Google Earth
Tried a couple of days (rather weeks) ago Google Earth. I must say it’s the best free piece of software available today on the internet. If you didn’t have the opportunity or the time to try it yet and have no clue about what Google Earth is here’s a little extract from their web site:
The idea is simple. It’s a globe that sits inside your PC. You point and zoom to anyplace on the planet that you want to explore. Satellite images and local facts zoom into view. Tap into Google search to show local points of interest and facts. Zoom to a specific address to check out an apartment or hotel. View driving directions and even fly along your route. We invite you to try it now.
Using it was lot of fun, seeing the entire planet on my PC screen, zooming in and out on familiar locations… The resolution on some locations in amazing (using the Free version!!). The features of Google Earth seemed unlimited since there’s so much to see on old planet earth.
Two upgrades are available: Google Earth Plus (20$ / year) which offers a greater resolution and some other special options, Google Earth Pro (400$ / year) which is probably an enterprise version of the software.
Seeing the world from your computer screen is awesome, but when you think about it twice, it’s kind of scary. ANYONE in the world can use Google Earth, ANYONE can see all those amazing locations and let’s be obvious some people might use it to plan tactical missions and stuff (let’s not talk more about that, shall we?).
Another think I though about is the ability of governmental agency to spy on you wherever you are, they probably use a similar technology (or even more developed) that can zoom up to the millimeter maybe more (who knows?!).
Hi All Experts,
Does anyone use google earth images as ground image planes for use in aerial scenes. I know how to stitch them together but are there any tools or tricks to make sure that the images are at the same height, angle and such to make sure they stitch well. I know in the pro version you can get bigger images but im not going to pay for the pro version when i could stitch multiple images together…