Comments on: Wimbledon http://googlesightseeing.com/2005/06/22/wimbledon/ Why bother seeing the world for real? Sat, 21 Nov 2009 10:01:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Linl http://googlesightseeing.com/2005/06/22/wimbledon/comment-page-1/#comment-3258 Linl Thu, 23 Jun 2005 19:58:12 +0000 http://www.googlesightseeing.com/?p=344#comment-3258 Luckily for us, it happened) Tim Henman is already out. Luckily for us, it happened) Tim Henman is already out.

]]> By: ghewgill http://googlesightseeing.com/2005/06/22/wimbledon/comment-page-1/#comment-3200 ghewgill Wed, 22 Jun 2005 17:24:13 +0000 http://www.googlesightseeing.com/?p=344#comment-3200 stm is correct. In order to simplify presentation, zooming, and panning, Google Maps uses a rectangular projection when showing satellite imagery. This projection distorts images more the further you get from the equator. Note that if you switch to the "Map" view in Google Maps itself, this same distortion is not apparent. stm is correct. In order to simplify presentation, zooming, and panning, Google Maps uses a rectangular projection when showing satellite imagery. This projection distorts images more the further you get from the equator.

Note that if you switch to the “Map” view in Google Maps itself, this same distortion is not apparent.

]]> By: stm http://googlesightseeing.com/2005/06/22/wimbledon/comment-page-1/#comment-3167 stm Wed, 22 Jun 2005 03:26:42 +0000 http://www.googlesightseeing.com/?p=344#comment-3167 I don't think its an issue of 'true satellite imagery', but rather than europe is farther north than most of the sites in the US. Google maps does not correct for this distortion introduced by placing a round globe on a square map, and so things get stretched by a larger factor the closer to the poles you get. The distortion is present on both the maps and the images. Check out http://maps.google.com/maps?q=anchorage,+alaska&ll=61.250093,-149.817982&spn=0.053902,0.078020&t=k&hl=en for a great example, which I stole off some clever person at slashdot. If you check out the same site on mapquest, you see can really see the distortion. I don’t think its an issue of ‘true satellite imagery’, but rather than europe is farther north than most of the sites in the US. Google maps does not correct for this distortion introduced by placing a round globe on a square map, and so things get stretched by a larger factor the closer to the poles you get. The distortion is present on both the maps and the images. Check out Placemark: Google Maps / Google Earth for a great example, which I stole off some clever person at slashdot. If you check out the same site on mapquest, you see can really see the distortion.

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