how does Google earth work

bobbyss · 26-05-2017 07:23AM #1

Did Google buy , rent a sattelite to do all that? Anyone know how it was all done?

Firewalkwithme · 26-05-2017 07:26AM

Ladders.

secman · 26-05-2017 07:28AM

Cartoon_Head wrote: »

Ladders.

Cars too with big high poles on the roof..... true !

Canis Lupus · 26-05-2017 07:29AM

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Persephone kindness · 26-05-2017 07:38AM

It uses satellite imagery to map out a representation of the earth.

LincolnHawk · 26-05-2017 08:12AM

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Earth

Kalyke · 26-05-2017 08:15AM

And cars

Captain_Crash · 26-05-2017 10:25AM

And survey aircraft

biko · 26-05-2017 10:38AM

And goats

26-05-2017 10:41AM

I know Google is rich, but did they buy earth already??
Of just the naming rights for a few years.

Personally I was looking forward to Trump Earth myself.

GerB40 · 26-05-2017 10:43AM

Magic.

ThisRegard · 26-05-2017 11:29AM

biko wrote: »

And goats

And people with the yokes strapped to them.

Wanderer78 · 26-05-2017 11:31AM

Skyrimaddict wrote:

Personally I was looking forward to Trump Earth myself.

It's clearly gonna be 'fake earth'

pedigree 6 · 26-05-2017 11:35AM

Anyone know the purpose of the recently launched SpaceX satellite?

keano_afc · 26-05-2017 11:49AM

Save money on expensive skydiving by wearing goggles, putting a fan on your desk, and scrolling really fast with your mouse button while on Google earth

topper75 · 26-05-2017 11:51AM

Canis Lupus wrote: »

Visca el aerial shot.

Tabnabs · 26-05-2017 11:54AM

biko wrote: »

And goats

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Pfft, it's clearly a sheep. SheepView 360, it's a thing now.

Jet Black · 26-05-2017 12:15PM

Balloon obviously!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WgFgYjWFH0Y

Richard Hillman · 26-05-2017 12:49PM

Intergalactic drone cameras that monitor our movements for the deep state to make sure we don't find out about the............. they are at my door....aggggghhh!

Nothing to see here. All Hail General Krull and his glorious new regime

Kind Regards

Internet User.

bobbyss · 26-05-2017 02:14PM

Persephone kindness wrote:

It uses satellite imagery to map out a representation of the earth.

Who owns the sattelites, how many (is it known) are there and what is their function?

Maximus Alexander · 26-05-2017 03:04PM

bobbyss wrote: »

Who owns the sattelites

Many governments and state agencies like NASA, EUMETSAT and MBRSC for example, along with many private companies.

bobbyss wrote: »

how many (is it known) are there

Hundreds.

bobbyss wrote: »

and what is their function?

To photograph the Earth...

lawred2 · 26-05-2017 03:07PM

bobbyss wrote: »

Did Google buy , rent a sattelite to do all that? Anyone know how it was all done?

the just make it up

about 1% is cobbled together from pictures of well known spots

the rest is just mocked up - sure who'd know

bobbyss · 26-05-2017 04:25PM

Maximus Alexander wrote:

To photograph the Earth...

Thanks.
It sounds complex. All satellites photograph the earth? What about GPS and that real time bus timing setvice ? Those as well?

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