tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post112867600190952743..comments2024-03-27T14:57:37.031+05:30Comments on Jabberwock: Earth googlingJabberwockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10210195396120573794noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post-1129675249043078092005-10-19T04:10:00.000+05:302005-10-19T04:10:00.000+05:30kalam is worried GE will bring more bombs home. an...kalam is worried GE will bring more bombs home. and really, why do you need it in the first place. I mean tracking swimming pools from childhood , for one. And.....??Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post-1128795495593873172005-10-08T23:48:00.000+05:302005-10-08T23:48:00.000+05:30I am in sync with your experience....be it zooming...I am in sync with your experience....be it zooming out, or "something comforting about viewing familiar roads from the perspective provided by Google Earth"..I had the same experience and was glued to it for hours...locating the routes i took to college, to offices, locating friends house is a good experience...and as for as the practical value is concerned..it is very useful for me as i usually miss the routes..or land up somewehre toher than expected...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post-1128709928088664742005-10-08T00:02:00.000+05:302005-10-08T00:02:00.000+05:30Crazy coincidence, dude! Last week I too "discover...Crazy coincidence, dude! Last week I too "discovered" Google Earth (even though it has been around for some time now I guess). And I have been going on exclaiming about it to everybody who will care to listen. It truly is AMAZING! The first thing that I tried to do was locate Kolkata. However, probably because the city is still not as "happening" as the other metros, the resolution is not so great. And the only recognisable landmarks seemed to be these two black lines - the Howrah Bridge and the Vidyasagar Setu, respectively - across the squiggly blue of the Hooghly. Next, I homed in on Delhi. Starting from the Rashtrapati Bhavan, I traced my way to the Yamuna (even a bird's eye view is enough to tell that it's one very polluted water body!), past the newly-constructed Akshardham Temple and down the Noida Link Road to Mayur Vihar Phase I, the place I called home during my last year in Delhi! And the resolution was so good that I could clearly make out the row of DDA flats, one of which I stayed in! And talking of security hazards, a couple of us zoomed into the Mumbai harbour and could clearly make out what could have not been nothing but the INS Viraat, the pride of our Navy! But I don't think it is really a cause for worry, because if you move a few degrees northwest you can probably see a fleet of Pakistan Navy ships berthed in the Karachi harbour! So, there ain't no Big Brothers now, the world's now one giant peephole!Tridibhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18324851679164286161noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post-1128705561316105332005-10-07T22:49:00.000+05:302005-10-07T22:49:00.000+05:30The amount of context that is available (annotatio...The amount of context that is available (annotations of road names, neighbourhoods etc.) in the information obsessed maps of the western world is high. However, narrowing down to the neighbourhood that you grew up in India or ones that you are familiar with appears difficult without such annotations!Warriors of the Rainbowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16702324719500454654noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post-1128694323997156082005-10-07T19:42:00.000+05:302005-10-07T19:42:00.000+05:30well various governments round the world are in a ...well various governments round the world are in a tizzy about its impact on the national security. <BR/><BR/>and google like a good patriotic american company has shown high security american installations as blank spaces. <BR/><BR/>that apart, it has quite a few applications in areas like real estate, infrastructure planning etc. ive seen supply chain blokes in my company tool around with it trying to see if they can do better transportation routing. definitely has lots of scope. and google does offer high end pro service to companies interested in commercial applications.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com