Comments on: Hybrid http://googlesightseeing.com/2005/07/22/hybrid/ Why bother seeing the world for real? Fri, 19 Mar 2010 12:28:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Rob http://googlesightseeing.com/2005/07/22/hybrid/comment-page-1/#comment-4637 Rob Tue, 26 Jul 2005 12:56:51 +0000 http://www.googlesightseeing.com/2005/07/22/hybrid/#comment-4637 <p>Microsoft hasn't "deleted" Apple HQ, it's just an older photo. Lots of new houses to the north of the freeway are also missing. In fact I think you can make out the vague shape of the buildings to come, almost as if the land was aleady bein cleared for building.</p> Microsoft hasn’t “deleted” Apple HQ, it’s just an older photo. Lots of new houses to the north of the freeway are also missing. In fact I think you can make out the vague shape of the buildings to come, almost as if the land was aleady bein cleared for building.

]]> By: MrWhipple http://googlesightseeing.com/2005/07/22/hybrid/comment-page-1/#comment-4611 MrWhipple Mon, 25 Jul 2005 22:15:09 +0000 http://www.googlesightseeing.com/2005/07/22/hybrid/#comment-4611 <p>Oh, and MSN has super-hi-res imaging of <a href="http://virtualearth.msn.com/default.aspx?cp=38.952536|-77.145475&style=h&lvl=16&v=1" rel="nofollow">CIA headquarters</a> in Langley, Virginia.</p> Oh, and MSN has super-hi-res imaging of CIA headquarters in Langley, Virginia.

]]> By: MrWhipple http://googlesightseeing.com/2005/07/22/hybrid/comment-page-1/#comment-4607 MrWhipple Mon, 25 Jul 2005 20:38:54 +0000 http://www.googlesightseeing.com/2005/07/22/hybrid/#comment-4607 <p>Ryan: <i>MSN’s version has many areas that are grey’d out, such as military bases and such.</i></p> <p>Really? Which bases are you referring to? I just pulled up high-resolution photos of <a href="http://virtualearth.msn.com/default.aspx?cp=38.870928|-77.055935&style=h&lvl=18&v=1" rel="nofollow">the Pentagon</a>, <a href="http://virtualearth.msn.com/default.aspx?cp=38.811805|-76.870411&style=h&lvl=15&v=1" rel="nofollow">Andrews Air Force Base</a> (home of Air Force One), <a href="http://virtualearth.msn.com/default.aspx?cp=38.731306|-93.555236&style=h&lvl=17&v=1" rel="nofollow">Whiteman Air Force Base</a> (where you can see a B-2 stealth bomber on the tarmac), and <a href="http://virtualearth.msn.com/default.aspx?cp=36.812059|-76.293771&style=h&lvl=17&v=1" rel="nofollow">Norfolk Naval Shipyard</a><a> (where you can see the USS <i>Coral Sea</i> before she was scrapped.</p> <p>They may not have as much good-resolution coverage within the U.S., and they don't cover anything outside the U.S., but some of their stuff is insanely hi-res (like the Pentagon).</a></p> Ryan: MSN’s version has many areas that are grey’d out, such as military bases and such.

Really? Which bases are you referring to? I just pulled up high-resolution photos of the Pentagon, Andrews Air Force Base (home of Air Force One), Whiteman Air Force Base (where you can see a B-2 stealth bomber on the tarmac), and Norfolk Naval Shipyard (where you can see the USS Coral Sea before she was scrapped.

They may not have as much good-resolution coverage within the U.S., and they don’t cover anything outside the U.S., but some of their stuff is insanely hi-res (like the Pentagon).

]]> By: Jorge http://googlesightseeing.com/2005/07/22/hybrid/comment-page-1/#comment-4597 Jorge Mon, 25 Jul 2005 18:22:54 +0000 http://www.googlesightseeing.com/2005/07/22/hybrid/#comment-4597 <p><a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/07/25/msn_earth_deletes_aple/">Microsoft's Earth deletes Apple HQ</a> and they don't have Canada.</p> Microsoft’s Earth deletes Apple HQ and they don’t have Canada.

]]> By: Lee Bennett http://googlesightseeing.com/2005/07/22/hybrid/comment-page-1/#comment-4596 Lee Bennett Mon, 25 Jul 2005 17:32:44 +0000 http://www.googlesightseeing.com/2005/07/22/hybrid/#comment-4596 <p>MSN's version also doesn't work in Safari. Have to use Firefox.</p> MSN’s version also doesn’t work in Safari. Have to use Firefox.

]]> By: Ryan http://googlesightseeing.com/2005/07/22/hybrid/comment-page-1/#comment-4595 Ryan Mon, 25 Jul 2005 16:20:50 +0000 http://www.googlesightseeing.com/2005/07/22/hybrid/#comment-4595 <p>MSN's version has many areas that are grey'd out, such as military bases and such. Whereas Google doesn't. This is half the fun, touring around areas where it's quite illegal to do in person.....</p> MSN’s version has many areas that are grey’d out, such as military bases and such. Whereas Google doesn’t. This is half the fun, touring around areas where it’s quite illegal to do in person…..

]]> By: MrWhipple http://googlesightseeing.com/2005/07/22/hybrid/comment-page-1/#comment-4593 MrWhipple Mon, 25 Jul 2005 15:02:38 +0000 http://www.googlesightseeing.com/2005/07/22/hybrid/#comment-4593 <p>Microsoft has just debuted an online map/aerial photo site to compete with Google Maps.</p> <p>http://virtualearth.msn.com/</p> <p>Their UI isn't nearly as intuitive, and there are all sorts of little annoying features (hey, it's Microsoft), but the aerial photos are much (MUCH) higher resolution. I can even identify the umbrella over the table in my back yard, and my father's car parked outside his house.</p> Microsoft has just debuted an online map/aerial photo site to compete with Google Maps.

http://virtualearth.msn.com/

Their UI isn’t nearly as intuitive, and there are all sorts of little annoying features (hey, it’s Microsoft), but the aerial photos are much (MUCH) higher resolution. I can even identify the umbrella over the table in my back yard, and my father’s car parked outside his house.

]]> By: Luke http://googlesightseeing.com/2005/07/22/hybrid/comment-page-1/#comment-4578 Luke Sun, 24 Jul 2005 09:11:19 +0000 http://www.googlesightseeing.com/2005/07/22/hybrid/#comment-4578 <p>Wow.. every time I check google maps while on vacation they have added something new. Amazing!</p> Wow.. every time I check google maps while on vacation they have added something new. Amazing!

]]> By: gadha http://googlesightseeing.com/2005/07/22/hybrid/comment-page-1/#comment-4570 gadha Sat, 23 Jul 2005 18:40:16 +0000 http://www.googlesightseeing.com/2005/07/22/hybrid/#comment-4570 <p>Many of the roads are labelled in the wrong spot, but Google will probably fix that.</p> Many of the roads are labelled in the wrong spot, but Google will probably fix that.

]]> By: Sionide http://googlesightseeing.com/2005/07/22/hybrid/comment-page-1/#comment-4567 Sionide Sat, 23 Jul 2005 16:39:38 +0000 http://www.googlesightseeing.com/2005/07/22/hybrid/#comment-4567 <p>Wow! This is great, makes Google maps ten times better than it was before!</p> Wow! This is great, makes Google maps ten times better than it was before!

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