Google Maps Has Now Photographed 10 Million Miles in Street View (cnet.com) 18
If Google were to have a mascot, it might be the Street View car, with its towering camera rig and corporate logo exterior. From a report: There's good reason for that. In the 12 years since the search giant debuted Street View, which photographs the world at street level, the cars have been the company's ambassadors around the globe, prowling urban metropolises and rural countrysides. On Friday, Google revealed how much work those cars and other devices have done to map the world: the company has captured more than 10 million miles of Street View imagery. The distance, Google said, would amount to circling the Earth more than 400 times.
The company also said Google Earth, the search giant's aerial mapping service, has a total of 36 million square miles of satellite imagery for people to browse. With that collection, Google has mapped out the parts of the world where 98% of people live. The numbers mark the first time Google has released figures on how much of the world its services have charted, providing insight into the scope of Google Maps. With more than 1 billion monthly users, Maps is one of the company's most popular products. It's also a potent way for the search giant to deliver local advertising.
The company also said Google Earth, the search giant's aerial mapping service, has a total of 36 million square miles of satellite imagery for people to browse. With that collection, Google has mapped out the parts of the world where 98% of people live. The numbers mark the first time Google has released figures on how much of the world its services have charted, providing insight into the scope of Google Maps. With more than 1 billion monthly users, Maps is one of the company's most popular products. It's also a potent way for the search giant to deliver local advertising.
and how old is parts of it? (Score:2)
and how old is parts of it?
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well, the oldest I have seen recently was from 2015..
Historic archive (Score:2)
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Google Earth was brought from a company that was owned by CIA. https://pando.com/2015/07/01/c... [pando.com] https://www.businessinsider.co... [businessinsider.com]
https://www.theregister.co.uk/... [theregister.co.uk]
https://medium.com/insurge-int... [medium.com]
Won't be surprised if the Street View car also spied for CIA.
They don't need it. The capabilities of satellites the government has access to are much greater than what Google Earth uses/used.
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Indeed. Donald Trump tweeted a satellite photo showing some remarkable clarity on some missile silo (I think it was a North Korea test?). And this was from a satellite photo that was put into a PowerPoint presentation that was then taken with a cellphone and tweeted.
Despite all the quality losses, there was quite some clarity to the image, and more importantly, it revealed what t
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Won't be surprised if the Street View car also spied for CIA.
They don't need it. The capabilities of satellites the government has access to are much greater than what Google Earth uses/used.
Them: Street view. You: Google Earth. Me: What?
Street view can see stuff that satellites can't, under awnings and such. And it can pick up much more detail.
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They don't need it. The capabilities of satellites the government has access to are much greater than what Google Earth uses/used.
If you're referring to street-view, then no.
A street-level view contains tons of detail that's obscured from an overhead view, including things like signage, doorways, locks, and cameras. The level of resolution is also orders of magnitude above what you can get from any satellite or even low-flying aircraft.
Re: Maybe also CIA mascot (Score:2)
A single static photo from any random point of time up to a decade is pretty worthless for intelligence work anyway. If they really have an interest in a property they'll put an asset on the ground to get up do date information.
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In the mean time Tesla claims ... (Score:3)
I just wish -- (Score:1)
they missed a spot (Score:1)