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Subject: [Leica] IMG:Super Google Earth
From: photo at frozenlight.eu (Nathan Wajsman)
Date: Sat, 11 Oct 2014 08:07:12 +0200
References: <26B2701E-BDF6-4141-B34D-6C5DEC72975C@acm.org>

Impressive, although I have never really warmed to the Google Earth 
application (as opposed to Google maps and Streetview on the web).

Cheers,
Nathan

Nathan Wajsman

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On 11 Oct 2014, at 07:21, Herbert Kanner <kanner at acm.org> wrote:

> 
> Google placed this device in the Computer History Museum a few years ago. 
> It is a big-screen (actually five screens) glorified Google Earth display 
> which can not only show you our planet, but all of the Solar System. It is 
> controlled by a few pushbuttons for choosing, e.g. the earth, and a joy 
> stick for navigation. It is damn tricky to work, but you can see the 
> globe, navigate to any area above it, Zoom down, and at a sufficient level 
> of detail, go into Street View. If they?ve shot that street, you can see 
> your house.
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/herbk1/L1003883.jpg.html
> 
> Herb 
> 
> 
> Herbert Kanner
> kanner at acm.org
> 650-326-8204
> 
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