SOCIAL: Bizarre Google Map Artifact

[Randall Isaac]

That confirms what I've always suspected, that the satellites are taking
pictures from different angles, not just straight down, and then there must
be some software manipulation to make every picture look like it was taken
from directly overhead.  I'm assuming that since the plane was probably at
35,000 feet the software didn't correctly adjust it's dimensions.  The
question is why do they bother to adjust the picture at all?  Is is just the
desire for consistency or viewing angle or something else?
 
Randall

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[mailto:social-bounces at lists.deeptrouble.com] On Behalf Of Eric Arons
Sent: Tuesday, April 25, 2006 1:42 PM
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Subject: SOCIAL: Bizarre Google Map Artifact


This is a Google satellite image of a park near my work in Menlo Park.  See
anything odd?

http://tinyurl.com/fsrpj


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