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Google Earth - How They Do It!
A look at how Google Earth puts together images from all over the world.
By James Lewis <!-- article photocredit -->
September 2008
<TABLE height=161 cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width=630 border=0 itxtvisited="1"><TBODY itxtvisited="1"><TR itxtvisited="1"><TD class=text vAlign=top itxtvisited="1"><!-- begin main image from CMS pulldown --><TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=3 width=20 align=right border=0 itxtvisited="1"><TBODY itxtvisited="1"><TR itxtvisited="1"><TD vAlign=top width=14 rowSpan=3 itxtvisited="1"></TD><TD vAlign=top itxtvisited="1"></TD></TR><TR itxtvisited="1"><TD class=photo_credit vAlign=top align=right itxtvisited="1"></TD></TR><TR itxtvisited="1"><TD class=caption vAlign=top align=left itxtvisited="1"></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><!-- note: html 3 is here, in done in the program --><!-- end main image --><!-- BEGIN CONTENT AREA 1 from CMS-->When you launch GoogleEarth on your computer, you start in outer space and you miraculously zoom in. You might see two unsuspecting guys walking across the Blue Wonder Bridge way off in Dresden, Germany.
But the folks at Google Earth remind us that you're not zooming in on just one picture. You're actually going through a succession - seamlessly - of closer and closer shots, making the transition from a NASA shuttle shot to a satellite shot to a photograph made from an airplane. So that's how they get such good close-up resolution.
Google Earth - How They Do It! - - PopPhotoSeptember 2008
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A look at how Google Earth puts together images from all over the world.
By James Lewis <!-- article photocredit -->
September 2008
<TABLE height=161 cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width=630 border=0 itxtvisited="1"><TBODY itxtvisited="1"><TR itxtvisited="1"><TD class=text vAlign=top itxtvisited="1"><!-- begin main image from CMS pulldown --><TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=3 width=20 align=right border=0 itxtvisited="1"><TBODY itxtvisited="1"><TR itxtvisited="1"><TD vAlign=top width=14 rowSpan=3 itxtvisited="1"></TD><TD vAlign=top itxtvisited="1"></TD></TR><TR itxtvisited="1"><TD class=photo_credit vAlign=top align=right itxtvisited="1"></TD></TR><TR itxtvisited="1"><TD class=caption vAlign=top align=left itxtvisited="1"></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><!-- note: html 3 is here, in done in the program --><!-- end main image --><!-- BEGIN CONTENT AREA 1 from CMS-->When you launch GoogleEarth on your computer, you start in outer space and you miraculously zoom in. You might see two unsuspecting guys walking across the Blue Wonder Bridge way off in Dresden, Germany.
But the folks at Google Earth remind us that you're not zooming in on just one picture. You're actually going through a succession - seamlessly - of closer and closer shots, making the transition from a NASA shuttle shot to a satellite shot to a photograph made from an airplane. So that's how they get such good close-up resolution.
Google Earth - How They Do It! - - PopPhotoSeptember 2008
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