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Jim Collier > Same view of Minneapolis via Microsoft Virtual Earth. Notice the 3D modeled buildings are skinned, unlike Google Earth. But Google Earth has alot going for it that Microsoft doesn't yet have.It has been argued that continuous satellite imagery products such as these represent the largest single "stitched" image yet created. The 3D accellerated versions of these products in particular are excellent examples of rendering a fantastically massive "image" in small, network-friendly chunks at a time, while not killing the illusion of massive scale. (Technology similar in intent to Microsoft's acquired Seadragon, or in-house HD View).
Jim Collier > I was wracking my brain trying to recall what city the previous aerial photo shows. So I looked at satellite imagery (Google Earth shown here) to figure it out. While I was at it I approximated the same angle from that shot just for grins.And in a cool (but meaningless) coincidence, the link above takes you to Google's home page for Google Earth. There you'll see that the first of four icons shown is none other than the Hubert Humphrey Metrodome...which happens to be visible at center top in all three of these images.

Same view of Minneapolis via Microsoft Virtual Earth. Notice the 3D modeled buildings are skinned, unlike Google Earth. But Google Earth has alot going for it that Microsoft doesn't yet have.

It has been argued that continuous satellite imagery products such as these represent the largest single "stitched" image yet created. The 3D accellerated versions of these products in particular are excellent examples of rendering a fantastically massive "image" in small, network-friendly chunks at a time, while not killing the illusion of massive scale. (Technology similar in intent to Microsoft's acquired Seadragon, or in-house HD View).

Jim Collier > Same view of Minneapolis via Microsoft Virtual Earth. Notice the 3D modeled buildings are skinned, unlike Google Earth. But Google Earth has alot going for it that Microsoft doesn't yet have.It has been argued that continuous satellite imagery products such as these represent the largest single "stitched" image yet created. The 3D accellerated versions of these products in particular are excellent examples of rendering a fantastically massive "image" in small, network-friendly chunks at a time, while not killing the illusion of massive scale. (Technology similar in intent to Microsoft's acquired Seadragon, or in-house HD View).

Same view of Minneapolis via Microsoft Virtual Earth. Notice the 3D modeled buildings are skinned, unlike Google Earth. But Google Earth has alot going for it that Microsoft doesn't yet have.

It has been argued that continuous satellite imagery products such as these represent the largest single "stitched" image yet created. The 3D accellerated versions of these products in particular are excellent examples of rendering a fantastically massive "image" in small, network-friendly chunks at a time, while not killing the illusion of massive scale. (Technology similar in intent to Microsoft's acquired Seadragon, or in-house HD View).

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