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"Google Chrome required" - sure, because current crop of web developers are too young to remember dark age of Internet Explorer domination.
"Google Chrome required" - sure, because current crop of web developers are too young to remember dark age of Internet Explorer domination.
"Google Chrome required" - sure, because current crop of web developers are too young to remember dark age of Internet Explorer domination.
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Apple Maps does the same thing and was doing it before Google. Interestingly, Apple seems to have better imagery, at least where I am; trees are sharper and more realistic, the ground imagery is more detailed and the colors truer to life. In the forests, trees are rendered clearly enough that I can recognize the landmarks, which just isn't possible in Google's rendering. The only downside is that Google's colors are…
Can I check out Apple Maps in a browser? I'd like to take a look, but I don't have easy access to ios or macos. The screenshots do look fantastic. (Not a criticism of Apple if this isn't possible)
https://maps.apple.com/place?address=10365%20Gorenflo%20Rd%0...
There have been a couple small indie projects which basically load Apple maps in an iFrame, but I think they've been mostly C&Ded.
"Google Chrome required" - sure, because current crop of web developers are too young to remember dark age of Internet Explorer domination.
it honestly sucks but your phrasing puts the blame on inexperienced developers, which most certainly doesn't apply here.
"Google Chrome required" - sure, because current crop of web developers are too young to remember dark age of Internet Explorer domination.
What web technology does this use, specifically, that prevents firefox usage? Or is it just a chrome plugin they decided not to port?
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Yes, I was blown away when I first noticed this. And I was thinking how much this data, which is free for everybody, would be worth in case of a war...
It's not really free. It's free in the sense, that you can browse around, but if you wanted to do some analysis on it, you would need access to the raw bulk data, and this is very expensive. There is free aerial imagery data available (e.g. ESA's Sentinel-2), but it has lower resolution (10m/Pixel). If you want to do the 3D building thing, I estimate you need data with something like 1m/Pixel and from different persp…
"Google Chrome required" - sure, because current crop of web developers are too young to remember dark age of Internet Explorer domination.
What web technology does this use, specifically, that prevents firefox usage? Or is it just a chrome plugin they decided not to port?