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I wonder why Google doesn’t bother competing with Microsoft in the flight simulation niche. All that Google Maps data would be pretty cool to use for that purpose, but instead we’ve got only this toy feature inside Google Earth.
Cool, I'll have to try it in the next 18 months before they turn it down.
Fun fact: you can also generate 3D buildings in Google Earth: https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/earth/gener... I worked on this but left a year ago. It was a product formerly by Sidewalk Labs and ported to work within Google Earth for over 2 years. Pretty sure it's abandoned now.
Am I tripping or was this in Google Earth ages ago? I distinctly remember flying SU-27 on Google Earth map like a decade or more ago.
I wonder why Google doesn’t bother competing with Microsoft in the flight simulation niche. All that Google Maps data would be pretty cool to use for that purpose, but instead we’ve got only this toy feature inside Google Earth.
What would be the point?
Grand Theft Auto is now doing it, but Google Earth would make more sense because it can bring a more realistic environment.
https://www.reddit.com/r/technology/comments/1szcl5i/google_...
Cool, I'll have to try it in the next 18 months before they turn it down.
Earlier quoted context omitted.
What would be the point?
Training drone operators ? It's literally one of the hottest segment now in the flying sector. Google Maps has one of the best urban map and now a flight engine. Grand Theft Auto is now doing it, but Google Earth would make more sense because it can bring a more realistic environment. https://www.reddit.com/r/technology/comments/1szcl5i/google_...
Unfortunately, whoever did the controls for this doesn't understand how airplanes work.