I don't know why Google Earth exists. The satellite mode in maps is very good, doesn't depend on PNaCl, and is part of Google Maps, where it makes sense.
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#52Oh man this is amazing! It's fast too. I can only imagine this getting better still with more research in deep learning.
Can you please tell me how deep learning is used in this app?
Sorry for any confusion. I don't mean to say deep learning is used in this app (though it might be). What I wanted to say was that with the advent of generative networks, generating 3D models on the fly from a few image data will hopefully keep getting better.
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#53Earlier quoted context omitted.
> completely secure Yeah, there has never been a case of software breaking out of a sandbox or VM. Fact is it allows running native x86 code downloaded from the internet, it's orders of magnitude more dangerous than e.g. Javascript running inside a sandboxed runtime.
Why do you think that? There's been way more bugs in V8 over the years than the NaCl core sandbox.
I'm not sure why you're trying to say ? Two wrongs make a right ?
For the record: I think that JS is a horrible idea too. What happened to the old rule of thumb that once you let someone else run their own code on your machine you should consider it compromised ?
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#54I'm really impressed by the amount of detail in the 3D views (hold middle mouse button to look around).
Even the fair at the field near my house [0] can be viewed in 3D!. Coincidentally they are currently building that same fair today, so for a moment I thought the images were live...
[0] https://earth.google.com/web/@52.08511654,4.31805086,0.37952...
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#56Just why did they re-use the K8s logo on the landing page?
It is a bit goofy using another products logo but Kubernetes means Helmsman and that product is called Voyager so I see where they were going with using a ships wheel.
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#57Doesn't do anything on my ubuntu / chromium system.
same here ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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You can ctrl + drag/pan to look around your current point in space.
fly / zoom to approximately 2nd story level of a typical single family house. Then pan up. You'll find that you can not pan high enough to view the horizon line.
I can when I hold down ctrl, not when I hold down shift. I'm on a mac though, on windows it might be something else than ctrl. https://www.dropbox.com/s/s4u1n51wmrw795o/Screenshot%202017-...
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#60Looks 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...
It seems this is the Google way. They kill one product (especially a desktop product) and it takes years till the new one is on every feature on the same level as the old one... look at Picasa vs. Google Photos. Even today Picasa can do many more things that Google Photos cannot do today. I'm sure the native/old Google Earth has a ton of stuff which is not ported to the web version. Good they cannot convert Chrome it…
I find it interesting that they recently introduced location sharing to Google Maps as a new feature... which it had back in 2009, until they got rid of it.