Google Earth

A few weeks ago I noted I was working on some cool software. I can now tell what the software is. It is the software from KeyHole… More commonly known as Google Earth. I was originally shown this software by a computer graphics Guru back in Santa Barbara back in 2002 when I was over there for a conference. Bandwidth was more expensive back then, and video cards were slower.

The Google Earth software is a free download, and is really amazing. What I have done is intergrated the TeamTrack backend into it, allowing vehicles to be tracked in real time, and the ability to see what a person in a helicopter flying about 500 or 1000 feet above them would see. The resolution of the maps varies depending where you are. For much of Sydney you can work out if your car was in your driveway when the photos were taken.

This first photo is of my driving to Richard’s house to work on the plane.

This one is of New Caledonia showing a vehicle, and the mountains. Notice the clouds on the photo. So, not all the maps are great.

And this is of multiple vehicles and their trails in canada.

Some more information, but not much more is available here