that
the current realization (at least as I saw it in the alpha version)
misses--at least to me. I tried looking at the various places I have lived
and received images that ranged from reasonably good to downright terrible.


--
James L. Ryan -- TaliesinSoft

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