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 Posted: Wed May 25, 2005 12:09 pm Post subject: Keyhole changes it's name to Google Earth. |
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While at work today I found the following news on a blog:
| Quote: | Google Earth
Posted May 20, 2005, 3:11 PM ET by Brad Hill
The Keyhole site does not yet reflect this name change, but an upgraded version of the Keyhole program will be called Google Earth, and will feature important enhancements of the current interface. If you have no tried Keyhole, I strongly recommend either doing so or planning to get it upon release of Google Earth, which might be less expensive or free. Keyhole/Earth provides a tremendous faux-flying experience unmatched by the still images in Google Maps, cool as they are. The Keyhole/Earth program is like the control panel of a personal flying machine, letting you cruise, dive, ascend, and tilt as you soar over the earth’s terrain. The imagery database has been upgraded as already noted, so the resolution everywhere ranges from satisfying to spectacular.
Importantly, Google Earth will implement greater integration with Google Local. This means that local search results can, in some cases, be overlayed upon the earth’s terrain sweeping beneath the user. Driving directions will be mapped upon the satellite imagery, and Earth will follow the route automatically, as in a test drive.
I was in a discussion panel today with Jeff Graham of USA Today, recording Phil Leigh’s “Inside Digital Media” show, and Jeff slyly mentioned Google Earth as the “most exciting” announcement of the Google Factory Tour, putting the much-scorned home-page personalization thing on the back burner. He’s right. Google Earth promises to be fantastic. |
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Maybe they should change it to Google's Earth. They seem to own everything. Not that that's a bad thing. In fact, I'm glad that it's a corporation we can trust.
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