I can't wait til these are available via the API :)
Great Barrier Reef underwater panoramas in Google Maps
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#22All that coral bleaching makes me pretty sad. The reef was much more colourful but it has been declining for a long time now. I wonder how much will be left in another 10 years.
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Low Earth orbit panoramas.
Apple's 2011 net income significantly exceeded NASA's budget (About $25 billion to $18 billion). Orbital panoramas shouldn't be out of their reach.
The difference is that Apple is a for-profit company so they have to reinvest a portion of that back into the company, while NASA can - in fact, should - spend the entire budget :)
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#24Finally, they added it. Well I can tick that off of my list of dream holiday destinations!
Living life through Google.
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#26Earlier quoted context omitted.
Apple's 2011 net income significantly exceeded NASA's budget (About $25 billion to $18 billion). Orbital panoramas shouldn't be out of their reach.
The difference is that Apple is a for-profit company so they have to reinvest a portion of that back into the company, while NASA can - in fact, should - spend the entire budget :)
For sure - I wasn't advocating that Apple devote most resources to space travel, science and exploration. Just that they could afford to buy a launch or two from SpaceX like NASA does. It may even be in their financial interest to put up their own satellites with high-res cameras and telescopes. Mac desktop background images are celestial objects already. "Our latest innovation. Our best work. From Space."
Plus we know that Apple Maps could use a little help.
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That's actually not a bad idea - Google sponsored hikes.
I was at an arduino talk at last year's BaaCamp in Auckland, NZ and there was a guy who had made his own street view style cam for capturing hiking trails using arduino and some cameras. Very cool, imagine he's not the only one either.
"BaaCamp" excellent name. Can't beat kiwi humor, without a shepherd's staff.
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The difference is that Apple is a for-profit company so they have to reinvest a portion of that back into the company, while NASA can - in fact, should - spend the entire budget :)
For sure - I wasn't advocating that Apple devote most resources to space travel, science and exploration. Just that they could afford to buy a launch or two from SpaceX like NASA does. It may even be in their financial interest to put up their own satellites with high-res cameras and telescopes. Mac desktop background images are celestial objects already. "Our latest innovation. Our best work. From Space." Plus we kn…
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#29I might be missing something, but why is everyone so excited about this? If you want a great experience of the oceans and reefs out there, you could load up an HD video on YouTube of the Great Barrier Reef, and view something much more immersive.
I'm a huge fan of street view, and I love being able to virtually drive to where I'm going, and find landmarks to help along the way, like for example, a large orange building next to the shop I'm planning to visit. How is ocean street view practical in anyway though? If it's for the user experiencing the ocean or planning their trip, they could upload a quick video of common snorkelling and diving points around coastlines and islands. It would give the user much more information. As of now, it's like flicking through a slideshow, and the navigation is brutal. I'm scratching my head here trying to come up with one thing this does well. As someone else said, I'd like to see more trails added to street view, or even more streets.
Google, since you have free time, here are a couple of ideas...
1. Street view for different seasons. In certain countries, towns and streets look completely different depending on the month. I frequently use street view to browse areas I'm looking to live, or travelling. It would be useful if I could switch the images to summer, winter, etc.
2. Video street view. Much more time consuming to create, since the camera would need to stay in a single spot for a minute at a time, and blurring sensitive information would be more challenging. However, imagine choosing a location on the map, and feeling like you're in that area of the city, or on that quiet road in the middle of the forest where you rotate the camera and follow a bird flying by.
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#30I might be missing something, but why is everyone so excited about this? If you want a great experience of the oceans and reefs out there, you could load up an HD video on YouTube of the Great Barrier Reef, and view something much more immersive. I'm a huge fan of street view, and I love being able to virtually drive to where I'm going, and find landmarks to help along the way, like for example, a large orange buildi…
I look at it as another step towards s/street/everything in street view. It needs work, sure, but it's good to see they're expanding.