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Hotmap - Virtual Earth Users Map

November 11th, 2007 · No Comments · GEO Travel, Manuals, Maps, Virtual Earth

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Hotmap - A good way to show your Virtual Earth (Live Maps) user base.

This data is based on a sample of tile logs on servers from January through July of 2006.
It combines server hits from road, aerial, and hybrid imagery in one view.

Zoom in and out with the control widget in the top [...]

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Placing High Definition Photos

November 11th, 2007 · No Comments · Earth, GEO Travel, GIS and GEO technology, Maps

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New photo feature in Google Earth version 4.2 is that it allows you to view high resolution photos from the exact point where the photo was taken.
A great example of this is the Gigapan photo of Half Dome in Yosemite. To view this example, in the Layers panel, check Featured Content > Gigapan [...]

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Patchwork Effect

November 11th, 2007 · No Comments · Maps

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Often when I am demonstrating Google Earth, users will ask me why surface of the Earth often looks like a patchwork or quilt. Different areas are comprised of different colors and sometimes adjacent areas look completely different.
This effect occurs because the imagery you see is made up of individual aerial images of the [...]

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