Tuesday, June 17, 2008
CCTV使用微软卫星地图
有两点值得注意：
1、同样是卫星地图，微软提供的Virtual Earth就可以在主流网站使用，而Google提供的Google Earth要受到管制。
2、央视使用的微软Virtual Earth卫星地图是完全版（没有任何阉割），非中国的数据库，点击其中一个按钮可以显示包括中国在内的全部高解析度卫星图像（微软中国地图并没有提供卫星图像，Google中国地图也一样），经过一些缩放和移动，可以清晰看到中国区域的卫星地图。
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1、同样是卫星地图，微软提供的Virtual Earth就可以在主流网站使用，而Google提供的Google Earth要受到管制。
2、央视使用的微软Virtual Earth卫星地图是完全版（没有任何阉割），非中国的数据库，点击其中一个按钮可以显示包括中国在内的全部高解析度卫星图像（微软中国地图并没有提供卫星图像，Google中国地图也一样），经过一些缩放和移动，可以清晰看到中国区域的卫星地图。
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据Ogle Earth分析，早前微软的 Virtual Earth/Live Maps报道的中国中央电视台（CCTV）网站开始使用微软的Virtual Earth卫星地图来定位2008年欧洲杯的地理位置，同时CCTV还打算在北京奥运会中使用相同的工具，值得注意到是，CCTV的网站在中国，目标用户使中国观众。有两点值得注意：
1、同样是卫星地图，微软提供的Virtual Earth就可以在主流网站使用，而Google提供的Google Earth要受到管制。
2、央视使用的微软Virtual Earth卫星地图是完全版（没有任何阉割），非中国的数据库，点击其中一个按钮可以显示包括中国在内的全部高解析度卫星图像（微软中国地图并没有提供卫星图像，Google中国地图也一样），经过一些缩放和移动，可以清晰看到中国区域的卫星地图。
换句话说，中央电视台也发现互联网地图好处，并设法变通的使用，这个例子也说明不应该对互联网地图这种有用的工具采取限制或禁止的管理方式，否则别人就会使用类似的方式进行规避而"非法"的使用互联网地图。
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Tuesday, June 10, 2008
Explore Walt Disney World® Resort in 3D
an interactive, virtual Walt Disney World completely recreated on Google Earth.
Last May, Eric Schmidt and I met to talk about The Walt Disney Company's focus on technology. We started to explore innovative ways we could work together to bring one of the world's most magical destinations to Google Earth's millions of users… and how our guests could be a mouse-click away from visiting the place where dreams come true.
The result is Walt Disney World® Resort in 3D, an interactive, virtual Walt Disney World completely recreated on Google Earth. This revolutionary project features 3D models of our four Orlando theme parks and more than 20 of Disney's Resort hotels. Incredible in scope -- containing over 1,500 3D models -- Walt Disney World Resort in 3D is the most detailed 3D rendering undertaken on Google Earth to date.
From the summit of Space Mountain® to the watery confines of the Pirates of the Caribbean®, we invite you to explore the Walt Disney World Resort in Google Earth. It's the next best thing to being there.
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Posted by Jay Rasulo, Chairman, Walt Disney Parks and ResortsLast May, Eric Schmidt and I met to talk about The Walt Disney Company's focus on technology. We started to explore innovative ways we could work together to bring one of the world's most magical destinations to Google Earth's millions of users… and how our guests could be a mouse-click away from visiting the place where dreams come true.
The result is Walt Disney World® Resort in 3D, an interactive, virtual Walt Disney World completely recreated on Google Earth. This revolutionary project features 3D models of our four Orlando theme parks and more than 20 of Disney's Resort hotels. Incredible in scope -- containing over 1,500 3D models -- Walt Disney World Resort in 3D is the most detailed 3D rendering undertaken on Google Earth to date.
From the summit of Space Mountain® to the watery confines of the Pirates of the Caribbean®, we invite you to explore the Walt Disney World Resort in Google Earth. It's the next best thing to being there.
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Street View turns 1, keeps on growing
朱家军？？？一个中国人！或者是美籍华人
To celebrate Street View's one year birthday, I am very happy to announce we are bringing Street View to 37 (you heard me - 37!) new areas and we have expanded coverage in 15 of our existing areas. All in all, this effectively doubles our coverage. The new cities include:
Along with showing you some great metropolitan areas, I'm especially excited that we're also bringing you 10 new parks and recreational areas:
And last but not least, Street View coverage has expanded in 15 of our current areas: Boise, Boston, Kansas City, Miami, Nashville, New York City, Orlando, Philadelphia, Phoenix, Portland, Richmond, San Diego, San Francisco, Tampa, and Tucson.
