Apr 15
You’ve never seen New York City like this. Well, you have if you’ve seen the Spiderman movies, but this footage captured by photographer Randy Scott Slavin is no CGI fantasy. It’s Gotham at its grandest.
Jun 19
Drone photography is in the news this week, with protesters in Istanbul using unmanned cameras to document the events from above. Interestingly, the very first instance of remote aerial photography was devised to document an urban crisis, too: the 1906 earthquake that partially leveled San Francisco.
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Aug 06
New construction at Apple’s North Carolina data center poses for aerial photographs
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Photos courtesy of Wired reveal that Apple’s new “tactical” data center at its Maiden, North Carolina facility is well on its way to completion. Captured with the help of a decidedly low-tech airplane — a 1949 Piper PA-11 Cub Special, if you must know — the shots feature what appear to be the facade of the $1.9 million, 21,000 square-foot structure that was outed last month. The images also show glimpses of a second 20-megawatt photovoltaic array and what may be the foundations of the complex’s planned 4.8-megawatt biofuel cell plant, which will convert biogas into electricity. With Apple’s upcoming Reno project getting the rubber stamp of approval, it doesn’t seem like the company will run out of construction projects any time soon. Click on through to the source link for the full set of pictures and analysis.
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Jul 18
Bing Maps piles on 215TB of new Bird’s Eye imagery, proves it’s a small world after all
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Did you think Microsoft was done with Bing Maps updates after it threw a whopping 165TB of satellite imagery at virtual explorers? You’ve got another thing coming. The mapping crew in Redmond has thrown another 215TB of data over the fence, this time targeting its Bird’s Eye views. Most of the attention is on Australia, Europe, New Zealand and Tokyo, although Microsoft has seen fit to sharpen up some of its US visuals in the process. All told, there’s over 88,800 square miles covered by the new and updated aerial shots — enough to make sure that we’ll never have trouble finding Cinderella Castle at Tokyo Disneyland.
Bing Maps piles on 215TB of new Bird’s Eye imagery, proves it’s a small world after all originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 18 Jul 2012 22:49:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Jun 27
Google Earth 7.0 for Android brings new, super-detailed 3D maps for some cities (update: video)
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Here’s a bit of a surprise that slipped under the radar during the Google I/O keynote: Google Earth for Android has been updated to 7.0 to take advantage of the new 3D map technology it unveiled at another special event just a few weeks ago. As a refresher, the visuals are automatically created from 45-degree aerial imagery and can pick up 3D elements as subtle as trees. Before you go racing to your hometown to see how it looks in 3D, be aware that just a handful of cities and regions exploit that dimension. Besides San Francisco Bay, the full coverage extends to Boulder, Boston, Charlotte, Lawrence, Los Angeles, Long Beach, Portland, San Antonio, San Diego, Santa Cruz and Tampa in the US, with Rome being the lone international hotspot. If that’s too few places to visit, there’s always the addition of guided tours. Android users can head over Google Play to get the update today; iOS users shouldn’t fret, as they’ll get the new maps soon.
Update: Google now has video, if you’d rather not (or can’t) install the app to try it yourself.
Google Earth 7.0 for Android brings new, super-detailed 3D maps for some cities (update: video) originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 27 Jun 2012 15:25:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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