I'm glad to see that they've fixed the Oslo bug (half the city couldn't load since 2014).
Google Earth Redesigned
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#132What is the difference to the 3D view in Google Maps? edit: (honest question, dear downvoters...)
With Earth you can load KML or KMZ files, and you don't have directions.
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#133Looks like only few places in the US and some other cities elsewhere have the 3D view (that too not properly finished). Rest of them are still the old 2D. Wasn't most of this already there? I have seen their 3D view before, so besides performance improvement nothing much is new?
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#137Embrace and Extend the web with Chrome only apps like this. Google are basically old Microsoft at this point.
To what, if any, extent is Chrome itself collecting user browsing data? That is part of Brave's business model -- there are many things about your behavior only the browser can know. Is Chrome doing the same?
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#138Looks like the Google Earth Flight Simulator[0] didn't make the cut. Many features are missing from the original desktop app and it's not immediately clear what this offers over using "Earth" within Google Maps. The "auto-rotate around the landmark" feature is also a pain for people who are used to maps being north-facing by default. [0] https://googlesystem.blogspot.co.uk/2007/08/google-earth-eas...
also I noticed that at least in Switzerland, the imagery is significantly older than the one of the "Earth" layer in google maps. If I had to guess, I would say the images on Google Earth are from 2011, whereas the ones in Google Maps seem very current: last summer. edit: Actually, the "earth" layer of Google Maps is identical to Google Earth. What's more up-to-date is the "satellite" layer which I only see offered i…
There was a point where you could choose from which time to view the data. Very useful feature. Might even still be in there somewhere if you find the right chicken to sacrifice to make it appear.
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#139Earlier quoted context omitted.
What's more interesting to me is the cranes are 3d modeled, that was not expected
Yes, I noticed that too. How is this done? There has to be some machine learning involved, accumulating all the aerial imagery and street view data and somehow generate a 3D model. This can't be all LIDAR data, can it?
I think it's just Stereophotogrammetry (regular pictures from different angles), I doubt LIDAR and ML is used. It's at least not required.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photogrammetry#Stereophotogram...
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#140The 3d view is faster in google maps than google earth, why do we need google earth? Also I'm already used to use ctrl to rotate the view on google maps.