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Re: Google Treks

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Where do I apply and what is the hourly rate? I assume all travel expenses are also paid. On a serious note, in the footsteps of OpenStreetMap that could be a great next community project: write the software for the infrastructure and the camera gear, open the designs of data collecting hardware (for the 3D printers) and let people upload their treks.

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Re: Google Treks

#42
Great, now when the f* am I going to get terrain back on Maps for Android?! Last summer, my phone provided some information about terrain difficulty for light hikes (serious ones should involve a paper map so that you're not screwed if you lose battery/signal/whatever), bike rides and whatnot. This summer, with a newer, fancier, Nexus 4, that information is gone. The world is flat, indeed.

Re: Google Treks

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post #42

Great, now when the f * am I going to get terrain back on Maps for Android?! Last summer, my phone provided some information about terrain difficulty for light hikes (serious ones should involve a paper map so that you're not screwed if you lose battery/signal/whatever), bike rides and whatnot. This summer, with a newer, fancier, Nexus 4, that information is gone. The world is flat, indeed.

I've noticed two features silently vanishing from my galaxy s2. Installed apps no longer appear in the search results from the Google Now widget and I no longer have the option to download a complete email in th ebuilt in email client.

Have these been removed due to patents?

Re: Google Treks

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post #42

Great, now when the f * am I going to get terrain back on Maps for Android?! Last summer, my phone provided some information about terrain difficulty for light hikes (serious ones should involve a paper map so that you're not screwed if you lose battery/signal/whatever), bike rides and whatnot. This summer, with a newer, fancier, Nexus 4, that information is gone. The world is flat, indeed.

If you use the distance measurement button, it tells you the elevation of the segment you are measuring, I believe. I know this is not the same thing, but maybe it's helpful.

Re: Google Treks

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post #35

Where do I apply and what is the hourly rate? I assume all travel expenses are also paid. On a serious note, in the footsteps of OpenStreetMap that could be a great next community project: write the software for the infrastructure and the camera gear, open the designs of data collecting hardware (for the 3D printers) and let people upload their treks.

> Where do I apply http://www.google.com/maps/about/partners/streetview/trekker...

One of the richest companies in the world are asking the public to help them for free?

Re: Google Treks

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post #46
post #35

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Where do I apply http://www.google.com/maps/about/partners/streetview/trekker...

One of the richest companies in the world are asking the public to help them for free?

Its like they are saying "You are going there anyway, why not take a few pictures for us".

I think they will post your copyright text somewhere in some corner, giving you some pixels of fame.

Re: Google Treks

#48
It would be nice to try something like this with Oculus Rift and video. Would probably be a cool experience to view the trip down the Amazon Basin in a video and thanks to 360 degree camera / video capture, one would be able to move the head around and get an interactive experience out of it.

I would like to try something like this just to test what kind of "being there" feeling would be achievable with the current tech.

Re: Google Treks

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post #34

It's mind boggling how bad the arabic translation is at: http://www.google.com/maps/about/behind-the-scenes/streetvie... It's like they ran the text in google translate and never bothered to check the results.

Never mind the actual window-washers and builders who made these buildings are de-facto slaves to the Monarch of Dubai Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum. Then in the next demo over they try to get all multicultural with the first nations language "ᓱᑯᑦᑎᐊᓃᒃᑲᓗᐊᕐᖓᑦ ᐃᖃᓗᐃᑦ? " http://www.vice.com/vice-news/the-slaves-of-dubai

Arabic is a bit like English. Just like how England is not the country with majority of English speakers, In the same way 'Arabs' don't make up all the Arabic speakers.

Arabic speakers exists in nearly every country where there are Muslims. Which is what nearly 30% of the world population?

Re: Google Treks

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post #42

Great, now when the f * am I going to get terrain back on Maps for Android?! Last summer, my phone provided some information about terrain difficulty for light hikes (serious ones should involve a paper map so that you're not screwed if you lose battery/signal/whatever), bike rides and whatnot. This summer, with a newer, fancier, Nexus 4, that information is gone. The world is flat, indeed.

If you use the distance measurement button, it tells you the elevation of the segment you are measuring, I believe. I know this is not the same thing, but maybe it's helpful.

The distance measurement tool has been removed from more recent versions of Maps. It's why I haven't upgraded to the latest version, as the elevation profiles from the distance tool are really handy.
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