Google Earth virtualises Melbourne

Google have just added pretty 3D buildings into their Earth app for my home town, Melbourne. Here’s a side by side comparison of some real footage I took from my old office vs a similar view from Google Earth. I didn’t have a lot of video to chose from to do this comparison so there are some zooms in the original footage that I couldn’t replicate in Earth because their zoom tool actually changes the viewer’s location in space and zooming out is unwieldy thanks to the frustrating interface. But I think the video demonstrates how well Melbourne is modelled in the app.

Posted at 10pm on 12/01/09 | no comments | Filed Under: Cool Stuff read on

“You put in other details”

You put in other details A beautiful entry at the Letters Of Note website detailing a card sent to the Woomera Rocket Range in Australia, 1957, by a little boy named Denis Cox. Denis provided the rocket scientists a helping hand with future space craft design offering his concept of a Rolls Royce Jet Engined-powered two man vehicle- but beyond that, the scientists would have to “put in other details”. Turns out 52 years later he’s been tracked down (see article comments) and he’s still waiting for a reply.

Posted at 5pm on 10/14/09 | no comments | Filed Under: Cool Stuff read on

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