| As part of Google's | | | | |
| | | | feature on my own home address, and it's not |
| humble mission to organize all the world's | | | | like I was able to see into my |
| information and make it universally | | | | |
| | | | bedroom window. You won't be using this |
| accessible and useful, the Mountain View | | | | technology to see over your neighbors |
| California company is now offering | | | | |
| | | | fence right away. Maybe, they'll have an |
| satellite imagery as part of it's online | | | | upgrade for that, but for now it's sort of |
| street-map service. | | | | like 'zooming' in by |
| | | | |
| | | | looking out the window of a Boeing 767 a few |
| | | | minutes after take off. Actually |
| This technology comes from Google's | | | | |
| acquisition of Keyhole, which formerly | | | | some areas have a better zoom than others; |
| | | | here's one of me waving out of a bus just |
| supplied imagery to certain 'government | | | | before going under an overpass |
| agencies'. The photo's were taken from space | | | | |
| | | | on |
| in the not too distant past, which I agree | | | | |
| shouldn't just be for the CIA. We all | | | | |
| | | | |
| need to see things every once in awhile from | | | | Interstate 5 in San Diego.Businesses |
| 100 miles up. Now Yahoo maps, | | | | |
| | | | don't really need to fear losing sensitive |
| Expedia and Mapquest are going to be | | | | information either. I tried to steal the |
| pressured to get there own satellite thing | | | | |
| | | | latest designs from the |
| going, and that competition will probably | | | | |
| drive the price way down. (Except it's | | | | fashion district in New York |
| | | | |
| already free.) Well, at least now | | | | but instead of Versace's line, it was more |
| | | | like a blurry industrial air conditioner, |
| we can get our directions and scout the | | | | |
| surrounding area for WMD factories.One cable | | | | or a secret North Korean reprocessing |
| news | | | | plant.But seriously, it's pretty fun. Look up |
| | | | your old neighborhood and see if they |
| network ran a | | | | demolished your house. Try to locate the old |
| | | | 'fort' you built in the woods. Oh, what these |
| provocative headline telling us that the new | | | | companies must do to keep us happy. I want |
| feature will | | | | holograms from back in time to appear out of |
| | | | my cable modem."Nostradamus, could you have |
| enable us to "zoom in on homes and | | | | predicted that I would write this last |
| businesses" which may raise "privacy | | | | article?Oh.Well did you predict that I would |
| concerns.""Everyone run and hide | | | | do... THIS!Alright that's enough show-off, |
| underground!"Well, I checked out the 'zoom' | | | | I'm going to surf a different century. |