Google's-eye views.Google Earth A 3D mapping program from Google that covers the entire globe from satellite images. Requiring a download for Windows, Mac and Linux desktops, a street address can be searched, and the views can be zoomed down to the individual building all the way up to a satellite's view of the globe. , free software introduced by Google in June, combines satellite and aerial images with mapping capabilities. It arrows Internet users to zoom in on their own house, locate a restaurant, or view high-resolution "flyover" images of famous landmarks. But officials of several, nations worry that Google Earth might also enable potential terrorists to pinpoint military installations, government buildings, and other sensitive sites. "It could severely compromise a country's security," says V.S. Ramamurthy of India's Department of Science and Technology. But some experts say the focus on Google Earth is misplaced mis·place tr.v. mis·placed, mis·plac·ing, mis·plac·es 1. a. To put into a wrong place: misplace punctuation in a sentence. b. . "Google Earth is not acquiring new imagery," says John Pike John Pike is the name of:
The first satellite photographs of Earth were made August 14, 1959 by the US satellite Explorer 6. online. "They are simply repurposing imagery that somebody else had already acquired. So if there was any harm that was going to be done by the imagery, it would already be done." |
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