For some reasons steet view is not working! Hope they fix it soon!
Privacy rules, they have the same in Germany.
Google Mars (2005)
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Re: Google Mars (2005)
#12Always love playing with this especially after reading Red Mars and recognizing a lot of place names. But also sad google hasn’t even kept the styling updated to their branding or added any features.
I love the fact that they haven't updated styling: this one is clear and fast.
I don't think that's a good point to critizice Google for. Unlike many other websites, the Google homepage has always remained clear and fast, even after multiple redesigns.
Re: Google Mars (2005)
#13https://www.google.com/sky/ https://www.google.com/moon/
Woah, check out this page: https://www.google.com/sky/about.html 2011 in the footer. Remnants of the old google of a by-gone era. Simultaneously feels both like yesterday and an eternity ago. The video is from 2008: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gX9MeF2Au9c I bet whoever made this is no longer there and it has been forgotten about internally.
The comments from 15 years ago are even more interesting.
Re: Google Mars (2005)
#14They should partner up with NASA and add "Street view".
Re: Google Mars (2005)
#15For some reasons steet view is not working! Hope they fix it soon!
Privacy rules, they have the same in Germany.
Just wanted to point out that legally nothing is stopping Google from releasing Street View in Germany as far as I know. Maybe they will do so soon, considering that Apple Look Around is available for most of Germany
Re: Google Mars (2005)
#16Google data scraping is not that good. Olympus Mons is not listed in mountains as other volcanoes.
Feature: Olympus Mons
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#17I miss the days when I'd see a HN post to a Google project and be excited to check it out.
I don't necessarily fault Google--they have to do what makes sense for their business. But I wish, at the very least from a PR perspective, more companies would create cool things without worrying about whether they can be monetized.
Re: Google Mars (2005)
#18Earlier quoted context omitted.
Privacy rules, they have the same in Germany.
Just wanted to point out that legally nothing is stopping Google from releasing Street View in Germany as far as I know. Maybe they will do so soon, considering that Apple Look Around is available for most of Germany
Street View is also available in Germany as far as I can tell.
Re: Google Mars (2005)
#19Someone once told me that Mars has better elevation data than Earth. Maybe it's the quality of the orbiters or maybe it's the fact that there is less atmospheric interference and you can use LiDAR vs radar? Can anyone confirm?
bdon, if you're reading this we need a protomaps archive for the moon and Mars :)
Re: Google Mars (2005)
#20Earlier quoted context omitted.
Privacy rules, they have the same in Germany.
Just wanted to point out that legally nothing is stopping Google from releasing Street View in Germany as far as I know. Maybe they will do so soon, considering that Apple Look Around is available for most of Germany