2. First order of business…what is it?
A virtual globe, map, and geographic information
program
Keyhole, Inc.
Superimposes images
37 languages
5. OK…now the fun stuff. What can it
do?
Flight Simulations
Display Ocean Bathymetry
Street Views
Land Change Over Time
Panoramas
And…
6. A separate globe of the
planet Mars can be viewed
3D renderings of the
Martian terrain
High resolution images
Layers on Earth, layers on
Mars
Google Mars
7. A long, long time ago, in a galaxy far, far
away…there was Google Sky Mode.
2007 telescope shots, as well as color images
Multi-wavelength data
Positions of major satellites and their orbits
Constellations, stars, galaxies
Animations depicting the planets
8. Used by over
200 million people
More than
population of
Brazil
5th largest
country in the
world
Who are the users?
9. Some Problems
Making buildings and landmarks viewable in 3D
was only just introduced
Relegated to certain First World and Second
World countries.
Hamburg was the first city to be
translated into 3D.
Seen as a potential threat to national security
North Korea
Power plants and other organizations
Issue of people’s right to access information
Not updated currently
Opposing argument: the Mumbai gunman in
12. What can it be used for?
Research
General Curiosity
Finding your friends
Travel companies/making travel plans
Superimposes images obtained from satellite imagery, aerial photography, and the GIS 3D globe.
Created by Keyhole Inc, acquired 2004 by Google
There are also some extremely high resolution images from the Mars Reconaissance Orbiter’s camera that are of a similar resolution to those of the cities on Earth. Finally, there are many high resolution panoramic images from various Mars landers.
Layers for Earth and Mars can be transposed over Each other
Will post public images from 2007 telescope shots, as well as color images of all of the archived data from Hubble's Advanced Camera for Surveys.
New features such as multi-wavelength data, positions of major satellites and their orbits as well as educational resources
Also visible on Sky mode are constellations, stars, galaxies and animations depicting the planets in their orbits.