#foocamp pulls strings at Google

http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&source=hp&q=Sebastopol,+CA&ie=UTF8&split=0&gl=us&ei=gPiYSqGeOIXAsQPfrIG3Ag&t=h&ll=38.411239,-122.840398&spn=0.000194,0.000436&z=22

by KevBurnsJr • 17 years ago

32 10 17 years ago

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wyday• 17 years ago

To one of the 9 upvoters in the know: can you tell us what this means? Google used a high rez picture of one piece of land. So, what's the point?

Or is that the point? The fact that Google made an exception to its algorithm for a conference is newsworthy?

Hexstream• 17 years ago

I think it's interesting. What I'm wondering is, does that mean given current technology and "infinite" budget, Google could have this high a resolution for the whole planet? What stumbling blocks, obvious or otherwise, are preventing such an upgrade?

Or is this just a one-time hack where they took the picture from an helicopter or something... In other words, Will it Scale(tm)?

growt• 17 years ago

Yes it's most likely from a plane or helicopter. Most of the highest resolution stuff in google maps/earth is (the big cities, etc). And no, it won't scale.

aw3c2• 17 years ago

A lot of the better images are aerial instead of from satellites. Close-up like this is not common though, costs would probably be insane.

I guess this image was donated by an independent person to Google, a employee maybe.

avibryant• 17 years ago

I was there when this was taken. I'm pretty sure it was 2006. It was a small plane, and we were told ahead of time that it was coming, although this is cropped too small to see the fun stuff people did to prepare, like build a huge model of a cylon raider in a nearby field.

rabble• 17 years ago

yeah, it's funny, because you only see the people who didn't go out of their way to make funny things for the flyover.

danw• 17 years ago

Is this a new image of this weekend FooCamp or of the previously photographed one?

icco• 17 years ago

That is my understanding. I've seen the previous summers one and it looked different, if I remember correctly.

cdibona2• 17 years ago

It's been a little bit cropped, but it is the same photo.

#foocamp pulls strings at Google

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