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Re: Google Treks

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Post by lclarkmichalek »

nazgulnarsil wrote: post #54
benatkin wrote: post #3

Google can't wait to usher in a future where people stay in their rooms and eat Soylent while being entertained and exercised by their VR-enabled computers.

Check your bipedal privilege cis scum. No but seriously, every time you feel the urge to make a luddite point remember that there are disabled people who are getting a whole new lease on life via enabling technologies.

Or, you know, poor people. There is a very large cross section between people who have access to computers and people who do not have the means to be able to visit the places that Google has documented here.

Re: Google Treks

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Post by jkl32 »

What a blatant PR attempt to put lipstick on a pig.

Do not forget who we're dealing with, Google gave the NSA unrestricted access to every system without any legal challenge. No amount of pretty photos will make up for that.

Re: Google Treks

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Post by coldtea »

enneff wrote: post #26
benatkin wrote: post #3

Google can't wait to usher in a future where people stay in their rooms and eat Soylent while being entertained and exercised by their VR-enabled computers.

That's pretty short-sighted. Imagine if we had these kind of views of, say, the streets of London in 1900? This is worth doing for history's sake alone.

>Imagine if we had these kind of views of, say, the streets of London in 1900? This is worth doing for history's sake alone.

For one, yeah, "what if" we had these kind of views for the streets of London in 1900? I doubt many would care, same as not many care for 1900 music, 1900 books, 1900 photographs and such. Some scholars maybe.

Second, what the parent said goes beyond that. Essentially he says, the people of 2200 could have the streets of 2100 fully 3D imaged, but empty of life, with people of 2100 mostly staying at home and merely doing VR walks.

Now this might sound far-fetched and implausible, but not much more than telling 1900 people that in 100 years there would be cities were people rarely walk in public to go about their business but mostly go around with their cars.

Re: Google Treks

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Post by coldtea »

kamaal wrote: post #47
Thlom wrote: post #46

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

So essentially asking for idiots to give them stuff they will profit from for free...

Re: Google Treks

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Post by wtvanhest »

I can't believe I'm typing this, but after the new Google map changes, it runs so slow on my home and office computer that I was forced to switch to bing. It still works on my mobile, but its just unbearable on the other systems.

I hope they create a more streamlined version soon.

Re: Google Treks

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Post by bibinou »

Thlom wrote: post #46
bibinou wrote: 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?

You've just found Google's business model !

Seriously though, this is better done by locals who knows the place than by some Google minions.

I think the business model will be selling it to famous landmarks and malls, who have to do it for brand reasons (and then trickle down on the famous scale). See the examples, Burj Khalifa (big ugly tower), Everest, Grand Canyon, Venice, highly touristic places.

Expect Eiffel tower, Liberty Island, not beautiful "treks".

Re: Google Treks

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Post by marcioaguiar »

wtvanhest wrote: post #66

I can't believe I'm typing this, but after the new Google map changes, it runs so slow on my home and office computer that I was forced to switch to bing. It still works on my mobile, but its just unbearable on the other systems. I hope they create a more streamlined version soon.

Definetly slower. Also, there's some features I miss from the old maps, like navigation on the map while on StreetView and the measurement ruler (from labs). But you don't need to switch to Bing as you can still change to the classic google maps.

Re: Google Treks

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Post by monsterix »

nakedrobot2 wrote: post #36

There are some great images here. I like how Google has been striving to document more beautiful places. The sheer amount of brainpower and processing that Google is putting into Streetview is truly staggering and unprecedented. Nobody else out there is doing it in this way. On a more hand-made note, my company, http://360cities.net , has been publishing user-generated 360º imagery since 2006. I have built a tour of…

Upvoted, bookmarked and thanks! Always in the look for alternatives to Google.
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