We've also been spending the past year working very hard to improve Street View image quality. In this push, we removed some of our oldest images, so say goodbye to odd coloring and funky geometric artifacts. The new images have better color and more consistent lighting.
Let's revisit San Francisco City Hall:
And the skyscrapers of Chicago:
Now you can look up in all our images. But what goes up must come down, so with this release you can also look down as well. The roof of our car and the 'black hole' really aren't all that interesting -- now when you pan down the car is magically gone and you can see straight to the ground in most of our images!
And finally, in the spirit of getting better with age, the face blurring technology we began testing in Manhattan has been deployed for all of our imagery. Remember that all these new Street View images are simultaneously available in Google Earth and through Google Maps API. 
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Posted by Jiajun Zhu, Software EngineerTo celebrate Street View's one year birthday, I am very happy to announce we are bringing Street View to 37 (you heard me - 37!) new areas and we have expanded coverage in 15 of our existing areas. All in all, this effectively doubles our coverage. The new cities include:
- MA: Springfield
- NY: Buffalo, Rochester, Syracuse
- NJ: Newark
- VA: Virginia Beach
- NC: Charlotte, Winston-Salem
- SC: Columbia, Greenville
- GA: Atlanta
- FL: Boca Raton, Cape Coral, Ft. Lauderdale, Jacksonville, Sarasota, West Palm Beach
- AL: Huntsville
- MS: Jackson
- TN: Knoxville
- KY: Lexington, Louisville
- OH: Cincinnati, Columbus, Dayton, Toledo
- MI: Ann Arbor
- MO: St. Louis
- KS: Topeka
- NE: Lincoln
- OK: Oklahoma City, Tulsa
- NV: Reno
- CA: Bakersfield, Fresno, Sacramento, Stockton
Along with showing you some great metropolitan areas, I'm especially excited that we're also bringing you 10 new parks and recreational areas:
- Everglades National Park (Florida)
- Florida Keys
- Grand Teton National Park (Wyoming)
- Yellowstone National Park (Wyoming/Montana)
- Rocky Mountain National Park (Colorado)
- Joshua Tree National Park (California)
- Death Valley National Park (California)
- Lassen Volcanic National Park (California)
- Sequoia National Park (California)
- Lake Tahoe (California/Nevada)
And last but not least, Street View coverage has expanded in 15 of our current areas: Boise, Boston, Kansas City, Miami, Nashville, New York City, Orlando, Philadelphia, Phoenix, Portland, Richmond, San Diego, San Francisco, Tampa, and Tucson.
We've also been spending the past year working very hard to improve Street View image quality. In this push, we removed some of our oldest images, so say goodbye to odd coloring and funky geometric artifacts. The new images have better color and more consistent lighting.
Let's revisit San Francisco City Hall:
And the skyscrapers of Chicago:
Now you can look up in all our images. But what goes up must come down, so with this release you can also look down as well. The roof of our car and the 'black hole' really aren't all that interesting -- now when you pan down the car is magically gone and you can see straight to the ground in most of our images!
And finally, in the spirit of getting better with age, the face blurring technology we began testing in Manhattan has been deployed for all of our imagery. Remember that all these new Street View images are simultaneously available in Google Earth and through Google Maps API. Things you can do from here:
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Thursday, June 05, 2008
Google Earth简体中文版前瞻
Google Earth简体中文版？ (2008-6-5 8:50:36)
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随着Google Earth简体中文版的网页的曝光，预计随后Google即将发布简体中文版的Google Earth，如果Google在中国发布一个Google Earth简体中文版，可能会有什么功能呢？
我估计：
1、产品的名称有可能是"谷歌地球中国版"或者"影像中国"等等其他的名称。
2、简体中文版谷歌地球将会是一个单独的安装包，和其他几个英文版本有所区分。产品界面语言将会是简体中文。
2、图层会有减有增，所有具有交互性质的图层都会被删除，例如用户自己标记地标的"Google Earth Community"图层，维基百科图层，Panoramio图层等等，还可能会增加一些具有中国特色的图层，例如交通地图等等，使用的数据将来自MapABC.
3、整体分辨率可能会降低，部分区域（例如北京中南海）分辨率将更低，对于一些敏感区域会打"马赛克"，卫星地图上将不会有不和谐的图像，即使有，因为没有标注，你也不知道那是什么东西。
4、中印边界，中日边界，南沙群岛等等和其他国家有争议的领土将在地图中标记为中国领土。
5、如果外部舆论压力很大的话，中国用户可能会无法连接其他语种的Google Earth服务器，因此可能只能使用简体中文版。
因此，简体中文版的谷歌地球将是一个很好很强大的软件，绝对符合主流，不会制造任何麻烦。一些人也会认为，我们的国家会更为"安全"了。
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